[House Document 105-28]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-28


 
   CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY REGARDING TERRORISTS WHO 
           THREATEN TO DISRUPT THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

   NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY REGARDING TERRORISTS WHO 
  THREATEN TO DISRUPT THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS IS TO CONTINUE IN 
     EFFECT BEYOND JANUARY 23, 1997, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




  January 21, 1997.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
     Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed


To the Congress of the United States:
    Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national 
emergency unless, prior to the anniversary date of its 
declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register 
and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the 
emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. 
In accordance with this provision, I have sent the enclosed 
notice to the Federal Register for publication, stating that 
the emergency declared with respect to grave acts of violence 
committed by foreign terrorists that disrupt the Middle East 
peace process, is to continue in effect beyond January 23, 
1997. The first notice continuing this emergency was published 
in the Federal Register last year on January 22, 1996.
    The crisis with respect to the grave acts of violence 
committed by foreign terrorists that threaten to disrupt the 
Middle East peace process that led to the declaration of a 
national emergency, on January 23, 1995, has not been resolved. 
Terrorist groups continue to engage in activities with the 
purpose or effect of threatening the Middle East peace process, 
and which are hostile to U.S. interests in the region. Such 
actions threaten vital interests of the national security, 
foreign policy, and economy of the United States. For these 
reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to maintain in 
force the broad authorities necessary to deny any financial 
support from the United States for foreign terrorists that 
threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process.

                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, January 21, 1997.


                                 Notice

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Continuation of Emergency Regarding Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt 
                     the Middle East Peace Process

    On January 23, 1995, by Executive Order 12947, I declared a 
national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of 
the United States constituted by grave acts of violence 
committed by foreign terrorists that disrupt the Middle East 
peace process. By Executive Order 12947 of January 23, 1995, I 
blocked the assets in the United States, or in the control of 
United States persons, of foreign terrorists who threaten to 
disrupt the Middle East peace process. I also prohibited 
transactions or dealings by United States persons in such 
property. Because terrorists activities continue to threaten 
the Middle East peace process and vital interests of the United 
States in the Middle East, the national emergency declared on 
January 23, 1995, and the measures that took effect on January 
24, 1995, to deal with that emergency must continue in effect 
beyond January 23, 1997. Therefore, in accordance with section 
202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I 
am continuing the national emergency with respect to foreign 
terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace 
process.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, January 21, 1997.

                                
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