[House Document 105-333]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




105th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - Document 105-333


 
             CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH IRAN              

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  FROM

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE IRAN EMERGENCY DECLARED IN 1979 IS TO CONTINUE IN 
     EFFECT BEYOND NOVEMBER 14, 1998, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




    December 17, 1998.--Referred to the Committee on International 
                  Relations and ordered to be printed

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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE                    
69-011                     WASHINGTON : 1998


                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, November 9, 1998.
Hon. Newt Gingrich,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: 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, stating that the Iran emergency 
declared in 1979 is to continue in effect beyond November 14, 
1998, to the Federal Register for publication. Similar notices 
have been sent annually to the Congress and the Federal 
Register since November 12, 1980. The most recent notice 
appeared in the Federal Register on October 1, 1997. This 
emergency is separate from that declared with respect to Iran 
on March 15, 1995, in Executive Order 12957.
    The crisis between the United States and Iran that began in 
1979 has not been fully resolved. The international tribunal 
established to adjudicate claims of the United States and U.S. 
nationals against Iran and of the Iranian government and 
Iranian nationals against the United States continues to 
function, and normalization of commercial and diplomatic 
relations between the United States and Iran has not been 
achieved. On March 15, 1995, I declared a separate national 
emergency with respect to Iran pursuant to the International 
Emergency Economics Powers Act and imposed separate sanctions. 
By Executive Order 12959 of May 6, 1995, these sanctions were 
significantly augmented, and by Executive Order 13059 of August 
19, 1997, the sanctions imposed in 1995 were further clarified. 
In these circumstances, I have determined that it is necessary 
to maintain in force the broad authorities that are in place by 
virtue of the November 14, 1979, declaration of emergency, 
including the authority to block certain property of the 
Government of Iran, and that are needed in the process of 
implementing the January 1981 agreements with Iran.
            Sincerely,
                                                William J. Clinton.
                                 Notice

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                     Continuation of Iran Emergency

    On November 14, 1979, by Executive Order 12170, the 
President declared a national emergency to deal with the threat 
to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the 
United States constituted by the situation in Iran. Notices of 
the continuation of this national emergency have been 
transmitted annually by the President to the Congress and the 
Federal Register. The most recent notice appeared in the 
Federal Register on October 1, 1997. Because our relations with 
Iran have not yet returned to normal, and the process of 
implementing the January 19, 1981, agreements with Iran is 
still underway, the national emergency declared on November 14, 
1979, must continue in effect beyond November 14, 1998. 
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 Iran. This notice shall be 
published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the 
Congress.

                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, November 9, 1998.

                                
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