[House Document 106-156]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
106th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 106-156
EXTENSION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY IN IRAN
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MESSAGE
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION THAT THE IRAN EMERGENCY IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND
NOVEMBER 14, 1999, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)
November 9, 1999.--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, stating that the Iran emergency declared in 1979 is to
continue in effect beyond November 14, 1999, to the Federal
Register for publication. Similar notices have been sent
annually to the Congress and published in the Federal Register
since November 12, 1980. The most recent notice appeared in the
Federal Register on November 12, 1998. 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 Economic 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 which are needed in the process of
implementing the January 1981 agreements with Iran.
William J. Clinton.
The White House, November 5, 1999.
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 November 12, 1998. 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, 1999.
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 5, 1999.