[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.

                                
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