[House Document 106-176]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 106-176


 
              CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY IN LIBYA

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 NOTIFICATION THAT THE EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH LIBYA IS TO CONTINUE IN 
      EFFECT BEYOND JANUARY 7, 2000, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




January 27, 2000.--Referred to the Committee on International Relations 
                       and ordered to be printed

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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
70-010                     WASHINGTON : 2000

                                           The White House,
                                     Washington, December 29, 1999.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
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 Libyan emergency 
declared in 1986 is to continue in effect beyond January 7, 
2000, to the Federal Register for publication. Similar notices 
have been sent annually to the Congress and published in the 
Federal Register. The most recent notice was signed on December 
30, 1998, and appeared in the Federal Register on January 4, 
1999.
    The crisis between the United States and Libya that led to 
the declaration of a national emergency on January 7, 1986, has 
not been resolved. Despite the United Nations Security 
Council's suspension of U.N. sanctions against Libya upon the 
Libyan government's hand over of the Pan Am 103 bombing 
suspects, there are still concerns about the Libyan 
government's support for terrorist activities and its 
noncompliance with United Nations Security Council Resolutions 
731 (1992), 748 (1992), and 883 (1993). For these reasons, I 
have determined that it is necessary to maintain in force the 
broad authorities necessary to apply economic pressure to the 
Government of Libya to reduce its ability to support 
international terrorism.
            Sincerely,
                                                William J. Clinton.

                                  
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