[House Document 107-277]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

107th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 107-
277


 
             CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH SUDAN

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              TRANSMITTING

 NOTIFICATION THAT THE SUDAN EMERGENCY IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND 
            NOVEMBER 3, 2002, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)






October 31, 2002.--Referred to the Committee on International Relations 
                       and ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, October 29, 2002.
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 Sudan emergency is 
to continue in effect beyond November 3, 2002, to the Federal 
Register for publication. The most recent notice continuing 
this emergency was published in the Federal Register on October 
31, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 55869).
    The crisis between the United States and Sudan constituted 
by the actions and policies of the Government of Sudan, 
including continuing concern about the presence and activities 
of certain terrorist groups, including Hamas and Palestinian 
Islamic Jihad, and the prevalence of human rights violations, 
including slavery, restrictions on religious freedom, and 
restrictions on political freedom, that led to the declaration 
of a national emergency on November 3, 1997, has not been 
resolved. These actions and policies are hostile to U.S. 
interests and pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security and foreign policy of the 
United States. For these reasons, I have determined that it is 
necessary to continue the national emergency declared with 
respect to Sudan and maintain in force the comprehensive 
sanctions against Sudan to respond to this threat.
            Sincerely,
                                                    George W. Bush.
                                 Notice

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      Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Sudan

    On November 3, 1997, by Executive Order 13067, the 
President declared a national emergency with respect to Sudan 
pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security and foreign policy of the 
United States constituted by the actions and policies of the 
Government of Sudan, including continuing concern about the 
presence and activities of certain terrorist groups, including 
Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the prevalence of 
human rights violations, including slavery, restrictions on 
religious freedom, and restrictions on political freedom. 
Because the actions and policies of the Government of Sudan 
continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
national security and foreign policy of the United States, the 
national emergency declared on November 3, 1997, and the 
measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency must 
continue in effect beyond November 3, 2002. Therefore, in 
accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national 
emergency with respect to Sudan.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, October 29, 2002.

                                
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