[House Document 108-141]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




108th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 108-
141
 
      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO IRAN

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from
                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

NOTIFICATION THAT THE IRAN EMERGENCY DECLARED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 12170 
ON NOVEMBER 14, 1979 IS TO CONTINUE BEYOND NOVEMBER 14, 2003, PURSUANT 
                          TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




    November 14, 2003.--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. 
Consistent with this provision, I have sent the enclosed 
notice, stating that the Iran emergency declared by Executive 
Order 12170 on November 14, 1979, is to continue in effect 
beyond November 14, 2003, to the Federal Register for 
publication. The most recent notice continuing this emergency 
was published in the Federal Register on November 13, 2002 (67 
Fed. Reg. 68929).
    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. For these reasons, I 
have determined that it is necessary to continue the national 
emergency declared on November 14, 1979, with respect to Iran, 
beyond November 14, 2003.

                                                    George W. Bush.





    The White House, November 12, 2003.
                                 Notice

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      Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Iran

    On November 14, 1979, by Executive Order 12170, the 
President declared a national emergency with respect to Iran 
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, foreign policy, and economy of 
the United States constituted by the situation in Iran. 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, 
2003. Therefore, consistent with section 202(d) of the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year 
this national emergency with respect to Iran.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, November 12, 2003.

                                
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