[House Document 108-233]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




108th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 108-
233
 
      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 NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO IRAN, AS 
DECLARED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 12170 ON NOVEMBER 14, 1979, IS TO CONTINUE 
   IN EFFECT BEYOND NOVEMBER 14, 2004, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




    November 16, 2004.--Referred to the Committee on International 
                  Relations and ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, November 9, 2004.
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. 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, 2004, to the Federal Register for 
publication. The most recent notice continuing this emergency 
was published in the Federal Register on November 13, 2003 (68 
Fed. Reg. 64489).
    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, 2004.
            Sincerely,
                                                    George W. Bush.
                                 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, 
2004. 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 9, 2004.

                                  
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