[House Document 110-114]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

110th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 110-114

 
                 CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY

               WITH RESPECT TO THE STABILIZATION OF IRAQ

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

                              transmitting

     NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
  STABILIZATION OF IRAQ IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MAY 22, 2008, 
                     PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




    May 21, 2008.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Appropriations 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 to the Federal Register for publication. This notice 
states that the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
13303 of May 22, 2003, as modified in scope and relied upon for 
additional steps taken in Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 
2003, Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, Executive Order 
13364 of November 29, 2004, and Executive Order 13438 of July 
17, 2007, is to continue in effect beyond May 22, 2008.
    Obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the 
restoration and maintenance of peace and security in the 
country, and the development of political, administrative, and 
economic institutions in Iraq continue to pose an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
policy of the United States. Accordingly, I have determined 
that it is necessary to continue the national emergency with 
respect to this threat and maintain in force the measures taken 
in response to this threat.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, May 20, 2008.
                                 Notice

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      Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the 
                         Stabilization of Iraq

    On May 22, 2003, by Executive Order 13303, I declared a 
national emergency protecting the Development Fund for Iraq and 
certain other property in which Iraq has an interest, pursuant 
to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1701-1706) (IEEPA). I took this action to deal with the unusual 
and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
policy of the United States posed by obstacles to the orderly 
reconstruction of Iraq, the restoration and maintenance of 
peace and security in the country, and the development of 
political, administrative, and economic institutions in Iraq.
    In Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, Executive 
Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, Executive Order 13364 of November 
29, 2004, and Executive Order 13438 of July 17, 2007, I 
modified the scope of the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 13303 and amended the steps taken pursuant to 
it.
    Because the obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of 
Iraq, the restoration and maintenance of peace and security in 
the country, and the development of political, administrative, 
and economic institutions in Iraq continue to pose an unusual 
and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
policy of the United States, the national emergency declared on 
May 22, 2003, and the measures adopted on that date, August 28, 
2003, July 29, 2004, November 29, 2004, and July 17, 2007, to 
deal with that emergency must continue in effect beyond May 22, 
2008. 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 the 
stabilization of Iraq.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, May 20, 2008.

                                  
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