[House Document 110-69]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

110th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 110-69

 
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION IN 
         OR IN RELATION TO THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

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                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

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A CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION 
IN OR IN RELATION TO THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, PURSUANT TO 
                           50 U.S.C. 1703(b)




  October 25, 2007.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
To the Congress of the United States:
    The situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic 
of the Congo, which has been marked by widespread violence and 
atrocities that continue to threaten regional stability and was 
addressed by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 
1596 of April 18, 2005, Resolution 1649 of December 21, 2005, 
and Resolution 1698 of July 31, 2006, continues to pose an 
unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the 
United States. For this reason, I have determined that it is 
necessary to continue the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 13413 of October 27, 2006, and the related 
measures blocking the property of certain persons contributing 
to the conflict.
    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, stating that 
the national emergency with respect to the situation in or in 
relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the 
related measures blocking the property of certain persons 
contributing to the conflict in that country, must continue, in 
effect beyond October 27, 2007.
                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, October 24, 2007.
                                 Notice

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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in 
         or in Relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

    On October 27, 2006, by Executive Order 13413, I declared a 
national emergency with respect to the situation in or in 
relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and, pursuant 
to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1701-1706), ordered related measures blocking the property of 
certain persons contributing to the conflict in that country. I 
took this action to deal with the unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the foreign policy of the United States constituted 
by the situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic 
of the Congo, which has been marked by widespread violence and 
atrocities that continue to threaten regional stability and was 
addressed by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 
1596 of April 18, 2005, Resolution 1649 of December 21, 2005, 
and Resolution 1698 of July 31, 2006.
    Because this situation continues to pose an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United 
States, the national emergency declared on October 27, 2006, 
and the measures adopted on that date to deal with that 
emergency, must continue in effect beyond October 27, 2007. 
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 declared in Executive Order 13413.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, October 24, 2007.

                                  
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