[House Document 110-70]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

110th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 110-70


 
      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SUDAN

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

                              transmitting

   NOTIFICATION THAT THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH 
  RESPECT TO SUDAN IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND NOVEMBER 3, 2007, 
                     PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




  November 1, 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 crisis constituted by the actions and policies of the 
Government of Sudan that led to the declaration of a national 
emergency in Executive Order 13067 of November 3, 1997, and the 
expansion of that emergency in Executive Order 13400 of April 
26, 2006, and with respect to which additional steps were taken 
in Executive Order 13412 of October 13, 2006, 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. Therefore, 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.
    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 Sudan emergency is to continue in effect beyond November 3, 
2007.
                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House,  November 1, 2007.
                                 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. On April 26, 2006, in Executive Order 
13400, I determined that the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region 
posed an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 
security and foreign policy of the United States, expanded the 
scope of the national emergency to deal with that threat, and 
ordered the blocking of property of certain persons connected 
to the conflict. On October 13, 2006, I issued Executive Order 
13412 to take additional steps with respect to the national 
emergency and to implement the Darfur Peace and Accountability 
Act of 2006.
    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, as expanded on 
April 26, 2006, must continue in effect beyond November 3, 
2007. Therefore, consistent 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, November 1, 2007.

                                  
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