[House Document 112-152]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




112th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 112-152
 
      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 
ORIGINALLY DECLARED ON NOVEMBER 14, 1979, BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 12170, IS 
 TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND NOVEMBER 14, 2012, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 
                                1622(d)






  November 9, 2012.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, November 9, 2012.
The Hon. John Boehner,
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, within the 90-day 
period 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 to the Federal Register for publication 
the enclosed notice stating that the national emergency with 
respect to Iran that was declared in Executive Order 12170 of 
November 14, 1979, is to continue in effect beyond November 14, 
2012.
    Our relations with Iran have not yet returned to normal, 
and the process of implementing the agreements with Iran, dated 
January 19, 1981, is still under way. 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, 2012.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.
                                 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 
and, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706), took related steps 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 
agreements with Iran, dated January 19, 1981, is still under 
way, the national emergency declared on November 14, 1979, must 
continue in effect beyond November 14, 2012. Therefore, 
consistent with section 202(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.

                                                      Barack Obama.

    The White House, November 9, 2012.