[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 133 (Tuesday, September 30, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S10227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




REPORT OF THE NOTICE OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE IRAN EMERGENCY--MESSAGE 
                       FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 70

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs.

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 beyond the anniversary 
date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent the enclosed 
notice, stating that the Iran emergency declared in 1979 is to continue 
in effect beyond November 14, 1997, to the Federal Register for 
publication. Similar notices have been sent annually to the Congress 
and the Federal Register since November 12, 1980. The most recent 
notice appeared in the Federal Register on October 31, 1996. This 
emergency is separate from that declared with respect to Iran on March 
15, 1995, in Executive Order 12957.
  The crisis between the United States and Iran that began in 1979 has 
not been fully resolved. The international tribunal established to 
adjudicate claims of the United States and U.S. nationals against Iran 
and of the Iranian government and Iranian nationals against the United 
States continues to function, and normalization of commercial and 
diplomatic relations between the United States and Iran has not been 
achieved. In these circumstances, I have determined that it is 
necessary to maintain in force the broad authorities that are in place 
by virtue of the November 14, 1979, declaration of emergency and that 
are needed in the process of implementing the January 1981 agreements 
with Iran.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, September 30, 1997.

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