[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 104 (Wednesday, July 29, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9240-S9241]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   REPORT CONCERNING THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH 
          RESPECT TO IRAQ--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 152

  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 in effect beyond the 
anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent the 
enclosed notice, stating that the Iraqi emergency is to continue in 
effect beyond August 2, 1998, to the Federal Register for publication.
  The crisis between the United States and Iraq that led to the 
declaration on August 2, 1990, of a national emergency has not been 
resolved. The Government of Iraq continues to engage in activities 
inimical to stability in the Middle East and hostile to United States 
interests in the region. Such Iraqi actions pose a continuing unusual 
and extraordinary threat to the national security and vital foreign 
policy interests of the United States. For these

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reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to maintain in force 
the broad authorities necessary to apply economic pressure on the 
Government of Iraq.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, July 28, 1998.

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