[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 149 (Monday, October 19, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H11545]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONTINUATION OF EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS IN 
COLOMBIA--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 
                                105-326)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following 
communication from the President of the United States; which was read 
and, together with the accompanying papers, without objection, referred 
to the Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed:
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 to the Federal Register for publication, stating that 
the emergency declared with respect to significant narcotics 
traffickers centered in Colombia is to continue in effect for 1 year 
beyond October 21, 1998.
  The circumstances that led to the declaration on October 21, 1995, of 
a national emergency have not been resolved. The actions of significant 
narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia continue to pose an unusual 
and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and 
economy of the United States and to cause unparalleled violence, 
corruption, and harm in the United States and abroad. For these 
reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to maintain in force 
the broad authorities necessary to maintain economic pressure on 
significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia by blocking 
their property subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and by 
depriving them of access to the United States market and financial 
system.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, October 19, 1998.

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