[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 149 (Thursday, November 1, 2001)]
[House]
[Pages H7699-H7700]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONTINUATION OF SUDAN EMERGENCY--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
                  UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 107-140)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
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,

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stating that the Sudan emergency is to continue in effect beyond 
November 3, 2001, to the Federal Register for publication. The most 
recent notice continuing this emergency was published in the Federal 
Register on November 2, 2000 (65 Fed. Reg. 66163).
  The crisis between the United States and Sudan constituted by the 
actions and policies of the Government of Sudan, including continuing 
concern about its record on terrorism and the prevalence of human 
rights violations, including slavery, restrictions on religious 
freedom, and restrictions on political freedom, that led to the 
declaration of a national emergency on November 3, 1997, 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. For these reasons, 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.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, October 31, 2001.

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