[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 28 (Wednesday, March 13, 2002)]
[House]
[Pages H846-H847]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO IRAN--MESSAGE FROM 
        THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 107-197)

  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, 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, stating that the Iran emergency is to continue in 
effect beyond March 15, 2002, to the Federal Register for publication. 
The most recent notice continuing this emergency was published in the 
Federal Register on March 14, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 15013).
  The crisis between the United States and Iran constituted by the 
actions and policies of the Government of Iran, including its support 
for international

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terrorism, efforts to undermine Middle East peace, and acquisition of 
weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them, that led to 
the declaration of a national emergency on March 15, 1995, has not been 
resolved. These actions and policies are contrary to the interests of 
the United States in the region and pose a continuing unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and 
economy of the United States. For these reasons, I have determined that 
it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared with 
respect to Iran and maintain in force comprehensive sanctions against 
Iran to respond to this threat.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, March 13, 2002.

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