[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 154 (Wednesday, October 29, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H10112]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SUDAN--MESSAGE FROM 
        THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 108-139)

  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 the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the 
anniversary date. Consistent with this provision, I have sent the 
enclosed notice, stating the Sudan emergency is to continue in effect 
beyond November 3, 2003, to the Federal Register for publication. The 
most recent notice continuing this emergency was published in the 
Federal Register on October 31, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 66525).
  The crisis between the United States and Sudan constituted by the 
actions and policies of the Government of Sudan 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. Therefore, I have 
determined 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 29, 2003.

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