[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 164 (Wednesday, November 12, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H11148]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONTINUING NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH REGARD TO IRAN--MESSAGE FROM THE 
          PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 108-141)

  The SPEAKER 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. Consistent with this provision, I have sent the 
enclosed notice, stating that the Iran emergency declared by Executive 
Order 12170 on November 14, 1979, is to continue in effect beyond 
November 14, 2003, to the Federal Register for publication. The most 
recent notice continuing this emergency was published in the Federal 
Register on November 13, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 68929).
  Our relations with Iran have not yet returned to normal, and the 
process of implementing the January 19, 1981, agreements with Iran is 
still underway. For these reasons, I have determined that it is 
necessary to continue the national emergency declared on November 14, 
1979, with respect to Iran, beyond November 14, 2003.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, November 12, 2003.

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