[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 28 (Thursday, March 10, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H1337]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO IRAN--MESSAGE 
      FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 109-15)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Dent) 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. Consistent with this provision, I have sent the 
enclosed notice stating that the Iran emergency declared on March 15, 
1995, is to continue in effect beyond March 15, 2005, to the Federal 
Register for publication. The most recent notice continuing this 
emergency was published in the Federal Register on March 12, 2004 (69 
FR 12051).
  The crisis between the United States and Iran constituted by the 
actions and policies of the Government of Iran, including its support 
for international 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 10, 2005.

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