[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 116 (Thursday, July 19, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H8174]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE FORMER 
 LIBERIAN REGIME OF CHARLES TAYLOR--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
                   UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 110-48)

  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 Foreign Affairs 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 to the Federal Register for publication, stating that 
the national emergency and related measures dealing with the former 
Liberian regime of Charles Taylor are to continue in effect beyond July 
22, 2007.
  The actions and policies of former Liberian President Charles Taylor 
and other persons, in particular their unlawful depletion of Liberian 
resources, their trafficking of illegal arms, and their formation of 
irregular militia, continue to undermine Liberia's transition to 
democracy and the orderly development of its political, administrative, 
and economic institutions and resources. These actions and policies 
continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign 
policy of the United States. For these reasons, I have determined that 
it is necessary to continue the national emergency with respect to the 
former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, July 19, 2007.

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