[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 158 (Thursday, October 18, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S13076-S13077]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED

  As in executive session the Presiding Officer laid before the Senate 
messages from the President of the United States submitting sundry 
nominations which were referred to the appropriate committees.
  (The nominations received today are printed at the end of the Senate 
proceedings.)
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 emergency declared with respect to significant narcotics 
traffickers centered in Colombia is to continue in effect beyond 
October 21, 2007.

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  The circumstances that led to the declaration on October 21, 1995, of 
a national emergency have not been resolved. The actions of significant 
narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia continue to pose an unusual 
and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and 
economy of the United States and to cause unparalleled violence, 
corruption, and harm in the United States and abroad. For these 
reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to maintain economic 
pressure on significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia by 
blocking their property and interests in property that are in the 
United States or within the possession or control of United States 
persons and by depriving them of access to the U.S. market and 
financial system.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, October 18, 2007.
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    NOTICE--CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO 
      SIGNIFICANT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS CENTERED IN COLOMBIA--PM28

  On October 21, 1995, by Executive Order 12978, the President declared 
a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and 
economy of the United States constituted by the actions of significant 
narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia, and the extreme level of 
violence, corruption, and harm such actions cause in the United States 
and abroad.
  The order blocks all property and interests in property that are in 
the United States, or within the possession or control of United States 
persons, of foreign persons listed in an annex to the order, as well as 
of foreign persons determined to play a significant role in 
international narcotics trafficking centered in Colombia. The order 
similarly blocks all property and interests in property of foreign 
persons determined to materially assist in, or provide financial or 
technological support for or goods or services in support of, the 
narcotics trafficking activities of persons designated in or pursuant 
to the order. In addition, the order blocks all property and interests 
in property of persons determined to be owned or controlled by, or to 
act for or on behalf of, persons designated in or pursuant to the 
order.
  The order also prohibits any transaction or dealing by United States 
persons or within the United States in property or interests in 
property of the persons designated in or pursuant to the order.
  Because the actions of significant narcotics traffickers centered in 
Colombia continue to threaten the national security, foreign policy, 
and economy of the United States and to cause an extreme level of 
violence, corruption, and harm in the United States and abroad, the 
national emergency declared on October 21, 1995, and the measures 
adopted pursuant thereto to deal with that emergency, must continue in 
effect beyond October 21, 2007. Therefore, in accordance with section 
202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am 
continuing for 1 year the national emergency with respect to 
significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia. This notice 
shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the 
Congress.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, October 18, 2007.

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