[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 173 (Thursday, November 8, 2007)]
[House]
[Page H13389]
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. 110-75)

  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 Iran emergency declared in Executive Order 12170 on November 14, 
1979, is to continue in effect beyond November 14, 2007.
  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, 2007.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, November 8, 2007.

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