[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 83 (Tuesday, May 20, 2008)]
[House]
[Pages H4282-H4283]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
STABILIZATION OF IRAQ--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 
                         (H. DOC. NO. 110-114)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Courtney) 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. This notice 
states that the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 of 
May 22, 2003, as modified in scope and relied upon for additional steps 
taken in Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, Executive Order 
13350 of July 29, 2004, Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004, and 
Executive Order 13438 of July 17, 2007, is to continue in effect beyond 
May 22, 2008.
  Obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the restoration and 
maintenance of peace and security in the

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country, and the development of political, administrative, and economic 
institutions in Iraq continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United 
States. Accordingly, I have determined that it is necessary to continue 
the national emergency with respect to this threat and maintain in 
force the measures taken in response to this threat.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, May 20, 2008.

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