[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 24, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H5965]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE WESTERN 
 BALKANS--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 
                                110-127)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Welch of Vermont) 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:
  Sectlon 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 Western Balkans emergency is to continue in effect beyond June 26, 
2008.
  The crisis constituted by the actions of persons engaged in, or 
assisting, sponsoring, or supporting (i) extremist violence in the 
Republic of Macedonia and elsewhere in the Western Balkans region, or 
(ii) acts obstructing implementation of the Dayton Accords in Bosnia or 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of June 10, 1999, in 
Kosovo, that led to the declaration of a national emergency on June 26, 
2001, in Executive Order 13219 and to Executive Order 13304 of May 28, 
2003, has not been resolved. The acts of extremist violence and 
obstructionist activity outlined in Executive Order 13219, as amended, 
are hostile to U.S. interests and pose a continuing unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the 
United States. For these reasons, I have determined that it is 
necessary to continue the national emergency declared with respect to 
the Western Balkans and maintain in force the comprehensive sanctions 
to respond to this threat.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, June 24, 2008.

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