[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 149 (Thursday, September 18, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H8454]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO PERSONS WHO COMMIT, 
THREATEN TO COMMIT, OR SUPPORT TERRORISM--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF 
                THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 110-148)

  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 to the 
Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice, stating that the 
national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to 
commit, or support terrorism is to continue in effect beyond September 
23, 2008.
  The crisis constituted by the grave acts of terrorism and threats of 
terrorism committed by foreign terrorists, including the terrorist 
attacks in New York, in Pennsylvania, and against the Pentagon 
committed on September 11, 2001, and the continuing and immediate 
threat of further attacks on United States nationals or the United 
States that led to the declaration of a national emergency on September 
23, 2001, has not been resolved. These actions pose a continuing 
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign 
policy, and economy of the United States. For these reasons, I have 
determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency 
declared with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or 
support terrorism, and maintain in force the comprehensive sanctions to 
respond to this threat.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, September 18, 2008.

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