[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 9 (Thursday, January 15, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H370-H371]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN TERRORISTS--
  MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 111-8)

  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 
emergency declared with respect to foreign terrorists who threaten to 
disrupt the Middle East peace process is to continue in effect beyond 
January 23, 2009.
  The crisis with respect to the grave acts of violence committed by 
foreign terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace 
process that led to the declaration of a national emergency on January 
23, 1995, as expanded on August 20, 1998, has not been resolved. 
Terrorist groups continue to engage in activities that have the purpose 
or effect of threatening the Middle East peace process and that are 
hostile to United States interests in the region. Such actions 
constitute an 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 foreign terrorists who 
threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process and to maintain in 
force the economic sanctions against them to respond to this threat.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
                                     The White House, January 15, 2009.

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