[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 134 (Tuesday, September 22, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H9744]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONTINUATION OF THE 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. 111-64)

  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, 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, 2009.
  The crisis constituted by the grave acts of terrorism and threats of 
terrorism committed by foreign terrorists, including the terrorist 
attacks on September 11, 2001, in New York and Pennsylvania and against 
the Pentagon, 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.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, September 21, 2009.

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