[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 20, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H263]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


 CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO TERRORISTS WHO 
  THREATEN TO DISRUPT THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS--MESSAGE FROM THE 
          PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 111-88)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Schauer) 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 
emergency declared with respect to foreign terrorists who threaten to 
disrupt the Middle East peace process is to continue in effect beyond 
January 23, 2010.
  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, 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.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, January 20, 2010.

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