[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 125 (Thursday, September 16, 2010)]
[House]
[Pages H6792-H6793]
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. 111-145)

  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, 2010.

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  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 16, 2010.

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