[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 15107-15108]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE IRAQI EMERGENCY--MESSAGE FROM THE 
                            PRESIDENT--PM 39

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs.

       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

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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 the enclosed notice, 
stating that the Iraqi emergency is to continue in effect beyond August 
2, 2001, to the Federal Register for publication.
  The crisis between the United States and Iraq that led to the 
declaration on August 2, 1990, of a national emergency has not been 
resolved. The Government of Iraq continues to engage in activities 
inimical to stability in the Middle East and hostile to United States 
interests in the region. Such Iraqi actions pose a continuing, unusual, 
and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of 
the United States. For these reasons, I have determined that it is 
necessary to maintain in force the broad authorities necessary to apply 
economic pressure on the Government of Iraq.
                                                         George Bush.  
The White House, July 31, 2001.

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