[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 21365]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



REPORT ON A NOTICE STATING THAT THE EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO 
 THE GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN ON NOVEMBER 3, 1997 IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT 
       BEYOND NOVEMBER 3, 2001--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 53

  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 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 Sudan emergency is to continue in 
effect beyond November 3, 2001, to the Federal Register for 
publication. The most recent notice continuing this emergency was 
published in the Federal Register on November 2, 2000 (65 Fed. Reg. 
66163).
  The crisis between the United States and Sudan constituted by the 
actions and policies of the Government of Sudan, including continuing 
concern about its record on terrorism and the prevalence of human 
rights violations, including slavery, restrictions on religious 
freedom, and restrictions on political freedom, that led to the 
declaration of a national emergency on November 3, 1997, has not been 
resolved. These actions and policies are hostile to U.S. interests and 
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 continue the national emergency 
declared with respect to Sudan and maintain in force the comprehensive 
sanctions against Sudan to respond to this threat.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, October 31, 2001.

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