[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Pages 3081-3082]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

  The following presidential message was laid before the Senate 
together with accompanying reports, which was referred as indicated:

       PM-75. A message from the President of the United States, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, the Periodic Report on the 
     National Emergency with Respect to Iran; 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 Iran emergency is to continue in 
effect beyond March 15, 2002, to the Federal Register for publication. 
The most recent notice continuing this emergency was published in the 
Federal Register on March 14, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 15013).
  The crisis between the United States and Iran constituted by the 
actions and policies of the Government of Iran, including its support 
for international terrorism, efforts to undermine Middle East peace, 
and acquisition of weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver 
them, that led to the declaration of a national emergency on March 15, 
1995, has not been resolved. These

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actions and policies are contrary to the interests of the United States 
in the region and 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 Iran and 
maintain in force comprehensive sanctions against Iran to respond to 
this threat.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, March 13, 2002.

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