[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Pages 925-926]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY THAT WAS 
   ORIGINALLY DECLARED ON JANUARY 23, 1995, WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN 
 TERRORISTS WHO THREATEN TO DISRUPT THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS--PM 2

  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, 
within 90 days 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 declared with respect to foreign 
terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process is to 
continue in effect beyond January 23, 2015.
  The crisis with respect to 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 continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the 
United States. Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to 
continue the national emergency declared with respect to

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foreign terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace 
process and to maintain in force the sanctions against them to respond 
to this threat.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, January 21, 2015.

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