    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1994, Book II)]
    [December 22, 1994]
    [Page 2200]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders on Continuation of the
    National Emergency With Respect to Libya
    December 22, 1994

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)
        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 Libyan emergency is to continue in
    effect beyond January 7, 1995, to the Federal Register for publication.
        The crisis between the United States and Libya that led to the
    declaration on January 7, 1986, of a national emergency has not been
    resolved. The Government of Libya refuses to comply with United National
    Security Council Resolutions 731, 748, and 883 calling upon it to
    demonstrate, by concrete actions, its renunciation of terrorism. Such
    Libyan actions and policies pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary
    threat to the national security and vital foreign policy interests of
    the United States. For these reasons, the national emergency declared on
    January 7, 1986, and the measures adopted on January 7 and January 8,
    1986, to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond
    January 7, 1995.
        Sincerely,

                                                          William J. Clinton

    Note: Identical letters were sent to Thomas S. Foley, Speaker of the
    House of Representatives, and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate.
    This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    December 23. The notice of December 22 is listed in Appendix D at the
    end of this volume.