    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1996, Book I)]
    [January 3, 1996]
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    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With
    Respect to Libya
    January 3, 1996

    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 Libyan emergency is to continue in
    effect beyond January 7, 1996, to the Federal Register for publication.
        The crisis between the United States and Libya that led to the
    declaration of a national emergency on January 7, 1986, has not been
    resolved. The Government of Libya has continued its actions and policies
    in support of terrorism, despite the calls by the United Nations
    Security Council, in Resolutions 731 (1992), 748 (1992), and 883 (1993)
    that it demonstrate by concrete actions its renunciation of such
    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, 1996. I have determined that it is
    necessary to maintain in force the broad authorities necessary to apply
    economic pressure to the Government of Libya to reduce its ability to
    support international terrorism.

                                                          William J. Clinton

    The White House,

    January 3, 1996.

    Note: The notice is listed in Appendix D at the end of this volume.