    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (2000, Book I)]
    [December 29, 1999]
    [Pages 4-5]
    [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 29, 1999

    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 declared in 1986 is
    to continue in effect beyond January 7, 2000, to the Federal Register
    for publication. Similar notices have been sent annually to the Congress
    and published in the Federal Register. The most recent notice was signed
    on December 30, 1998, and appeared in the Federal Register on January 4,
    1999.
        The crisis between the United States and Libya that led to the
    declaration of a national

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    emergency on January 7, 1986, has not been resolved. Despite the United
    Nations Security Council's suspension of U.N. sanctions against Libya
    upon the Libyan government's hand over of the Pan Am 103 bombing
    suspects, there are still concerns about the Libyan government's support
    for terrorist activities and its noncompliance with United Nations
    Security Council Resolutions 731 (1992), 748 (1992), and 883 (1993). For
    these reasons, 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.
            Sincerely,

                                                          William J. Clinton

    Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, 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 January
    3, 2000. The notice of December 29, 1999, is listed in Appendix D at the
    end of this volume.