    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book II)]
    [October 29, 2002]
    [Pages 1928-1929]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders on Continuation of the National
    Emergency With Respect to Sudan
    October 29, 2002

    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 Sudan emergency is to continue in
    effect beyond November 3, 2002, to the Federal Register for publication.
    The most recent notice continuing this emergency was published in the
    Federal Register on October 31, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 55869).
        The crisis between the United States and Sudan constituted by the
    actions and policies of the Government of Sudan, including continuing
    concern about the presence and activities of certain terrorist groups,
    including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the prevalence of
    human rights violations, including slavery, restrictions on religious
    freedom, and restrictions on political freedom, that led to the
    declaration of a national emergency on November 3, 1997, has not been
    resolved. These actions and

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    policies are hostile to U.S. interests and pose a continuing unusual and
    extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the
    United States. For these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary
    to continue the national emergency declared with respect to Sudan and
    maintain in force the comprehensive sanctions against Sudan to respond
    to this threat.
             Sincerely,

                                                              George W. Bush

    Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the
    House of Representatives, and Richard B. Cheney, President of the
    Senate. This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    October 30. The notice of October 29 is listed in Appendix D at the end
    of this volume.