    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2003, Book II)]
    [September 18, 2003]
    [Page 1183]
    [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 Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism
    September 18, 2003

    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. Consistent with this provision, I have sent the
    enclosed notice, stating that the national emergency with respect to
    persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism is to
    continue in effect beyond September 23, 2003, to the Federal Register
    for publication. The most recent notice continuing this emergency was
    published in the Federal Register on September 20, 2002 (67 FR 59447).
        The crisis constituted by the grave acts of terrorism and threats of
    terrorism committed by foreign terrorists, including the terrorist
    attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and against the Pentagon committed on
    September 11, 2001, and the continuing and immediate threat of further
    attacks on United States nationals or the United States that led to the
    declaration of a national emergency on September 23, 2001, has not been
    resolved. These actions pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary
    threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the
    United States. For these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary
    to continue the national emergency declared with respect to persons who
    commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism and maintain in force
    the comprehensive sanctions to respond to this threat.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     September 18, 2003.

    Note: An original was not available for verification of the content of
    this message. The notice of September 18 is listed in Appendix D at the
    end of this volume.