    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2003, Book II)]
    [September 10, 2003]
    [Page 1139]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With
    Respect to Certain Terrorist Attacks
    September 10, 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 to the
    Federal Register the enclosed notice, stating that the emergency
    declared with respect to the terrorist attacks on the United States of
    September 11, 2001, is to continue in effect for an additional year.
        The terrorist threat that led to the declaration on September 14,
    2001, of a national emergency continues. For this reason, I have
    determined that it is necessary to continue in effect after September
    14, 2003, the national emergency with respect to the terrorist threat.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     September 10, 2003.

    Note: The notice of September 10 is listed in Appendix D at the end of
    this volume.