    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2003, Book II)]
    [October 29, 2003]
    [Page 1413]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With
    Respect to Sudan
    October 29, 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 the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary
    date. Consistent with this provision, I have sent the enclosed notice,
    stating the Sudan emergency is to continue in effect beyond November 3,
    2003, to the Federal Register for publication. The most recent notice
    continuing this emergency was published in the Federal Register on
    October 31, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 66525).
        The crisis between the United States and Sudan constituted by the
    actions and policies of the Government of Sudan that led to the
    declaration of a national emergency on November 3, 1997, has not been
    resolved. These actions and 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. Therefore, I have
    determined 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.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     October 29, 2003.

    Note: The notice of October 29 is listed in Appendix D at the end of
    this volume.