[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2004, Book II)]
[September 21, 2004]
[Pages 2150-2151]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With 
Respect to Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism
September 21, 2004

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. In accordance 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, 2004, to the Federal Register 
for publication. The most recent notice continuing this emergency was 
published in the Federal Register on September 22, 2003 (68 FR 55189).
    The crisis constituted by the grave acts of terrorism and threats of 
terrorism committed by foreign terrorists, including the terrorist 
attacks in New York, in Pennsylvania, and against the Pentagon committed 
on September 11, 2001, and the continuing

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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 21, 2004.

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