    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2005, Book II)]
    [November 9, 2005]
    [Page 1695]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With
    Respect to Iran
    November 9, 2005

    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 to the Federal Register for publication, stating that
    the Iran emergency declared by Executive Order 12170 on November 14,
    1979, is to continue in effect beyond November 14, 2005. The most recent
    notice continuing this emergency was published in the Federal Register
    on November 12, 2004 (69 FR 65513).
        Our relations with Iran have not yet returned to normal, and the
    process of implementing the January 19, 1981, agreements with Iran is
    still underway. For these reasons, I have determined that it is
    necessary to continue the national emergency declared on November 14,
    1979, with respect to Iran, beyond November 14, 2005.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     November 9, 2005

    Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    November 10. The notice of November 9 is listed in Appendix D at the end
    of this volume.