    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2005, Book II)]
    [July 19, 2005]
    [Pages 1246-1247]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency
    Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Importation of
    Certain Goods from Liberia
    July 19, 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. In accordance with the provision, I have sent the
    enclosed notice to the Federal Register for publication stating that the
    national emergency and related measures blocking the property of certain
    persons and prohibiting the importation of certain goods from Liberia
    are to continue in effect beyond July 22, 2005.
        The actions and policies of former Liberian President Charles
    Taylor and other persons, in particular their
    unlawful depletion of Liberian resources and their removal from Liberia
    and secreting of Liberian funds and property, continue to undermine
    Liberia's transition to democracy and the orderly development of its
    political, administrative, and economic institutions and resources.
    These actions and policies pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary
    threat to the foreign policy of the United States. For these reasons, I
    have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency
    and related measures blocking the property of certain persons and
    prohibiting the importation of certain goods from Liberia.

                                                              George W. Bush

    The White House,

    July 19, 2005.

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