    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2007, Book II)]
    [November 8, 2007]
    [Page 1453]
    [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 8, 2007

    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 to the Federal Register for publication, stating that
    the Iran emergency declared in Executive Order 12170 on November 14,
    1979, is to continue in effect beyond November 14, 2007.
        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, 2007.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     November 8, 2007.

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