    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2008, Book II)]
    [August 28, 2008]
    [Pages 1160-1161]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders on Continuation of the National
    Emergency With Respect to Certain Terrorist Attacks
    August 28, 2008

    Dear Madam Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)
        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 to the
    Federal Register the enclosed notice, stating that the emergency
    declared with respect to the terrorist attacks on the United States of
    September 11, 2001, is to continue in effect for an additional year.
        The terrorist threat that led to the declaration on September 14,
    2001, of a national emergency continues. For this reason, I have
    determined that it is necessary to continue in effect after September
    14,

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    2008, the national emergency with respect to the terrorist threat.
             Sincerely,

                                                              George W. Bush

    Note: Identical letters were sent to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House
    of Representatives, and Richard B. Cheney, President of the Senate. The
    notice is listed in Appendix D at the end of this volume.