    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2008, Book II)]
    [September 18, 2008]
    [Page 1211]
    [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 18, 2008

    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 to the
    Federal Register for publication 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, 2008.
        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 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 18, 2008.

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