[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 31, Number 30 (Monday, July 31, 1995)]
[Pages 1330-1331]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress Transmitting the Notice on Iraq

July 28, 1995

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, stating that the Iraqi emergency is to continue in 
effect beyond August 2, 1995, to the Federal Register for publication.
    The crisis between the United States and Iraq that led to the 
declaration on August 2, 1990, of a national emergency has not been 
resolved. The Government of Iraq continues

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to engage in activities inimical to stability in the Middle East and 
hostile to United States interest in the region. Such Iraqi actions pose 
a continuing unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security 
and vital foreign policy interests of the United States. For these 
reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to maintain in force the 
broad authorities necessary to apply economic pressure on the Government 
of Iraq.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
July 28, 1995.