[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 32, Number 30 (Monday, July 29, 1996)]
[Pages 1324-1325]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Notice on the Continuation of a National Emergency with Respect to Iraq

July 22, 1996

    On August 2, 1990, by Executive Order 12722, President Bush declared 
a national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat 
to the national security and foreign policy of the United States 
constituted by the actions and policies of the Government of Iraq. By 
Executive Orders 12722 of August 2, 1990, and 12724 of August 9, 1990, 
the President imposed trade sanctions on Iraq and blocked Iraqi 
government assets. Because the Government of Iraq has continued its 
activities hostile to United States interests in the Middle East, the 
national emergency declared on August 2, 1990, and the measures adopted 
on August 2 and August 9, 1990, to deal with that emergency must 
continue in effect beyond August 2, 1996. Therefore, in accordance with 
section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am 
continuing the national emergency with respect to Iraq.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
July 22, 1996.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:13 a.m., July 23, 
1996]

Note: This notice was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on 
July 23, and it was published in the Federal Register on July 24.

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