[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 31 (Monday, August 7, 2000)]
[Pages 1727-1728]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Notice--Continuation of Iraqi Emergency

July 28, 2000

    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

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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, 2000. 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 28, 2000.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., July 31, 
2000]

Note: This notice was published in the Federal Register on August 1. 
This item was not received in time for publication in the appropriate 
issue.