[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 1 (Monday, January 8, 2001)]
[Pages 13-14]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders on Continuation of the National 
Emergency With Respect to Libya

January 4, 2001

Dear Mr. 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. In accordance with this provision, I have sent the 
enclosed notice, stating that the Libya emergency is to continue in 
effect beyond January 7, 2001, to the Federal Register for publication.
    The crisis between the United States and Libya that led to the 
declaration on January 7, 1986, of a national emergency has not been 
resolved.
    Despite the United Nations Security Council's suspension of U.N. 
sanctions

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against Libya upon the Libyan government's hand over of the Pan Am 103 
bombing suspects, there are still concerns about the Libyan government's 
support for terrorist activities and its noncompliance with United 
Nations Security Council Resolutions 731 (1992), 748 (1992), and 883 
(1993).
    For these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to 
maintain in force the actions taken and currently in effect to apply 
economic pressure on the Government of Libya.
    Sincerely,
                                            William J. Clinton

Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate.