    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 31 (Monday, August 6, 2001)]
    [Pages 1124-1125]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With
    Respect to Iraq

    July 31, 2001

    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, 2001, 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 to engage in activities
    inimical to stability in the Middle East and hostile to United States
    interests in the region. Such Iraqi actions pose a continuing, unusual,
    and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy 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.
                                                    George W. Bush
     The White House,
     July 31, 2001.

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