[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 37 (Monday, September 15, 2003)]
[Page 1195]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Notice--Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Certain 
Terrorist Attacks

September 10, 2003

    Consistent with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 
U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency I 
declared on September 14, 2001, in Proclamation 7463, with respect to 
the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, New York, New York, and 
the Pentagon, and the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks 
on the United States.
    By Executive Order 13223 of September 14, 2001, and Executive Order 
13253 of January 16, 2002, I delegated authority to the Secretary of 
Defense and the Secretary of Transportation to order members of the 
Reserve Components to active duty and to waive certain statutory 
military personnel requirements. By Executive Order 13235 of November 
16, 2001, I delegated authority to the Secretary of Defense to exercise 
certain emergency construction authority. By Executive Order 13286 of 
February 28, 2003, I transferred the authority delegated to the 
Secretary of Transportation in Executive Order 13223 to the Secretary of 
Homeland Security.
    Because the terrorist threat continues, the national emergency 
declared on September 14, 2001, and the measures taken on September 14, 
2001, November 16, 2001, and January 16, 2002, to deal with that 
emergency, must continue in effect beyond September 14, 2003. Therefore, 
I am continuing in effect for an additional year the national emergency 
I declared on September 14, 2001, with respect to the terrorist threat.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 September 10, 2003.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., September 
11, 2003]

Note: This notice was published in the Federal Register on September 12.