[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 38 (Monday, September 22, 2003)]
[Pages 1245-1246]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Notice--Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Persons 
Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism

September 18, 2003

    On September 23, 2001, by Executive Order 13224, I declared a 
national emergency with respect to persons who commit, threaten to 
commit, or support terrorism, pursuant to the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706). I took this action to deal 
with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, 
foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted by the 
grave acts of terrorism and threats of terrorism committed by foreign 
terrorists, including the terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, 
and on the Pentagon committed on September 11, 2001, and the continuing 
and immediate threat of further attacks on United States nationals or 
the United States. Because the actions of these persons who commit, 
threaten to commit, or support terrorism continue to pose an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and 
economy of the United States, the national emergency declared on 
September 23, 2001, and the measures adopted on that date to deal with 
that emergency, must continue in effect beyond September 23, 2003. 
Therefore, 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 with respect to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or 
support terrorism.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 September 18, 2003.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:43 a.m., September 
19, 2003]

Note: This notice was published in the Federal Register on September 22.

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