[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 20 (Monday, May 26, 2008)]
[Pages 731-732]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Notice--Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the 
Stabilization of Iraq

May 20, 2008

    On May 22, 2003, by Executive Order 13303, I declared a national 
emergency protecting the Development Fund for Iraq and certain other 
property in which Iraq has an interest, pursuant to the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) (IEEPA). I took this 
action to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 
security and foreign policy of the United States posed by obstacles to 
the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the restoration and maintenance of 
peace and security in the country, and the development of political, 
administrative, and economic institutions in Iraq.
    In Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, Executive Order 13350 
of July 29, 2004, Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004, and 
Executive Order 13438 of July 17, 2007, I modified the scope of the 
national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 and amended the 
steps taken pursuant to it.
    Because the obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the 
restoration and maintenance of peace and security in the country, and 
the development of political, administrative, and economic institutions 
in Iraq continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
national security and foreign policy of the United States, the national 
emergency declared on May 22, 2003, and the measures adopted on that 
date, August 28, 2003, July 29, 2004, November 29, 2004, and July 17, 
2007, to deal with that emergency must continue in effect beyond May 22, 
2008. Therefore, in accordance 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 the stabilization of Iraq.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 May 20, 2008.

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 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:06 a.m., May 20, 
2008]

Note: This notice was published in the Federal Register on May 21.