    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 43 (Monday, November 3, 2008)]
    [Page 1393]
    [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 Sudan

    October 30, 2008

    Dear Madam 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 to the Federal Register for publication, stating that
    the Sudan emergency is to continue in effect beyond November 3, 2008.
        The crisis constituted by the actions and policies of the Government
    of Sudan that led to the declaration of a national emergency in
    Executive Order 13067 of November 3, 1997, and the expansion of that
    emergency in Executive Order 13400 of April 26, 2006, and with respect
    to which additional steps were taken in Executive Order 13412 of October
    13, 2006, has not been resolved. These actions and policies are hostile
    to U.S. interests and pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary threat
    to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.
    Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the
    national emergency declared with respect to Sudan and maintain in force
    the comprehensive sanctions against Sudan to respond to this threat.
         Sincerely,
                                                    George W. Bush

    Note: Identical letters were sent to Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House
    of Representatives, and Richard B. Cheney, President of the Senate.