[House Document 109-84]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
109th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 109-84
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO TERRORISTS WHO
THREATEN TO DISRUPT THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION STATING THAT THE EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO
FOREIGN TERRORISTS WHO THREATEN TO DISRUPT THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE
PROCESS IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JANUARY 23, 2006, PURSUANT TO
50 U.S.C. 1622(d)
January 31, 2006.--Referred to the Committee on International Relations
and ordered to be printed
The White House,
Washington, January 18, 2006.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Speaker: 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 to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed
notice, stating that the emergency declared with respect to
foreign terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle East
peace process is to continue in effect beyond January 23, 2006.
The most recent notice continuing this emergency was published
in the Federal Register on January 21, 2005 (70 FR 3277).
The crisis with respect to the grave acts of violence
committed by foreign terrorists who disrupt the Middle East
peace process that led to the declaration of a national
emergency on January 23, 1995, as expanded on August 20, 1998,
has not been resolved. Terrorist groups continue to engage in
activities that have the purpose or effect of threatening the
Middle East peace process and that are hostile to United States
interests in the region. Such actions constitute an unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy,
and economy of the United States. For these reasons, I have
determined that it is necessary to continue the national
emergency declared with respect to foreign terrorists who
threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process and to
maintain in force the economic sanctions against them to
respond to this threat.
Sincerely,
George W. Bush.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Terrorists Who
Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process
On January 23, 1995, by Executive Order 12947, the
President declared a national emergency pursuant to the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-
1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United
States constituted by grave acts of violence committed by
foreign terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle East
peace process. On August 20, 1998, by Executive Order 13099,
the President modified the Annex to Executive Order 12947 to
identify four additional persons, including Usama bin Laden,
who threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process.
Because these terrorist activities continue to threaten the
Middle East peace process and 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 January 23, 1995, as expanded on August 20, 1998,
and the measures adopted on those dates to deal with that
emergency must continue in effect beyond January 23, 2006.
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 foreign terrorists who
threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
George W. Bush.
The White House, January 18, 2006.