For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 10, 2003
Message to the Congress of the United States
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
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. Consistent with this provision, I have sent to the
Federal Register the enclosed notice, stating that the emergency
declared with respect to the terrorist attacks on the United States of
September 11, 2001, is to continue in effect for an additional year.
The terrorist threat that led to the declaration on September 14,
2001, of a national emergency continues. For this reason, I have
determined that it is necessary to continue in effect after September
14, 2003, the national emergency with respect to the terrorist threat.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 10, 2003.
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