For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 29, 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 decla-ration, the President
publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a
notice stating the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the
anniversary date. Consistent with this provision, I have sent the
enclosed notice, stating the Sudan emergency is to continue in effect
beyond November 3, 2003, to the Federal Register for publication. The
most recent notice continuing this emergency was published in the
Federal Register on October 31, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 66525).
The crisis between the United States and Sudan constituted by the
actions and policies of the Government of Sudan that led to the
declaration of a national emergency on November 3, 1997, 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 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.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
October 29, 2003.
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