For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 24, 2002
Letter Regarding National Emergency
Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate
January 18, 2002
Dear Mr. 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, 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, 2002, to the
Federal Register for publication.
The most recent notice
continuing this emergency was published in the Federal Register on
January 22, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 7371).
The crisis with respect to the grave acts of violence committed by
foreign terrorists that 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 maintain in force the economic sanctions
against them to respond to this threat.
Sincerely,
GEORGE W. BUSH
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