For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 19, 2002
Message 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. In accordance with this provision, I have sent the
enclosed notice, stating that the national emergency with respect to
persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism is to
continue in effect beyond September 23, 2002, to the Federal Register
for publication.
The crisis constituted by the grave acts of terrorism and threats
of terrorism committed by foreign terrorists, including the terrorist
attacks in New York, Pennsylvania, and against the Pentagon committed
on September 11, 2001, and the continuing and immediate threat of
further attacks on United States nationals or the United States that
led to the declaration of a national emergency on September 23, 2001,
has not been resolved. These actions pose a continuing 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 persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism
and maintain in force the comprehensive sanctions to respond to this
threat.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 19, 2002.
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