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United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, January 24, 2003 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003), 39:90-91
Letter to Congressional Leaders on Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process,
January 20, 2003
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, 2003, to the Federal Register for publication. The most recent notice continuing this emergency was published in the Federal Register on January 22, 2002 (67 FR 3033).
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. On August 20, 1998, the President identified four additional persons, including Usama bin Ladin, who threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process. 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
Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Richard B. Cheney, President of the Senate. This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on January 21.
Chicago: George W. Bush, United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, January 24, 2003 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003), 39:90-91 in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, January 24, 2003 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003), 39:90-91 Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EUHJJCPUS6H2FLH.
MLA: Bush, George W. United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, January 24, 2003 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003), 39:90-91, in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, January 24, 2003 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003), 39:90-91, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EUHJJCPUS6H2FLH.
Harvard: Bush, GW, United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, January 24, 2003 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003), 39:90-91. cited in , United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, January 24, 2003 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2003), 39:90-91. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EUHJJCPUS6H2FLH.
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