- THE WHITE HOUSE
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- Office of the Press Secretary
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- For Immediate Release
January 21, 1998
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- TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT TO
THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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- January 21, 1998
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- Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)
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- 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 grave acts
of violence committed by foreign terrorists that disrupt the Middle East
peace process is to continue in effect beyond January 23, 1998, to the
Federal Register for publication. The first notice continuing this emergency
was published in the Federal Register on January 22, 1996.
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- The crisis with respect to the grave
acts of violence committed by foreign terrorists that threaten to disrupt
the Middle East peace process that led to the declaration of a national
emergency, on January 23, 1995, has not been resolved. Terrorist groups
continue to engage in activities with the purpose or effect of threatening
the Middle East peace process, and which are hostile to U.S. interests
in the region. Such actions threaten vital interests of the national security,
foreign policy, and economy of the United States. For these reasons, I
have determined that it is necessary to maintain in force the broad authorities
necessary to deny any financial support from the United States for foreign
terrorists that threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process.
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- Sincerely,
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- WILLIAM J. CLINTON
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