For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 19, 2005
Message to the Congress of the United States
To the Congress of the Unites 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 to the Federal Register for publication. This notice
states that the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 of
May 22, 2003, as expanded in scope by Executive Order 13315 of August
28, 2003, modified in Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, and
further modified in Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004, is to
continue in effect beyond May 22, 2005. The most recent notice
continuing this emergency was published in the Federal Register on May
21, 2004 (69 FR 29409).
The threats of attachment or other judicial process against (i) the
Development Fund for Iraq, (ii) Iraqi petroleum and petroleum products,
and interests therein, and proceeds, obligations, or any financial
instruments of any nature whatsoever arising from or related to the
sale or marketing thereof, or (iii) any accounts, assets, investments,
or any other property of any kind owned by, belonging to, or held by,
on behalf of, or otherwise for the Central Bank of Iraq create
obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the restoration and
maintenance of peace and security in the country, and the development
of political, administrative, and economic institutions in Iraq.
Accordingly, these obstacles continue to pose an unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the
United States. For these reasons, I have determined that it is
necessary to continue the national emergency protecting the Development
Fund for Iraq, certain other property in which Iraq has an interest,
and the Central Bank of Iraq, and to maintain in force the sanctions to
respond to this threat.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 19, 2005.
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