U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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29–011 2004

108th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 108–212 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO THE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON 

THE UNITED STATES OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED 

WITH RESPECT TO THE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON THE UNITED 

STATES OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT 

BEYOND SEPTEMBER 14, 2004, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d) 

SEPTEMBER 13, 2004.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the 

Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed 


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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. Consistent with this provision, I 

have sent to the Federal Register the enclosed notice, stating that 

the emergency declared with respect to the terrorist attacks on the 

United States of September 11, 2001, is to continue in effect for an 

additional year. 

The terrorist threat that led to the declaration on September 14, 

2001, of a national emergency continues. For this reason, I have 

determined that it is necessary to continue in effect after September 14, 2004, the national emergency with respect to the terrorist threat. 

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, September 10, 2004. 

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NOTICE

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO

CERTAIN TERRORIST ATTACKS

Consistent with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act 

(50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency I declared on September 14, 2001, in Proclamation 7463, 

with respect to the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, 

New York, New York, and the Pentagon, and the continuing and 

immediate threat of further attacks on the United States. 

By Executive Order 13223 of September 14, 2001, and Executive 

Order 13253 of January 16, 2002, I delegated authority to the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation to order 

members of the Reserve Components to active duty and to waive 

certain statutory military personnel requirements. By Executive 

Order 13235 of November 16, 2001, I delegated authority to the 

Secretary of Defense to exercise certain emergency construction authority. By Executive Order 13286 of February 28, 2003, I transferred the authority delegated to the Secretary of Transportation in 

Executive Order 13223 to the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

Because the terrorist threat continues, the national emergency 

declared on September 14, 2001, and the measures taken on September 14, 2001, November 16, 2001, and January 16, 2002, to deal 

with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond September 14, 

2004. Therefore, I am continuing in effect for an additional year 

the national emergency I declared on September 14, 2001, with respect to the terrorist threat. 

This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress. 

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, September 10, 2004. 

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