President Notifies Congress of Renewal of Libya Emergency

On February 23, 2012, the President sent a letter to Congress announcing that the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13566 of February 25, 2011 with respect to Libya is to continue in effect for one year.

(See ITT’s Online Archives 11022702 for summary of EO 13566, blocking the property and interests in property of the Qadhafi family, senior officials of the Libyan government, Central Bank of Libya, etc. See ITT’s Online Archives 11121658 for summary of OFAC general license, issued December 16, 2011, unblocking the property and interests in property of the Libyan government and the Central Bank of Libya.)