[House Document 111-108]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
111th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 111-108
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE
STABILIZATION OF IRAQ
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MESSAGE
from
THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES
transmitting
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE
STABILIZATION OF IRAQ IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MAY 22, 2010,
PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)
May 13, 2010.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
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.
In accordance with this provision, I have sent the enclosed
notice to the Federal Register for publication, continuing the
national emergency with respect to the stabilization of Iraq.
This notice states that the national emergency with respect to
the stabilization of Iraq declared in Executive Order 13303 of
May 22, 2003, as modified in scope and relied upon for
additional steps taken in Executive Order 13315 of August 28,
2003, Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, Executive Order
13364 of November 29, 2004, and Executive Order 13438 of July
17, 2007, is to continue in effect beyond May 22, 2010.
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 continue to pose an unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign
policy of the United States. Accordingly, I have determined
that it is necessary to continue the national emergency with
respect to this threat and maintain in force the measures taken
to deal with that national emergency.
The Iraqi government continues to take steps to resolve
debts and settle claims arising from the actions of the
previous regime. Before the end of the year, my Administration
will review the Iraqi government's progress on resolving these
outstanding debts and claims, as well as other relevant
circumstances, in order to determine whether the prohibitions
contained in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, as amended
by Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004, on any
attachment, judgment, decree, lien, execution, garnishment, or
other judicial process with respect to the Development Fund for
Iraq, the accounts, assets, and property held by the Central
Bank of Iraq, and Iraqi petroleum-related products, should
continue in effect beyond December 31, 2010, which are in
addition to the sovereign immunity ordinarily provided to Iraq
as a sovereign nation under otherwise applicable law.
Barack Obama.
The White House, May 12, 2010.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the
Stabilization of Iraq
On May 22, 2003, by Executive Order 13303, the President
declared a national emergency protecting the Development Fund
for Iraq and certain other property in which Iraq has an
interest, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706). The President took this
action to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the
national security and foreign policy of the United States posed
by 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.
In Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, Executive
Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, Executive Order 13364 of November
29, 2004, and Executive Order 13438 of July 17, 2007, the
President modified the scope of the national emergency declared
in Executive Order 13303 and took additional steps in response
to this national emergency.
Because the 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 continue to pose an unusual
and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign
policy of the United States, the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13303, as modified in scope and relied upon for
additional steps taken in Executive Orders 13315, 13350, 13364,
and 13438, must continue in effect beyond May 22, 2010.
Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year
the national emergency with respect to the stabilization of
Iraq.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
Barack Obama.
The White House, May 12, 2010.