[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

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                     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.

                                  
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