[House Document 111-39]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




111th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - House Document 111-39


 
      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO BURMA

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO BURMA, PURSUANT 
                          TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




    May 18, 2009.--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. 
I have sent the enclosed notice to the Federal Register for 
publication, stating that the Burma emergency is to continue 
for 1 year beyond May 20, 2009.
    The crisis between the United States and Burma arising from 
the actions and policies of the Government of Burma, including 
its engaging in large-scale repression of the democratic 
opposition in Burma that led to the declaration of a national 
emergency in Executive Order 13047 of May 20, 1997, as modified 
in scope and relied upon for additional steps taken in 
Executive Order 13310 of July 28, 2003, Executive Order 13448 
of October 18, 2007, and Executive Order 13464 of April 30, 
2008, has not been resolved. These actions and policies are 
hostile to U.S. interests and pose a continuing unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
policy of the United States. For this reason, I have determined 
that it is necessary to continue the national emergency with 
respect to Burma and maintain in force the sanctions against 
Burma to respond to this threat.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, May 14, 2009.
                                 Notice

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      Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Burma

    On May 20, 1997, the President issued Executive Order 
13047, certifying to the Congress under section 570(b) of the 
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law 104-208), that the 
Government of Burma has committed large-scale repression of the 
democratic opposition in Burma after September 30, 1996, 
thereby invoking the prohibition on new investment in Burma by 
Untied States persons contained in that section. The President 
also declared a national emergency to deal with the threat 
posted to the national security and foreign policy of the 
United States by the actions and policies of the Government of 
Burma, invoking the authority, inter alia, of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.
    On July 28, 2003, the President issued Executive Order 
13310, taking additional steps with respect to that national 
emergency by putting in place an import ban required by the 
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 and prohibiting 
exports of financial services to Burma and the dealing in 
property in which certain designated persons have an interest. 
On October 18, 2007, the President issued Executive Order 
13448, expanding the national emergency declared in Executive 
Order 13047 and taking additional steps to prohibit 
transactions or dealings with certain persons, including the 
Burmese regime's financial supporters and their companies, as 
well as individuals determined to be responsible for or to have 
participated in human rights abuses or to have engaged in 
activities facilitating public corruption in Burma.
    On April 30, 2008, the President issued Executive Order 
13464, taking additional steps with respect to the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13047, in order to 
address the Government of Burma's continued repression of the 
democratic opposition in Burma.
    Because the actions and policies of the Government of Burma 
continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
national security and foreign policy of the United States, the 
national emergency declared on May 20, 1997, and the measures 
adopted on that date, July 28, 2003, October 18, 2007, and 
April 30, 2008, to deal with that emergency, must continue in 
effect beyond May 20, 2009. 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 Burma. This notice shall be published in the 
Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, May 14, 2009.

                                  
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