[House Document 112-111]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



112th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 112-111


 
      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
               STABILIZATION OF IRAQ BEYOND MAY 22, 2012

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

                              transmitting

      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
    STABILIZATION OF IRAQ TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MAY 22, 2012




    May 30, 2012.--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, within 90 days 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, 
2012.
    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.
    Recognizing positive developments in Iraq, my 
Administration will continue to evaluate Iraq's progress in 
resolving outstanding debts and claims arising from actions of 
the previous regime, so that I may determine whether to further 
continue 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, which are in addition to the sovereign immunity 
accorded Iraq under otherwise applicable law.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, May 18, 2012.
                                 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, 2012. 
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 18, 2012.

                                  
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