[House Document 112-113]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



112th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 112-113


 
 CONTINUATION OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON 
                 NORTH KOREA AND NORTH KOREAN NATIONALS

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

                              transmitting

NOTIFICATION STATING THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY, DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE 
ORDER 13466 OF JUNE 26, 2008, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JUNE 26, 
                                  2012






    June 18, 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 to the 
Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating 
that the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13466 
of June 26, 2008, expanded in scope in Executive Order 13551 of 
August 30, 2010, and addressed further in Executive Order 13570 
of April 18, 2011, is to continue in effect beyond June 26, 
2012.
    The existence and risk of proliferation of weapons-usable 
fissile material on the Korean Peninsula, and the actions and 
policies of the Government of North Korea that destabilize the 
Korean Peninsula and imperil U.S. Armed Forces, allies, and 
trading partners in the region continue to constitute an 
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, 
foreign policy, and economy of the United States. For these 
reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the 
national emergency with respect to these threats and maintain 
in force the measures taken to deal with that national 
emergency.
                                                    Barack Obama.  
    The White House, June 18, 2012.
                                 Notice

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   Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to North Korea

    On June 26, 2008, by Executive Order 13466, the President 
declared a national emergency pursuant to the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal 
with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 
security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by 
the existence and risk of proliferation of weapons-usable 
fissile material on the Korean Peninsula. The President also 
found that it was necessary to maintain certain restrictions 
with respect to North Korea that would otherwise have been 
lifted pursuant to Proclamation 8271 of June 26, 2008, which 
terminated the exercise of authorities under the Trading with 
the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 1-44) with respect to North 
Korea.
    On August 30, 2010, I signed Executive Order 13551, which 
expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 13466 to deal with the unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, 
and economy of the United States posed by the continued actions 
and policies of the Government of North Korea, manifested by 
its unprovoked attack that resulted in the sinking of the 
Republic of Korea Navy ship Cheonan and the deaths of 46 
sailors in March 2010; its announced test of a nuclear device 
and its missile launches in 2009; its actions in violation of 
United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) 1718 and 
1874, including the procurement of luxury goods; and its 
illicit and deceptive activities in international markets 
through which it obtains financial and other support, including 
money laundering, the counterfeiting of goods and currency, 
bulk cash smuggling, and narcotics trafficking, which 
destabilize the Korean Peninsula and imperil U.S. Armed Forces, 
allies, and trading partners in the region.
    On April 18, 2011, I signed Executive Order 13570 to take 
additional steps to address the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 13466 and expanded in Executive Order 13551 
that will ensure the implementation of the import restrictions 
contained in UNSCRs 1718 and 1874 and complement the import 
restrictions provided for in the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).
    Because the existence and risk of proliferation of weapons-
usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula and the actions 
and policies of the Government of North Korea continue to pose 
an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, 
foreign policy, and economy of the United States, the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13466, expanded in scope 
in Executive Order 13551, and addressed further in Executive 
Order 13570, and the measures taken to deal with that national 
emergency, must continue in effect beyond June 26, 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 declared in Executive Order 13466.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, June 18, 2012.