[House Document 112-25]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




112th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - House Document 112-25


 
                 EXPANSION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH 
                RESPECT TO PROTECTING THE STABILIZATION 
                            EFFORTS IN IRAQ

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
  STABILIZATION OF IRAQ IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MAY 22, 2011, 
                     PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




May 23, 2011.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered 
                             to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                          Washington, May 17, 2011.
Hon. John Boehner,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: 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, 
2011.
    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, the United 
Nations Security Council decided, in Resolution 1956 (2010), to 
terminate on June 30, 2011, arrangements concerning the 
Development Fund for Iraq established in Resolutions 1483 
(2003) and 1546 (2004). The Security Council also called upon 
the Iraqi government to finalize the full and effective 
transition to a post-Development Fund mechanism by June 30, 
2011. My Administration will evaluate Iraq's ongoing efforts in 
this regard, as well as its progress in resolving outstanding 
debts and claims arising from actions of the previous regime, 
so that I may determine whether to continue beyond June 30, 
2011, 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.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.
                                 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, 2011. 
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 17, 2011.

                                  
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