[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.