[House Document 112-40]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



112th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 112-40

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

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

NOTIFICATION STATING THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY, DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE 
ORDER 13466 OF JUNE 26, 2008, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JUNE 26, 
                  2011, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




    July 6, 2011.--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. 
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, 2011.
    The existence and the 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 23, 2011.
                                 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 the 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.
    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, 
to ensure the implementation of the import restrictions 
contained in United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1718 
and 1874 and complement the import restrictions provided for in 
the Arms Export Control Act.
    Because the existence and the 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, 
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 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 23, 2011.

                                  
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