[House Document 113-103]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



113th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 113-103


 
     CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SOMALIA

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

   NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SOMALIA 
ORIGINALLY DECLARED ON APRIL 12, 2010, BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 13536, IS TO 
                CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND APRIL 12, 2014




    April 7, 2014.--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 13536 
of April 12, 2010, with respect to Somalia is to continue in 
effect beyond April 12, 2014.
    On January 17, 2013, the United States Government announced 
its recognition of the Government of Somalia. The United States 
had not recognized a government in Somalia for the previous 22 
years. Although the U.S. recognition underscores a strong 
commitment to Somalia's stabilization, it does not remove the 
importance of U.S. sanctions, especially against persons 
undermining the stability of Somalia. For this reason, I have 
determined that it is necessary to continue the national 
emergency with respect to Somalia and to maintain in force the 
sanctions to respond to this threat.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, April 7, 2014.
                                 Notice

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     Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Somalia

    On April 12, 2010, by Executive Order 13536, I 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 
deterioration of the security situation and the persistence of 
violence in Somalia, acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea 
off the coast of Somalia, which have repeatedly been the 
subject of United Nations Security Council resolutions, and 
violations of the arms embargo imposed by the United Nations 
Security Council.
    On July 20, 2012, I issued Executive Order 13620 to take 
additional steps to deal with the national emergency declared 
in Executive Order 13536 in view of United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 2036 of February 22, 2012, and Resolution 
2002 of July 29, 2011, and to address: exports of charcoal from 
Somalia, which generate significant revenue for al-Shabaab; the 
misappropriation of Somali public assets; and certain acts of 
violence committed against civilians in Somalia, all of which 
contribute to the deterioration of the security situation and 
the persistence of violence in Somalia.
    Because the situation with respect to Somalia continues to 
pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 
security and foreign policy of the United States, the national 
emergency declared on April 12, 2010, and the measures adopted 
on that date and on July 20, 2012, to deal with that emergency, 
must continue in effect beyond April 12, 2014. 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 13536.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, April 7, 2014.

                                  
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