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




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

 
      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
                         STABILIZATION OF IRAQ

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

   NOTIFICATION THAT THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH 
 RESPECT TO THE STABILIZATION OF IRAQ IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND 
              MAY 22, 2014, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




May 19, 2014.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered 
                             to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                          Washington, May 19, 2014.
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, 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 with 
respect to the stabilization of Iraq that was declared in 
Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, is to continue in effect 
beyond May 22, 2014.
    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 the stabilization of Iraq.
            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 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 posed by 
obstacles to the continued 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.
    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. For this reason, the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13303, 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, must continue in effect 
beyond May 22, 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 with respect to 
the stabilization of Iraq declared in Executive Order 13303.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, May 19, 2014.

                                  
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