[House Document 113-124]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


113th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 113-124

 
   CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

    A NOTIFICATION STATING THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY, DECLARED IN 
EXECUTIVE ORDER 13466 OF JUNE 26, 2008, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND 
              JUNE 26, 2014, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




    June 23, 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 with respect to North Korea that 
was declared in Executive Order (E.O.) 13466 of June 26, 2008, 
expanded in scope in E.O. 13551 of August 30, 2010, and 
addressed further in E.O. 13570 of April 18, 2011, is to 
continue in effect beyond June 26, 2014.
    The existence and 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 this 
reason, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the 
national emergency with respect to North Korea.
                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, June 20, 2014.


                                 Notice

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   Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to North Korea

    On June 26, 2008, by Executive Order (E.O.) 13466, the 
President declared a national emergency with respect to North 
Korea 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 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 E.O. 13551, which expanded the 
scope of the national emergency declared in E.O. 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, manifested by its unprovoked attack that 
resulted in the sinking of the Republic of Korea Navy ship 
Cheonan and the deaths of 46 sailors in March 2010; its 
announced test of a nuclear device and its missile launches in 
2009; its actions in violation of United Nations Security 
Council (UNSC) Resolutions 1718 and 1874, including the 
procurement of luxury goods; and its illicit and deceptive 
activities in international markets through which it obtains 
financial and other support, including money laundering, the 
counterfeiting of goods and currency, bulk cash smuggling, and 
narcotics trafficking, which destabilize the Korean Peninsula 
and imperil U.S. Armed Forces, allies, and trading partners in 
the region.
    On April 18, 2011, I signed E.O. 13570 to take additional 
steps to address the national emergency declared in E.O. 13466 
and expanded in E.O. 13551 that ensure the implementation of 
the import restrictions contained in UNSC Resolutions 1718 and 
1874 and complement the import restrictions provided for in the 
Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).
    The existence and 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. For this 
reason, the national emergency declared in E.O. 13466, expanded 
in scope in E.O. 13551, and addressed further in E.O. 13570, 
and the measures taken to deal with that national emergency, 
must continue in effect beyond June 26, 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 North Korea declared in E.O. 13466.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, June 20, 2014.

                                  
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