[House Document 113-23]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



113th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 113-23


 
  EXECUTIVE ORDER WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS AND POLICIES OF CERTAIN 
                   MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF YEMEN

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

   NOTIFICATION THAT AN EXECUTIVE ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED DECLARING A 
NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE UNUSUAL AND EXTRAORDINARY THREAT 
TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES POSED 
  BY THE ACTIONS AND POLICIES OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF 
  YEMEN AND OTHERS TO THREATEN YEMEN'S PEACE, SECURITY, AND STABILITY




May 13, 2013.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered 
                             to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                          Washington, May 13, 2013.
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 declared in 
Executive Order 13611 of May 16, 2012, with respect to Yemen is 
to continue in effect beyond May 16, 2013.
    The actions and policies of certain members of the 
Government of Yemen and others continue to threaten Yemen's 
peace, security, and stability, including by obstructing the 
implementation of the agreement of November 23, 2011, between 
the Government of Yemen and those in opposition to it, which 
provided for a peaceful transition of power that meets the 
legitimate demands and aspirations of the Yemeni people for 
change, and by obstructing the political process in Yemen. For 
this reason, I have determined that it is necessary to continue 
the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13611 with 
respect to Yemen.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.
                                 Notice

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      Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Yemen

    On May 16, 2012, by Executive Order 13611, 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 actions 
and policies of certain members of the Government of Yemen and 
others that threatened Yemen's peace, security, and stability, 
including by obstructing the implementation of the agreement of 
November 23, 2011, between the Government of Yemen and those in 
opposition to it, which provided for a peaceful transition of 
power that meets the legitimate demands and aspirations of the 
Yemeni people for change, and by obstructing the political 
process in Yemen.
    The actions and policies of certain members of the 
Government of Yemen and others in threatening Yemen's peace, 
security, and stability 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 on May 16, 2012, to deal with that threat 
must continue in effect beyond May 16, 2013. 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 13611.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, May 13, 2013.

                                  
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