[House Document 113-30]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




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1st Session                                              113-30
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      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE 

                         STABILIZATION OF IRAQ

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE 

  STABILIZATION OF IRAQ IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MAY 22, 2013, 

                     PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




    May 17, 2013.--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 the stabilization 
of Iraq that was declared in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 
2003, is to continue in effect beyond May 22, 2013.
    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 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.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, May 17, 2013.
                                 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 institution in Iraq.
    The 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 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, 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 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 17, 2013.

                                  

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