[House Document 113-40]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
113th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 113-40
CONTINUATION OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON
NORTH KOREA AND NORTH KOREAN NATIONALS
__________
COMMUNICATION
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, 2013, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)
June 24, 2013.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and
ordered to be printed
The White House,
Washington, June 21, 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 13466 of June 26, 2008, expanded in scope in
Executive Order 13551 of August 30, 2010, and addressed further
in Executive Order 13570 of April 18, 2011, is to continue in
effect beyond June 26, 2013.
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 these
reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the
national emergency with respect to these threats and maintain
in force the measures taken to deal with that national
emergency.
Sincerely,
Barack Obama.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to North Korea
On June 26, 2008, by Executive Order 13466, 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 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 Executive Order 13551, which
expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 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 Resolutions (UNSCRs) 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 Executive Order 13570 to take
additional steps to address the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13466 and expanded in Executive Order 13551
that will ensure the implementation of the import restrictions
contained in UNSCRs 1718 and 1874 and complement the import
restrictions provided for in the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).
Because 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, the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13466, expanded in scope
in Executive Order 13551, and addressed further in Executive
Order 13570, and the measures taken to deal with that national
emergency, must continue in effect beyond June 26, 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 13466.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
Barack Obama.
The White House, June 21, 2013.