[House Document 113-48]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



113th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 113-48


 
  CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SIGNIFICANT 
                  TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

   NOTIFICATION THAT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ISSUED DECLARING A NATIONAL 
  EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE UNUSUAL AND EXTRAORDINARY THREAT THAT 
 SIGNIFICANT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS POSE TO THE NATIONAL 
   SECURITY, FOREIGN POLICY, AND ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES IS TO 
 CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JULY 24, 2013, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




   July 19, 2013.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, July 19, 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 with 
respect to transnational criminal organizations declared in 
Executive Order 13581 of July 24, 2011, is to continue in 
effect beyond July 24, 2013.
    The activities of significant transnational criminal 
organizations have reached such scope and gravity that they 
threaten the stability of international political and economic 
systems. Such organizations are becoming increasingly 
sophisticated and dangerous to the United States; they are 
increasingly entrenched in the operations of certain foreign 
governments and the international financial system, thereby 
weakening democratic institutions, degrading the rule of law, 
and undermining economic markets. These organizations 
facilitate and aggravate violent civil conflicts and 
increasingly facilitate the activities of other dangerous 
persons.
    The activities of significant transnational criminal 
organizations continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of 
the United States. Therefore, I have determined that it is 
necessary to continue the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 13581 with respect to transnational criminal 
organizations.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.
                                 Notice

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 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Transnational 
                         Criminal Organizations

    On July 24, 2011, by Executive Order 13581, I declared a 
national emergency with respect to transnational criminal 
organizations 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, foreign policy, 
and economy of the United States constituted by the activities 
of significant transnational criminal organizations.
    The activities of significant transnational criminal 
organizations have reached such scope and gravity that they 
threaten the stability of international political and economic 
systems. Such organizations are becoming increasingly 
sophisticated and dangerous to the United States; they are 
increasingly entrenched in the operations of certain foreign 
governments and the international financial system, thereby 
weakening democratic institutions, degrading the rule of law, 
and undermining economic markets. These organizations 
facilitate and aggravate violent civil conflicts and 
increasingly facilitate the activities of other dangerous 
persons.
    The activities of significant transnational criminal 
organizations 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 Executive Order 13581 of July 24, 2011, and the 
measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must 
continue in effect beyond July 24, 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 transnational criminal organizations 
declared in Executive Order 13581.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, July 19, 2013.

                                  
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