[House Document 114-112]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




114th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - House Document 114-112
 
     CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO UKRAINE

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS 
    AND POLICIES OF PERSONS THAT UNDERMINE DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES AND 
INSTITUTIONS IN UKRAINE, THAT WAS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13660 ON 
MARCH 6, 2014, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MARCH 6, 2016, PURSUANT 
 TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)

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    March 3, 2016.--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 declared in Executive Order 13660 
of March 6, 2014, is to continue in effect beyond March 6, 
2016.
    The actions and policies of persons that undermine 
democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its 
peace, security, stability, sovereignty, and territorial 
integrity; and contribute to the misappropriation of its 
assets, as well as the actions and policies of the Government 
of the Russian Federation, including its purported annexation 
of Crimea and its use of force in Ukraine, continue to pose an 
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and 
foreign policy of the United States. Therefore, I have 
determined that it is necessary to continue the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13660 with respect to 
Ukraine.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, March 2, 2016.

                                 Notice

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     Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Ukraine

    On March 6, 2014, by Executive Order 13660, 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 persons that undermine democratic processes and 
institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, 
stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and 
contribute to the misappropriation of its assets.
    On March 16, 2014, I issued Executive Order 13661, which 
expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 13660, and found that the actions and policies 
of the Government of the Russian Federation with respect to 
Ukraine undermine democratic processes and institutions in 
Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, stability, sovereignty, 
and territorial integrity; and contribute to the 
misappropriation of its assets.
    On March 20, 2014, I issued Executive Order 13662, which 
further expanded the scope of the national emergency declared 
in Executive Order 13660, as expanded in scope in Executive 
Order 13661, and found that the actions and policies of the 
Government of the Russian Federation, including its purported 
annexation of Crimea and its use of force in Ukraine, continue 
to undermine democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine; 
threaten its peace, security, stability, sovereignty, and 
territorial integrity; and contribute to the misappropriation 
of its assets.
    On December 19, 2014, I issued Executive Order 13685, to 
take additional steps to address the Russian occupation of the 
Crimea region of Ukraine.
    The actions and policies addressed in these Executive 
Orders 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 March 6, 
2014, and the measures adopted on that date, on March 16, 2014, 
on March 20, 2014, and December 19, 2014, to deal with that 
emergency, must continue in effect beyond March 6, 2016. 
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 13660.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, March 2, 2016.

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