[House Document 114-114]
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114th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - House Document 114-114
 
    CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO VENEZUELA

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION 
  IN VENEZUELA THAT WAS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13692 ON MARCH 8, 
  2015, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MARCH 8, 2016, PURSUANT TO 19 
    U.S.C. 2432(d); PUBLIC LAW 93-618, SEC. 402(d); (88 STAT. 2056)

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   March 7, 2016.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, March 3, 2016.
Hon. Paul D. Ryan,
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 13692 of March 8, 2015, with respect to the 
situation in Venezuela is to continue in effect beyond March 8, 
2016.
    The situation in Venezuela described in Executive Order 
13692 has not improved, including the Government of Venezuela's 
erosion of human rights guarantees, persecution of political 
opponents, curtailment of press freedoms, use of violence and 
human rights violations and abuses in response to 
antigovernment protests, and arbitrary arrest and detention of 
antigovernment protestors, as well as the exacerbating presence 
of significant government corruption. For this reason, I have 
determined that it is necessary to continue the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13692 with respect to the 
situation in Venezuela.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.

                                 Notice

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    Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Venezuela

    On March 8, 2015, I issued Executive Order 13692, declaring 
a national emergency with respect to the situation in 
Venezuela, including the Government of Venezuela's erosion of 
human rights guarantees, persecution of political opponents, 
curtailment of press freedoms, use of violence and human rights 
violations and abuses in response to antigovernment protests, 
and arbitrary arrest and detention of antigovernment 
protestors, as well as the exacerbating presence of significant 
government corruption. The situation described in Executive 
Order 13692 has not improved. 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 13692.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, March 3, 2016.

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