[House Document 114-133]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




114th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 114-133

 
  CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE CENTRAL 
                            AFRICAN REPUBLIC

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE CENTRAL 
  AFRICAN REPUBLIC, ORIGINALLY DECLARED ON MAY 12, 2014, BY EXECUTIVE 
ORDER 13667, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MAY 12, 2016, PURSUANT TO 
   50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)




May 10, 2016.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered 
                             to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                           Washington, May 9, 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 13667 of May 12, 2014, with respect to the 
Central African Republic is to continue in effect beyond May 
12, 2016.
    The situation in and in relation to the Central African 
Republic, which has been marked by a breakdown of law and 
order, intersectarian tension, widespread violence and 
atrocities, and the pervasive, often forced recruitment and use 
of child soldiers, threatens the peace, security, or stability 
of the Central African Republic and neighboring states, and 
continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
national security and foreign policy of the United States. For 
this reason, I have determined that it is necessary to continue 
the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13667 with 
respect to the Central African Republic.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.

                                 Notice

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  Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Central 
                            African Republic

    On May 12, 2014, by Executive Order 13667, I declared a 
national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security and foreign policy of the 
United States constituted by the situation in and in relation 
to the Central African Republic, which has been marked by a 
breakdown of law and order, intersectarian tension, widespread 
violence and atrocities, and the pervasive, often forced 
recruitment and use of child soldiers, and which threatens the 
peace, security, or stability of the Central African Republic 
and neighboring states.
    The situation in and in relation to the Central African 
Republic continues 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 May 
12, 2014, to deal with that threat must continue in effect 
beyond May 12, 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 13667.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, May 9, 2016.