[House Document 114-137]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




114th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - House Document 114-137

 
      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
                         STABILIZATION OF IRAQ


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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

                              transmitting

     NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY, WITH RESPECT TO THE 
STABILIZATION OF IRAQ, ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13303 OF 
MAY 22, 2003, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MAY 22, 2016, PURSUANT TO 
   50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)





    May 23, 2016.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed

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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
                
59-011                       WASHINGTON: 2016         
         
         
         
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 with respect to the stabilization 
of Iraq that was declared in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 
2003, is to continue in effect beyond May 22, 2016.
    Obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the 
restoration and maintenance of peace and security in the 
country, and the development of political, administrative, and 
economic institutions in Iraq continue to pose an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
policy of the United States. Accordingly, I have determined 
that it is necessary to continue the national emergency with 
respect to the stabilization of Iraq.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, May 18, 2016.

                                 Notice

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      Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the 
                         Stabilization of Iraq

    On May 22, 2003, by Executive Order 13303, 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 posed by 
obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the 
restoration and maintenance of peace and security in the 
country, and the development of political, administrative, and 
economic institutions in Iraq.
    The obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the 
restoration and maintenance of peace and security in the 
country, and the development of political, administrative, and 
economic institutions in Iraq 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 in Executive Order 13303, as modified in 
scope and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive 
Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, Executive Order 13350 of July 
29, 2004, Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004, Executive 
Order 13438 of July 17, 2007, and Executive Order 13668 of May 
27, 2014, must continue in effect beyond May 22, 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 with respect to the stabilization of 
Iraq declared in Executive Order 13303.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, May 18, 2016.