[House Document 114-143]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




114th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 114-143
 
  CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE WESTERN 
                                BALKANS

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                                MESSAGE

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                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
 
                              transmitting

 NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY, WITH RESPECT TO THE WESTERN 
BALKANS, ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13219 OF JUNE 26, 2001, 
 IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JUNE 26, 2016, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 
        1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)

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    June 22, 2016.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
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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 Western Balkans 
that was declared in Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001, is 
to continue in effect beyond June 26, 2016.
    The threat constituted by the actions of persons engaged 
in, or assisting, sponsoring, or supporting (i) extremist 
violence in the Republic of Macedonia and elsewhere in the 
Western Balkans region, or (ii) acts obstructing implementation 
of the Dayton Accords in Bosnia and Herzegovina or United 
Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of June 10, 1999, in 
Kosovo, has not been resolved. In addition, Executive Order 
13219 was amended by Executive Order 13304 of May 28, 2003, to 
take additional steps with respect to acts obstructing 
implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001 
relating to Macedonia.
    Because the acts of extremist violence and obstructionist 
activity outlined in these Executive Orders are hostile to U.S. 
interests and continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security and foreign policy of the 
United States, I have determined that it is necessary to 
continue the national emergency declared with respect to the 
Western Balkans.
                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, June 21, 2016.

                                 Notice

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  Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Western 
                                Balkans

    On June 26, 2001, by Executive Order 13219, the President 
declared a national emergency with respect to the Western 
Balkans, 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 of 
persons engaged in, or assisting, sponsoring, or supporting (i) 
extremist violence in the Republic of Macedonia and elsewhere 
in the Western Balkans region, or (ii) acts obstructing 
implementation of the Dayton Accords in Bosnia or United 
Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of June 10, 1999, in 
Kosovo. The President subsequently amended that order in 
Executive Order 13304 of May 28, 2003, to take additional steps 
with respect to acts obstructing implementation of the Ohrid 
Framework Agreement of 2001 relating to Macedonia.
    The actions of persons threatening the peace and 
international stabilization efforts in the Western Balkans, 
including acts of extremist violence and obstructionist 
activity, 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 
June 26, 2001, and the measures adopted on that date and 
thereafter to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect 
beyond June 26, 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 Western Balkans declared in Executive Order 13219.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, June 21, 2016.

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