[House Document 114-144]
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114th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - House Document 114-144
CONTINUATION OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA
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MESSAGE
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY, WITH RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA,
ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13466 OF JUNE 26, 2008, AS
AMENDED, 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
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 North Korea that
was declared in Executive Order 13466 of June 26, 2008,
expanded in scope in Executive Order 13551 of August 30, 2010,
addressed further in Executive Order 13570 of April 18, 2011,
further expanded in scope in Executive Order 13687 of January
2, 2015, and under which additional steps were taken in
Executive Order 13722 of March 15, 2016, is to continue in
effect beyond June 26, 2016.
The existence and risk of proliferation of weapons-usable
fissile material on the Korean Peninsula; the actions and
policies of the Government of North Korea that destabilize the
Korean Peninsula and imperil U.S. Armed Forces, allies, and
trading partners in the region, including its pursuit of
nuclear and missile programs; and other provocative,
destabilizing, and repressive actions and policies of the
Government of North Korea, continue to constitute an unusual
and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign
policy, and economy of the United States. For this reason, I
have determined that it is necessary to continue the national
emergency with respect to North Korea.
Barack Obama.
The White House, June 21, 2016.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to North Korea
On June 26, 2008, by Executive Order 13466, the President
declared a national emergency with respect to North Korea
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 existence and risk of
proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean
Peninsula. The President also found that it was necessary to
maintain certain restrictions with respect to North Korea that
would otherwise have been lifted pursuant to Proclamation 8271
of June 26, 2008, which terminated the exercise of authorities
under the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 1-44) with
respect to North Korea.
On August 30, 2010, I signed Executive Order 13551, which
expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13466 to deal with the unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy,
and economy of the United States posed by the continued actions
and policies of the Government of North Korea, manifested by
its unprovoked attack that resulted in the sinking of the
Republic of Korea Navy ship Cheonan and the deaths of 46
sailors in March 2010; its announced test of a nuclear device
and its missile launches in 2009; its actions in violation of
United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1718 and 1874,
including the procurement of luxury goods; and its illicit and
deceptive activities in international markets through which it
obtains financial and other support, including money
laundering, the counterfeiting of goods and currency, bulk cash
smuggling, and narcotics trafficking, which destabilize the
Korean Peninsula and imperil U.S. Armed Forces, allies, and
trading partners in the region.
On April 18, 2011, I signed Executive Order 13570 to take
additional steps to address the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13466 and expanded in Executive Order 13551
that will ensure the implementation of the import restrictions
contained in United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1718
and 1874 and complement the import restrictions provided for in
the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).
On January 2, 2015, I signed Executive Order 13687 to take
further steps with respect to the national emergency declared
in Executive Order 13466, as expanded in Executive Order 13551,
and addressed further in Executive Order 13570, to address the
threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of
the United States constituted by the provocative,
destabilizing, and repressive actions and policies of the
Government of North Korea, including its destructive, coercive
cyber-related actions during November and December 2014,
actions in violation of United Nations Security Council
Resolutions 1718, 1874, 2087, and 2094, and commission of
serious human rights abuses.
On March 15, 2016, I signed Executive Order 13722 to take
additional steps with respect to the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13466, as modified in scope and
relied upon for additional steps in subsequent Executive
Orders, to address the Government of North Korea's continuing
pursuit of its nuclear and missile programs, as evidenced by
its February 7, 2016, launch using ballistic missile technology
and its January 6, 2016, nuclear test in violation of its
obligations pursuant to numerous United Nations Security
Council Resolutions and in contravention of its commitments
under the September 19, 2005, Joint Statement of the Six-Party
Talks, that increasingly imperils the United States and its
allies. Executive Order 13722 also implements certain
multilateral sanctions imposed under United Nations Security
Council Resolution 2270.
The existence and risk of proliferation of weapons-usable
fissile material on the Korean Peninsula and the actions and
policies of the Government of North Korea continue to pose an
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security,
foreign policy, and economy of the United States. For this
reason, the national emergency declared in Executive Order
13466, expanded in scope in Executive Order 13551, addressed
further in Executive Order 13570, further expanded in scope in
Executive Order 13687, and under which additional steps were
taken in Executive Order 13722 of March 15, 2016, and the
measures taken to deal with that national 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 North Korea declared in Executive
Order 13466.
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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