[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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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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