[House Document 114-174]
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114th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - House Document 114-174
 
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION IN 
         OR IN RELATION TO THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

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                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

  NOTIFICATION OF AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT TAKES ADDITIONAL STEPS WITH 
    RESPECT TO THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO THE 
 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13413 OF OCTOBER 
27, 2006 TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND OCTOBER 27, 2016, PURSUANT TO 50 
    U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)

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 November 14, 2016.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                         
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                         U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

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                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, October 21, 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 with 
respect to the situation in or in relation to the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo declared in Executive Order 13413 of 
October 27, 2006, is to continue in effect beyond October 27, 
2016.
    The situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic 
of the Congo, which has been marked by widespread violence and 
atrocities that continue to threaten regional stability, 
continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
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 13413 with respect to the 
situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.










                                 Notice

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 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Democratic 
                         Republic of the Congo

    On October 27, 2006, by Executive Order 13413, the 
President declared a national emergency with respect to the 
situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo and, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706), ordered related measures 
blocking the property of certain persons contributing to the 
conflict in that country. The President took this action to 
deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign 
policy of the United States constituted by the situation in or 
in relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has 
been marked by widespread violence and atrocities that continue 
to threaten regional stability. I took additional steps to deal 
with this national emergency in Executive Order 13671 of July 
8, 2014.
    The situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic 
of the Congo continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the foreign policy of the United States. For this 
reason, the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
13413 of October 27, 2006, as amended by Executive Order 13671 
of July 8, 2014, and the measures adopted to deal with that 
emergency, must continue in effect beyond October 27, 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 situation in or in 
relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared in 
Executive Order 13413, as amended by Executive Order 13671.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, October 21, 2016.

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