[House Document 114-44]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




114th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 114-44
 
  CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE WESTERN 
                                BALKANS

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     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, 2015

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   June 23, 2015.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, June 22, 2015.
Hon. John Boehner,
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 Western Balkans that was declared in Executive 
Order 13219 of June 26, 2001, is to continue in effect beyond 
June 26, 2015.
    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 or United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 1244 of June 10, 1999, related to 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.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.
                                 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, 
relating to 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 relating to 
Macedonia.
    The actions of persons threatening the peace and 
international stabilization efforts in the Western Balkans 
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, 2015. 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 22, 2015.

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