[House Document 114-45]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




114th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 114-45
 
    CONTINUATION OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA, 
  ORIGINALLY DECLARED ON JUNE 26, 2008, BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 13466, AS 
  AMENDED AND EXTENDED, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JUNE 26, 2015

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 June 23, 2015.--Referred to the Committee 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 national emergency with respect to North Korea that 
was declared in Executive Order 13466 of June 2008, expanded in 
scope in Executive Order 13551 of August 30, 2010, addressed 
further in Executive Order 13570 of April 18, 2011, and further 
expanded in scope in Executive Order 13687 of January 2, 2015, 
is to continue in effect beyond June 26, 2015.
    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 Pennisula and imperil U.S. Armed Forces, allies, and 
trading partners in the region; and other provocative, 
destabilizing, and repressive actions and policies of the 
Government of North Korea, to 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.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.
                                 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 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 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 
serous human rights abuses.
    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, and further expanded in scope 
in Executive Order 13687, and the measures taken to deal with 
that national 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 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 22, 2015.