[House Document 114-48]
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114th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 114-48
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   CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE FORMER 
                   LIBERIAN REGIME OF CHARLES TAYLOR

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A NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY, WITH RESPECT TO THE FORMER 
  LIBERIAN REGIME OF CHARLES TAYLOR, ORIGINALLY DECLARED ON JULY 22, 
 2004, BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 13348, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JULY 
                22, 2015, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)

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   July 20, 2015.--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, July 17, 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 former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor 
declared in Executive Order 13348 of July 22, 2004, is to 
continue in effect beyond July 22, 2015.
    Although Liberia has made significant advances to promote 
democracy, and the Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted 
Charles Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity, the 
actions and policies of former Liberian President Charles 
Taylor and other persons, in particular their unlawful 
depletion of Liberian resources and their removal from Liberia 
and secreting of Liberian funds and property, still challenge 
Liberia's efforts to strengthen its democracy and the orderly 
development of its political, administrative, and economic 
institutions and resources. These actions and policies continue 
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 with 
respect to the former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.
                                 Notice

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   Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Former 
                   Liberian Regime of Charles Taylor

    On July 22, 2004, by Executive Order 13348, the President 
declared a national emergency with respect to the former 
Liberian regime of Charles Taylor pursuant to the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal 
with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy 
of the United States constituted by the actions and policies of 
former Liberian President Charles Taylor and other persons, in 
particular their unlawful depletion of Liberian resources and 
their removal from Liberia and secreting of Liberian funds and 
property, which have undermined Liberia's transition to 
democracy and the orderly development of its political, 
administrative, and economic institutions and resources.
    Although Liberia has made significant advances to promote 
democracy, and the Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted 
Charles Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity, the 
actions and policies of Charles Taylor and others have left a 
legacy of destruction that still challenge Liberia's 
transformation and recovery. The actions and policies of these 
persons continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to 
the foreign policy of the United States. For this reason, the 
national emergency declared on July 22, 2004, and the measures 
adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must continue 
in effect beyond July 22, 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 former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor 
declared in Executive Order 13348.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, July 17, 2015.

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