[House Document 114-49]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




114th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - House Document 114-49
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 CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO TRANSNATIONAL 
                         CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

      A NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO 
TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS, ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE 
ORDER 13581 ON JULY 24, 2011, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JULY 24, 
                 2015, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1701-1706

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    July 21, 2015.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
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 transnational 
criminal organizations declared in Executive Order 13581 of 
July 24, 2011, is to continue in effect beyond July 24, 2015.
    The activities of significant transnational criminal 
organizations have reached such scope and gravity that they 
threaten the stability of international political and economic 
systems. Such organizations are becoming increasingly 
sophisticated and dangerous to the United States; they are 
increasingly entrenched in the operations of foreign 
governments and the international financial system, thereby 
weakening democratic institutions, degrading the rule of law, 
and undermining economic markets. These organizations 
facilitate and aggravate violent civil conflicts and 
increasingly facilitate the activities of other dangerous 
persons.
    The activities of significant transnational criminal 
organizations continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of 
the United States. Therefore, I have determined that it is 
necessary to continue the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 13581 with respect to transnational criminal 
organizations.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, July 21, 2015.
                                 Notice

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 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Transnational 
                         Criminal Organizations

    On July 24, 2011, by Executive Order 13581, I declared a 
national emergency with respect to transnational criminal 
organizations 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, foreign policy, 
and economy of the United States constituted by the activities 
of significant transnational criminal organizations.
    The activities of significant transnational criminal 
organizations have reached such scope and gravity that they 
threaten the stability of international political and economic 
systems. Such organizations are becoming increasingly 
sophisticated and dangerous to the United States; they are 
increasingly entrenched in the operations of foreign 
governments and the international financial system, thereby 
weakening democratic institutions, degrading the rule of law, 
and undermining economic markets. These organizations 
facilitate and aggravate violent civil conflicts and 
increasingly facilitate the activities of other dangerous 
persons.
    The activities of significant transnational criminal 
organizations 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 13581 of July 24, 2011, and the 
measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must 
continue in effect beyond July 24, 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 transnational criminal organizations 
declared in Executive Order 13581.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, July 21, 2015.

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