[House Document 114-69]
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114th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 114-69
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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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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

NOTIFICATION 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, 2015, AS REQUIRED BY SEC. 202(d) OF THE NATIONAL 
                   EMERGENCIES ACT, 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)

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  October 22, 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 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, 2015.
    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.
                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, October 21, 2015.

                                 Notice

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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in 
         or in Relation 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 
pursuant to this national emergency in Executive Order 13671 of 
July 8, 2014.
    This situation 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, 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 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, 2015.

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