[House Document 115-28]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
115th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 115-28
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SOMALIA
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MESSAGE
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SOMALIA,
ORIGINALLY DECLARED ON APRIL 12, 2010, BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 13536, IS TO
CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND APRIL 12, 2017, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C.
1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)
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April 6, 2017.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
69-011 WASHINGTON : 2017
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 declared in Executive Order 13536
of April 12, 2010, with respect to Somalia is to continue in
effect beyond April 12, 2017.
The United States is strongly committed to Somalia's
stabilization, and it is important to maintain sanctions
against persons undermining its stability. For this reason, I
have determined that it is necessary to continue the national
emergency with respect to Somalia and to maintain in force the
sanctions to respond to this threat.
Donald J. Trump.
The White House, April 6, 2017.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Somalia
On April 12, 2010, by Executive Order 13536, the President
declared a national emergency to deal with the unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign
policy of the United States constituted by the deterioration of
the security situation and the persistence of violence in
Somalia, acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast
of Somalia, which have repeatedly been the subject of United
Nations Security Council resolutions, and violations of the
arms embargo imposed by the United Nations Security Council.
On July 20, 2012, the President issued Executive Order
13620 to take additional steps to deal with the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13536 in view of United
Nations Security Council Resolution 2036 of February 22, 2012,
and Resolution 2002 of July 29, 2011, and to address: exports
of charcoal from Somalia, which generate significant revenue
for al-Shabaab; the misappropriation of Somali public assets;
and certain acts of violence committed against civilians in
Somalia--all of which contribute to the deterioration of the
security situation and the persistence of violence in Somalia.
The situation with respect to Somalia continues 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 April 12, 2010, and the measures
adopted on that date and on July 20, 2012, to deal with that
emergency, must continue in effect beyond April 12, 2017.
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 declared in Executive Order 13536.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
Donald J. Trump.
The White House, April 6, 2017.
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