[House Document 115-28]
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115th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 115-28
 
     CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SOMALIA

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                                MESSAGE

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                     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 

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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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