[House Document 115-72]
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115-72




 
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, 2017, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-
                   412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)
                   
                   
                   

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  October 23, 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 

79-011                          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 of 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, 2017.
    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.

                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, October 23, 2017.

                                 Notice

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 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect 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 and continues 
to threaten regional stability. The President took additional 
steps to address this national emergency in Executive Order 
13671 of July 8, 2014.
    The situation in, or in relation to, the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo 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, 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 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.
                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, October 23, 2017.

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