[House Document 115-9]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




115th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 115-9
 
      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO IRAN

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

    NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO IRAN, 
 ORIGINALLY DECLARED ON MARCH 15, 1995, BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 12957 IS TO 
    CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MARCH 15, 2017, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 
        1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)

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  January 17, 2017.--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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                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, January 13, 2017.
Hon. Paul D. Ryan,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: 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 Iran that was declared on March 15, 1995, is to 
continue in effect beyond March 15, 2017.
    On July 14, 2015, the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, 
the United Kingdom, and the United States), the European Union, 
and Iran reached a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) 
to ensure that Iran's nuclear program is and will remain 
exclusively peaceful. January 16, 2016, marked Implementation 
Day under the JCPOA, when the International Atomic Energy 
Agency (IAEA) issued a report verifying that Iran had completed 
key nuclear-related steps as specified in the JCPOA, and the 
Secretary of State confirmed the report's findings. As a 
result, the United States lifted nuclear-related sanctions on 
Iran consistent with its commitments under the JCPOA, including 
the termination of a number of Executive Orders that were 
issued pursuant to this national emergency. While nuclear-
related sanctions were lifted pursuant to our JCPOA 
commitments, a number of non-nuclear sanctions with respect to 
Iran remain in place.
    Since Implementation Day, the IAEA has repeatedly verified, 
and the Secretary of State has confirmed, that Iran continues 
to meet its nuclear commitments pursuant to the JCPOA. 
Nevertheless, certain actions and policies of the Government of 
Iran are contrary to the interests of the United States in the 
region and continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat 
to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the 
United States. For these reasons, I have determined that it is 
necessary to continue the national emergency declared with 
respect to Iran and to maintain in force comprehensive 
sanctions against Iran to respond to this threat.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.












                                 Notice

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      Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Iran

    On March 15, 1995, by Executive Order 12957, the President 
declared a national emergency with respect to Iran to deal with 
the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, 
foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted by 
the actions and policies of the Government of Iran. On May 6, 
1995, the President issued Executive Order (E.O.) 12959, 
imposing more comprehensive sanctions on Iran to further 
respond to this threat. On August 19, 1997, the President 
issued E.O. 13059, consolidating and clarifying the previous 
orders. I took additional steps pursuant to this national 
emergency in E.O. 13553 of September 28, 2010, E.O. 13574 of 
May 23, 2011, E.O. 13590 of November 20, 2011, E.O. 13599 of 
February 5, 2012, E.O. 13606 of April 22, 2012, E.O. 13608 of 
May 1, 2012, E.O. 13622 of July 30, 2012, E.O. 13628 of October 
9, 2012, and E.O. 13645 of June 3, 2013.
    On July 14, 2015, the P5+1 (China, France, Germany, Russia, 
the United Kingdom, and the United States), the European Union, 
and Iran reached a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) 
to ensure that Iran's nuclear program is and will remain 
exclusively peaceful. January 16, 2016, marked Implementation 
Day under the JCPOA, when the International Atomic Energy 
Agency (IAEA) issued a report verifying that Iran had completed 
key nuclear-related steps as specified in the JCPOA, and the 
Secretary of State confirmed the report's findings. As a 
result, the United States lifted nuclear-related sanctions on 
Iran consistent with its commitments under the JCPOA, including 
the termination of a number of Executive Orders that were 
issued pursuant to this national emergency. While nuclear-
related sanctions were lifted pursuant to our JCPOA 
commitments, a number of non-nuclear sanctions remain in place.
    Since Implementation Day, the IAEA has repeatedly verified, 
and the Secretary of State has confirmed, that Iran continues 
to meet its nuclear commitments pursuant to the JCPOA. However, 
irrespective of the JCPOA, which continues to ensure that 
Iran's nuclear program is and remains exclusively peaceful, 
certain actions and policies of the Government of Iran 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 on March 15, 1995, 
must continue in effect beyond March 15, 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 Iran declared in E.O. 12957. The 
emergency declared by E.O. 12957 constitutes an emergency 
separate from that declared on November 14, 1979, by E.O. 
12170. This renewal, therefore, is distinct from the emergency 
renewal of November 2016.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, January 13, 2017.

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