[House Document 115-90]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




115th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - House Document 115-90
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     CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO 
    TERRORISTS WHO THREATEN TO DISRUPT THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS

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                                MESSAGE

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                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

                              TRANSMITTING

   NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY REGARDING TERRORISTS WHO 
  THREATEN TO DISRUPT THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS IS TO CONTINUE IN 
 EFFECT BEYOND JANUARY 23, 2018, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC 
                LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)


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  January 17, 2018.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
         
         
                       
                       U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
                
  79-011                       WASHINGTON: 2018
  
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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 before 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 with respect to foreign 
terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace 
process declared in Executive Order 12947 of January 23, 1995, 
is to continue in effect beyond January 23, 2018.
    The crisis with respect to grave acts of violence committed 
by foreign terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle East 
peace process that led to the declaration of a national 
emergency on January 23, 1995, has not been resolved. Terrorist 
groups continue to engage in activities that have the purpose 
or effect of threatening the Middle East peace process and that 
are hostile to United States interests in the region. Such 
actions continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to 
the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the 
United States. I have, therefore, determined that it is 
necessary to continue the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 12947 with respect to foreign terrorists who 
threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process and to 
maintain in force the sanctions against them to respond to this 
threat.

                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, January 17, 2018.



                                Notice

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 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Terrorists Who 
           Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process

    On January 23, 1995, by Executive Order 12947, the 
President declared a national emergency pursuant to the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-
1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United 
States constituted by grave acts of violence committed by 
foreign terrorists that disrupt the Middle East peace process. 
On August 20, 1998, by Executive Order 13099, the President 
modified the Annex to Executive Order 12947 to identify four 
additional persons who threaten to disrupt the Middle East 
peace process. On February 16, 2005, by Executive Order 13372, 
the President clarified the steps taken in Executive Order 
12947.
    These terrorist activities continue to threaten the Middle 
East peace process and 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 January 23, 1995, and the measures adopted to deal 
with that emergency must continue in effect beyond January 23, 
2018. In accordance with section 202(d) of the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am, therefore, 
continuing for 1 year the national emergency with respect to 
foreign terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle East 
peace process declared in Executive Order 12947.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, January 17, 2018.