[House Document 115-99]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




115th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 115-99
 
     CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO UKRAINE

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS 
    AND POLICIES OF PERSONS THAT UNDERMINE DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES AND 
INSTITUTIONS IN UKRAINE, THAT WAS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13660 OF 
MARCH 6, 2014, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MARCH 6, 2018, PURSUANT 
 TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)







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   March 5, 2018.--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, March 2, 2018.
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 
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 in 
Executive Order 13660 of March 6, 2014, is to continue in 
effect beyond March 6, 2018.
    The actions and policies of persons that undermine 
democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its 
peace, security, stability, sovereignty, and territorial 
integrity; and contribute to the misappropriation of its 
assets, as well as the actions and policies of the Government 
of the Russian Federation, including its purported annexation 
of Crimea and its use of force in Ukraine, continue to pose an 
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and 
foreign policy of the United States. Therefore, I have 
determined that it is necessary to continue the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13660 with respect to 
Ukraine.
            Sincerely,
                                                   Donald J. Trump.

















                                 Notice

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     Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Ukraine

    On March 6, 2014, by Executive Order 13660, 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 and foreign policy of the United States constituted by 
the actions and policies of persons that undermine democratic 
processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, 
security, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; 
and contribute to the misappropriation of its assets.
    On March 16, 2014, the President issued Executive Order 
13661, which expanded the scope of the national emergency 
declared in Executive Order 13660, and found that the actions 
and policies of the Government of the Russian Federation with 
respect to Ukraine undermine democratic processes and 
institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, 
stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and 
contribute to the misappropriation of its assets.
    On March 20, 2014, the President issued Executive Order 
13662, which further expanded the scope of the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13660, as expanded in 
scope in Executive Order 13661, and found that the actions and 
policies of the Government of the Russian Federation, including 
its purported annexation of Crimea and its use of force in 
Ukraine, continue to undermine democratic processes and 
institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, 
stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and 
contribute to the misappropriation of its assets.
    On December 19, 2014, the President issued Executive Order 
13685, to take additional steps to address the Russian 
occupation of the Crimea region of Ukraine.
    The actions and policies addressed in these Executive 
Orders continue 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 March 6, 
2014, and the measures adopted on that date, on March 16, 2014, 
on March 20, 2014, and on December 19, 2014, to deal with that 
emergency, must continue in effect beyond March 6, 2018. 
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 13660.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, March 2, 2018.

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