[House Document 116-159]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




116th Congress, 2d Session--------------------HOUSE DOUCUMENT 116-159
                                             
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CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION IN 
                        AND IN RELATION TO SYRIA

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

                              transmitting

 NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO THE 
   SITUATION IN AND IN RELATION TO SYRIA IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13894 OF 
  OCTOBER 14, 2019, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND OCTOBER 14, 2020, 
  PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 
                              STAT. 1257)

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  October 9, 2020.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                   Washington, DC, October 8, 2020.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Madam 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 
with respect to the situation in and in relation to Syria in 
Executive Order 13894 of October 14, 2019, is to continue in 
effect beyond October 14, 2020.
    The situation in and in relation to Syria, and in 
particular the actions by the Government of Turkey to conduct a 
military offensive into northeast Syria, undermines the 
campaign to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or 
ISIS, endangers civilians, and further threatens to undermine 
the peace, security, and stability in the region, and continues 
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 13894 with respect to the 
situation in and in relation to Syria.
            Sincerely,
                                                   Donald J. Trump.

                                 Notice

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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in 
                        and in Relation to Syria

    On October 14, 2019, by Executive Order 13894, I 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 
situation in and in relation to Syria.
    The situation in and in relation to Syria, and in 
particular the actions by the Government of Turkey to conduct a 
military offensive into northeast Syria, undermines the 
campaign to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or 
ISIS, endangers civilians, and further threatens to undermine 
the peace, security, and stability in the region, and 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 October 14, 2019, 
must continue in effect beyond October 14, 2020. 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 13894 with respect to the 
situation in and in relation to Syria.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, October 8, 2020.

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