[House Document 116-166]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



116th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 116-166




 
     CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO BURUNDI

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

  A NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO BURUNDI, 
DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13712 OF NOVEMBER 22, 2015, IS TO CONTINUE 
  IN EFFECT BEYOND NOVEMBER 22, 2020, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); 
            PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)



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 November 12, 2020.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed



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		     U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE

19-011                     WASHINGTON : 2020


                                           The White House,
                                     Washington, November 12, 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 with 
respect to the situation in Burundi declared in Executive Order 
13712 of November 22, 2015, is to continue in effect beyond 
November 22, 2020.
    The situation in Burundi, which has been marked by killing 
and other violence against civilians, unrest, the incitement of 
violence, and significant political repression, and which 
threatens the peace, security, and stability of Burundi and the 
region, continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat 
to the national security and foreign policy of the United 
States. I commend the new government and the people of Burundi 
for the recent historic peaceful transfer of power and 
encourage the new government to continue to engage with the 
United States and other countries to address the underlying 
actions and policies of the Government of Burundi that led to 
the declaration of a national emergency in Executive Order 
13712. At this time, however, I have not seen sufficient 
evidence that the situation is resolved. For this reason, I 
have determined that it is necessary to continue the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13712 with respect to the 
situation in Burundi.
            Sincerely,
                                                   Donald J. Trump.

                                 Notice

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     Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Burundi

    On November 22, 2015, by Executive Order 13712, the 
President declared a national emergency to deal with the 
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and 
foreign policy of the United States constituted by the 
situation in Burundi, which has been marked by the killing of 
and violence against civilians, unrest, the incitement of 
imminent violence, and significant political repression, and 
which threatens the peace, security, and stability of Burundi 
and the region. I commend the new government and the people of 
Burundi for the recent historic peaceful transfer of power and 
encourage the new government to continue to engage with the 
United States and other countries to address the underlying 
actions and policies of the Government of Burundi that led to 
the declaration of a national emergency in Executive Order 
13712. At this time, however, I have not seen sufficient 
evidence that the situation is resolved.
    As such, the situation in Burundi 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 November 22, 2015, to deal with 
that threat must continue in effect beyond November 22, 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 with respect to Burundi declared in 
Executive Order 13712.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, November 12, 2020.

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