[House Document 116-20]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




116th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 116-20
 
      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO IRAN

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                                MESSAGE

                                  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, 2019, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 
        1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)











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   March 12, 2019.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed

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                     U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 
		 
89-011                    WASHINGTON : 2019                 
















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 with respect to Iran that was 
declared on March 15, 1995, is to continue in effect beyond 
March 15, 2019.
    The 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, 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.

                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, March 12, 2019.


















                                 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 12959, imposing more 
comprehensive sanctions on Iran to further respond to this 
threat. On August 19, 1997, the President issued Executive 
Order 13059, consolidating and clarifying those previous 
orders. The President took additional steps pursuant to this 
national emergency in Executive Order 13553 of September 28, 
2010; Executive Order 13574 of May 23, 2011; Executive Order 
13590 of November 20, 2011; Executive Order 13599 of February 
5, 2012; Executive Order 13606 of April 22, 2012; Executive 
Order 13608 of May 1, 2012; Executive Order 13622 of July 30, 
2012; Executive Order 13628 of October 9, 2012; Executive Order 
13645 of June 3, 2013; Executive Order 13716 of January 16, 
2016; and Executive Order 13846 of August 6, 2018.
    As outlined in National Security Presidential Memorandum-11 
of May 8, 2018 (Ceasing United States Participation in the 
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action and Taking Additional Action 
to Counter Iran's Malign Influence and Deny Iran All Paths to a 
Nuclear Weapon), the actions and policies of the Government of 
Iran, including its proliferation and development of missiles 
and other asymmetric and conventional weapons capabilities, its 
network and campaign of regional aggression, its support for 
terrorist groups, and the malign activities of the Islamic 
Revolutionary Guard Corps and its surrogates continue to pose 
an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, 
foreign policy, and economy of the United States.
    For these reasons, the national emergency declared on March 
15, 1995, must continue in effect beyond March 15, 2019. 
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 
Executive Order 12957. The emergency declared by Executive 
Order 12957 constitutes an emergency separate from that 
declared on November 14, 1979, by Executive Order 12170, in 
connection with the hostage crisis. This renewal, therefore, is 
distinct from the emergency renewal of November 2018.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, March 12, 2019.

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