[House Document 116-50]
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116th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 116-50
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SIGNIFICANT
TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO TRANSNATIONAL
CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS, ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13581 ON
JULY 24, 2011, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JULY 24, 2019, PURSUANT
TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)
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July 23, 2019.--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
The White House,
Washington, July 22, 2019.
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 transnational criminal organizations declared in
Executive Order 13581 of July 24, 2011, is to continue in
effect beyond July 24, 2019.
The activities of significant transnational criminal
organizations have reached such scope and gravity that they
threaten the stability of international political and economic
systems. Such organizations are becoming increasingly
sophisticated and dangerous to the United States; they are
increasingly entrenched in the operations of foreign
governments and the international financial system, thereby
weakening democratic institutions, degrading the rule of law,
and undermining economic markets. These organizations
facilitate and aggravate violent civil conflicts and
increasingly facilitate the activities of other dangerous
persons.
The activities of significant transnational criminal
organizations continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary
threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of
the United States. For these reasons, I have determined that it
is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13581 with respect to transnational criminal
organizations.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Trump.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Transnational
Criminal Organizations
On July 24, 2011, by Executive Order 13581, the President
declared a national emergency with respect to transnational
criminal organizations 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
the activities of significant transnational criminal
organizations.
The activities of significant transnational criminal
organizations have reached such scope and gravity that they
threaten the stability of international political and economic
systems. Such organizations are becoming increasingly
sophisticated and dangerous to the United States; they are
increasingly entrenched in the operations of foreign
governments and the international financial system, thereby
weakening democratic institutions, degrading the rule of law,
and undermining economic markets. These organizations
facilitate and aggravate violent civil conflicts and
increasingly facilitate the activities of other dangerous
persons.
On March 15, 2019, by Executive Order 13863, I took
additional steps to deal with the national emergency with
respect to transnational criminal organizations in view of the
evolution of these organizations as well as the increasing
sophistication of their activities, which threaten
international political and economic systems and pose a direct
threat to the safety and welfare of the United States and its
citizens, and given the ability of these organizations to
derive revenue through widespread illegal conduct, including
acts of violence and abuse that exhibit a wanton disregard for
human life as well as many other crimes enriching and
empowering these organizations.
The activities of significant transnational criminal
organizations 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 in Executive Order 13581 of July 24, 2011, under which
additional steps were taken in Executive Order 13863 of March
15, 2019, and the measures adopted to deal with that emergency,
must continue in effect beyond July 24, 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 transnational criminal organizations
declared in Executive Order 13581.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
Donald J. Trump.
The White House, July 22, 2019.
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