[House Document 117-131]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



117th Congress, 2d Session--------------------HOUSE DOCUMENT 117-131
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    CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO HONG KONG

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                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

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  NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO HONG KONG, 
 DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13936 ON JULY 14, 2020, IS TO CONTINUE IN 
EFFECT BEYOND JULY 14, 2022, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 
                  94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)

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   July 12, 2022.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, July 11, 2022.
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 
prior to 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 Hong Kong that was declared in Executive Order 13936 
of July 14, 2020, is to continue in effect beyond July 14, 
2022.
    The situation with respect to Hong Kong, including recent 
actions taken by the People's Republic of China to 
fundamentally undermine Hong Kong's autonomy, continues to pose 
an unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in 
substantial part outside the United States, to the national 
security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. 
Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to continue 
the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13936 with 
respect to the situation in Hong Kong.
            Sincerely,
                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

                                 Notice

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    Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Hong Kong

    On July 14, 2020, by Executive Order 13936, the President 
declared a national emergency pursuant to the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to deal 
with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 
security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States 
constituted by the situation with respect to Hong Kong.
    The situation with respect to Hong Kong, including recent 
actions taken by the People's Republic of China to 
fundamentally undermine Hong Kong's autonomy, continues to pose 
an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, 
foreign policy, and economy of the United States. For this 
reason, the national emergency declared on July 14, 2020, must 
continue in effect beyond July 14, 2022. 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 13936 with respect to the 
situation in Hong Kong.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, July 11, 2022.

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