[House Document 117-34]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




117th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 117-34


 
   DECLARATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE CENTRAL 
                            AFRICAN REPUBLIC

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE CENTRAL 
AFRICAN REPUBLIC, DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13667 OF MAY 12, 2014, IS 
   TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MAY 12, 2021, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 
        1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)




May 7, 2021.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered 
                             to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                           Washington, May 6, 2021.
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 the Central African Republic declared in Executive 
Order 13667 of May 12, 2014, is to continue in effect beyond 
May 12, 2021.
    The situation in and in relation to the Central African 
Republic, which has been marked by a breakdown of law and 
order, intersectarian tension, widespread violence and 
atrocities, and the pervasive, often forced recruitment and use 
of child soldiers, threatens the peace, security, or stability 
of the Central African Republic and the neighboring states, 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 13667 with 
respect to the Central African Republic.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

                                 Notice

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  Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to the Central 
                            African Republic

    On May 12, 2014, by Executive Order 13667, the President 
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 the Central African 
Republic, which has been marked by a breakdown of law and 
order, intersectarian tension, widespread violence and 
atrocities, and the pervasive, often forced recruitment and use 
of child soldiers, which threatens the peace, security, or 
stability of the Central African Republic and neighboring 
states.
    The situation in and in relation to the Central African 
Republic 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 in 
Executive Order 13667 on May 12, 2014, to deal with that threat 
must continue in effect beyond May 12, 2021. Therefore, in 
accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1662(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national 
emergency declared with respect to the Central African 
Republic.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, May 6, 2021.