[House Document 117-41]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




117th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 117-41

 
     CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO BELARUS

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                             COMMUNICATION

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                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting


 NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS 
AND POLICIES OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF BELARUS AND OTHER 
 PERSONS TO UNDERMINE DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES OR INSTITUTIONS OF BELARUS 
DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13405 IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JUNE 
   16, 2021, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 
                        202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)



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   June 11, 2021.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                         

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	              U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE

19-011 			    WASHINGTON : 2021
                         
                         
                                           The White House,
                                          Washington, June 8, 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 actions and policies of certain members of the 
Government of Belarus and other persons to undermine democratic 
processes or institutions of Belarus that was declared in 
Executive Order 13405 of June 16, 2006, is to continue in 
effect beyond June 16, 2021.
    The actions and policies of certain members of the 
Government of Belarus and other persons to undermine Belarus's 
democratic processes or institutions, to commit human rights 
abuses related to political repression, and to engage in public 
corruption continue 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 
13405 with respect to Belarus.
            Sincerely,
                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

                                 Notice

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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Actions and 
  Policies of Certain Members of the Government of Belarus and Other 
  Persons To Undermine Democratic Processes or Institutions of Belarus

    On June 16, 2006, by Executive Order 13405, 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 and foreign policy of the United States constituted by 
the actions and policies of certain members of the Government 
of Belarus and other persons to undermine Belarus's democratic 
processes or institutions, manifested in the fundamentally 
undemocratic March 2006 elections; to commit human rights 
abuses related to political repression, including detentions 
and disappearances; and to engage in public corruption, 
including by diverting or misusing Belarusian public assets or 
by misusing public authority.
    The actions and policies of certain members of the 
Government of Belarus and other persons continue 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 June 16, 2006, must continue in 
effect beyond June 16, 2021. 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 13405.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, June 8, 2021.

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