[House Document 117-42]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



117th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 117-42

  CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE WESTERN 
                                BALKANS

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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 WESTERN 
    BALKANS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13219 OF JUNE 26, 2001, AS 
MODIFIED, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JUNE 26, 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

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                                           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 (SO 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 Western Balkans that was declared in Executive 
Order 13219 of June 26, 2001, is to continue in effect beyond 
June 26, 2021.
    The threat constituted by the actions of persons engaged 
in, or assisting, sponsoring, or supporting, (i) extremist 
violence in the former Republic of Macedonia (what is now the 
Republic of North Macedonia) and elsewhere in the Western 
Balkans region, or (ii) acts obstructing implementation of the 
Dayton Accords in Bosnia or United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 1244 of June 10, 1999, in Kosovo, has not been 
resolved. In addition, Executive Order 13219 was amended by 
Executive Order 13304 of May 28, 2003, to take additional steps 
with respect to certain actions that obstruct implementation 
of, among other things, the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001 
relating to the former Republic of Macedonia (what is now the 
Republic of North Macedonia).
    The acts of extremist violence and obstructionist activity 
outlined in these Executive Orders are hostile to United States 
interests and continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security and foreign policy of the 
United States. For this reason, I have determined that it is 
necessary to continue the national emergency declared with 
respect to the Western Balkans in Executive Order 13219.
            Sincerely,
                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

                                 Notice

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  Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Western 
                                Balkans

    On June 26, 2001, by Executive Order 13219, the President 
declared a national emergency with respect to the Western 
Balkans 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 of 
persons engaged in, or assisting, sponsoring, or supporting, 
(i) extremist violence in the former Republic of Macedonia 
(what is now the Republic of North Macedonia) and elsewhere in 
the Western Balkans region, or (ii) acts obstructing 
implementation of the Dayton Accords in Bosnia or United 
Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of June 10, 1999, in 
Kosovo. The President subsequently amended that order in 
Executive Order 13304 of May 28, 2003, to take additional steps 
with respect to certain actions that obstruct implementation 
of, among other things, the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001 
relating to Macedonia.
    The actions of persons threatening the peace and 
international stabilization efforts in the Western Balkans, 
including acts of extremist violence and obstructionist 
activity, 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 26, 2001, must continue in effect beyond June 26, 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 with respect to the Western 
Balkans in Executive Order 13219.
    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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