[House Document 117-45]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



117th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 117-45

 
   CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY, WITH RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA, 
   ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13466 OF JUNE 26, 2008, AS 
AMENDED, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JUNE 26, 2020, PURSUANT TO 50 
    U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)



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   June 22, 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 21, 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 North Korea that was declared in Executive Order 
13466 of June 26, 2008, expanded in scope in Executive Order 
13551 of August 30, 2010, addressed further in Executive Order 
13570 of April 18, 2011, further expanded in scope in Executive 
Order 13687 of January 2, 2015, and under which additional 
steps were taken in Executive Order 13722 of March 15, 2016, 
and Executive Order 13810 of September 20, 2017, is to continue 
in effect beyond June 26, 2021.
    The existence and risk of the proliferation of weapons 
usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula; the actions 
and policies of the Government of North Korea that destabilize 
the Korean Peninsula and imperil United States Armed Forces, 
allies, and trading partners in the region, including its 
pursuit of nuclear and missile programs; and other provocative, 
destabilizing, and repressive actions and policies of the 
Government of North Korea, continue to constitute an unusual 
and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign 
policy, and economy of the United States. For this reason, I 
have determined that it is necessary to continue the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13466 with respect to 
North Korea.

            Sincerely,
                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

                                 Notice

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   Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to North Korea

    On June 26, 2008, by Executive Order 13466, the President 
declared a national emergency with respect to North Korea 
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 existence and risk of the 
proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean 
Peninsula. The President also found that it was necessary to 
maintain certain restrictions with respect to North Korea that 
would otherwise have been lifted pursuant to Proclamation 8271 
of June 26, 2008, which terminated the exercise of authorities 
under the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 1-44) with 
respect to North Korea.
    On August 30, 2010, the President signed Executive Order 
13551, which expanded the scope of the national emergency 
declared in Executive Order 13466 to deal with the unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, 
and economy of the United States posed by the continued actions 
and policies of the Government of North Korea, manifested by 
its unprovoked attack that resulted in the sinking of the 
Republic of Korea Navy ship Cheonan and the deaths of 46 
sailors in March 2010; its announced test of a nuclear device 
and its missile launches in 2009; its actions in violation of 
United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1718 and 1874, 
including the procurement of luxury goods; and its illicit and 
deceptive activities in international markets through which it 
obtains financial and other support, including money 
laundering, the counterfeiting of goods and currency, bulk cash 
smuggling, and narcotics trafficking, which destabilize the 
Korean Peninsula and imperil United States Armed Forces, 
allies, and trading partners in the region.
    On April 18, 2011, the President signed Executive Order 
13570 to take additional steps to address the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13466 and expanded in 
Executive Order 13551 that would ensure implementation of the 
import restrictions contained in United Nations Security 
Council Resolutions 1718 and 1874 and complement the import 
restrictions provided for in the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).
    On January 2, 2015, the President signed Executive Order 
13687 to expand the scope of, and to take further steps with 
respect to, the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
13466, as expanded in Executive Order 13551, and addressed 
further in Executive Order 13570, to address the threat to the 
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United 
States constituted by the provocative, destabilizing, and 
repressive actions and policies of the Government of North 
Korea, including its destructive, coercive cyber-related 
actions during November and December 2014, actions in violation 
of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1718, 1874, 
2087, and 2094, and commission of serious human rights abuses.
    On March 15, 2016, the President signed Executive Order 
13722 to take additional steps with respect to the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13466, as modified in 
scope and relied upon for additional steps in subsequent 
Executive Orders, to address the Government of North Korea's 
continuing pursuit of its nuclear and missile programs, as 
evidenced by its February 7, 2016, launch using ballistic 
missile technology and its January 6, 2016, nuclear test in 
violation of its obligations pursuant to numerous United 
Nations Security Council resolutions and in contravention of 
its commitments under the September 19, 2005, Joint Statement 
of the Six-Party Talks, that increasingly imperils the United 
States and its allies.
    On September 20, 2017, the President signed Executive Order 
13810 to take further steps with respect to the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13466, as modified in 
scope and relied upon for additional steps in subsequent 
Executive Orders, to address the provocative, destabilizing, 
and repressive actions and policies of the Government of North 
Korea, including its intercontinental ballistic missile 
launches of July 3 and July 28, 2017, and its nuclear test of 
September 2, 2017; its commission of serious human rights 
abuses; and its use of funds generated through international 
trade to support its nuclear and missile programs and weapons 
proliferation.
    The existence and risk of the proliferation of weapons-
usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula and the actions 
and policies of the Government of North Korea continue 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 in Executive Order 
13466, expanded in scope in Executive Order 13551, addressed 
further in Executive Order 13570, further expanded in scope in 
Executive Order 13687, and under which additional steps were 
taken in Executive Order 13722 and Executive Order 13810, 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 in Executive Order 13466 with respect to 
North Korea.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, June 21, 2021.

                                  
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