[House Document 117-59]
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117th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 117-59





 
    CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN 
   INTERFERENCE IN OR UNDERMINING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN UNITED STATES 
                               ELECTIONS



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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 THREAT OF 
  FOREIGN INTERFERENCE IN OR UNDERMINING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN UNITED 
  STATES ELECTIONS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13848 OF SEPTEMBER 12, 
 2018, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND SEPTEMBER 12, 2021, PURSUANT TO 
   50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)






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 September 10, 2021.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed

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                                           The White House,
                                     Washington, September 7, 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 threat of foreign interference in or undermining 
public confidence in United States elections declared in 
Executive Order 13848 of September 12, 2018, is to continue in 
effect beyond September 12, 2021.
     Although there has been no evidence of a foreign power 
altering the outcomes or vote tabulation in any United States 
election, foreign powers have historically sought to exploit 
America's free and open political system. In recent years, the 
proliferation of digital devices and internet-based 
communications has created significant vulnerabilities and 
magnified the scope and intensity of the threat of foreign 
interference. The ability of persons located, in whole or in 
substantial part, outside the United States to interfere in or 
undermine public confidence in United States elections, 
including through the unauthorized accessing of election and 
campaign infrastructure or the covert distribution of 
propaganda and disinformation, 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 13848 with respect to the threat of foreign 
interference in or undermining public confidence in United 
States elections.
            Sincerely,
                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr. 
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               

                                 Notice

    Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Foreign 
   Interference in or Undermining Public Confidence in United States 
                               Elections

    On September 12, 2018, by Executive Order 13848, 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 threat of foreign interference in or 
undermining public confidence in United States elections.
    Although there has been no evidence of a foreign power 
altering the outcomes or vote tabulation in any United States 
election, foreign powers have historically sought to exploit 
America's free and open political system. In recent years, the 
proliferation of digital devices and internet-based 
communications has created significant vulnerabilities and 
magnified the scope and intensity of the threat of foreign 
interference. The ability of persons located, in whole or in 
substantial part, outside the United States to interfere in or 
undermine public confidence in United States elections, 
including through the unauthorized accessing of election and 
campaign infrastructure or the covert distribution of 
propaganda and disinformation, 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 on September 12, 2018, must continue in 
effect beyond September 12, 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 13848 with respect to the threat of 
foreign interference in or undermining public confidence in 
United States elections.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, September 7, 2021.

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