[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
from
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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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
19-011 WASHINGTON : 2021
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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