[House Document 118-152]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
118th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-152
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO MALI
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION
IN MALI DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13882 OF JULY 26, 2019, IS TO
CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JULY 26, 2024, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d);
PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)
July 18, 2024.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and
ordered to be printed
The White House,
Washington, July 16, 2024.
Hon. Mike Johnson,
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Washington, DC
Dear Mr. 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
situation in Mali declared in Executive Order 13882 of July 26,
2019, is to continue in effect beyond July 26, 2024.
The situation in Mali, including repeated violations of
ceasefire arrangements made pursuant to the 2015 Agreement on
Peace and Reconciliation in Mali; a coup d'etat resulting in
the termination of that agreement; the expansion of terrorist
activities into southern and central Mali; the intensification
of drug trafficking and trafficking in persons, human rights
abuses, and hostage-taking; the presence of foreign mercenaries
threatening peace, security, and stability; and the
intensification of attacks against civilians, the Malian
defense and security forces, the United Nations
Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali
(MINUSMA), and international security presences, 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 13882 with respect to the
situation in Mali.
Sincerely,
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Mali
On July 26, 2019, by Executive Order 13882, 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 situation in Mali.
The situation in Mali, including repeated violations of
ceasefire arrangements made pursuant to the 2015 Agreement on
Peace and Reconciliation in Mali; a coup d'etat resulting in
the termination of that agreement; the expansion of terrorist
activities into southern and central Mali; the intensification
of drug trafficking and trafficking in persons, human rights
abuses, and hostage-taking; the presence of foreign mercenaries
threatening peace, security, and stability; and the
intensification of attacks against civilians, the Malian
defense and security forces, the United Nations
Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali
(MINUSMA), and international security presences, 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 in Executive Order
13882 on July 26, 2019, must continue in effect beyond July 26,
2024. 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
13882 with respect to the situation in Mali.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
The White House, July 16, 2024.