[House Document 118-153]
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118th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-153 

 
 CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO HOSTAGE-TAKING 
      AND THE WRONGFUL DETENTION OF UNITED STATES NATIONALS ABROAD

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                    THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 
                    
                    
                              transmitting

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO HOSTAGE-TAKING 
 AND THE WRONGFUL DETENTION OF UNITED STATES NATIONALS ABROAD DECLARED 
  IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 14078 OF JULY 19, 2022, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT 
BEYOND JULY 19, 2024, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, 
                      SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)








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   July 18, 2024.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed  


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                                           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 hostage-taking and the wrongful detention of United 
States nationals abroad declared in Executive Order 14078 of 
July 19, 2022, is to continue in effect beyond July 19, 2024.
    Hostage-taking and the wrongful detention of United States 
nationals are heinous acts that undermine the rule of law. 
Terrorist organizations, criminal groups, and other malicious 
actors who take hostages for financial, political, or other 
gain--as well as foreign states that engage in the practice of 
wrongful detention, including for political leverage or to seek 
concessions from the United States--threaten the integrity of 
the international political system and the safety of United 
States nationals and other persons abroad. Hostage-taking and 
the wrongful detention of United States nationals abroad 
continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United 
States. Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to 
continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
14078 with respect to hostage-taking and the wrongful detention 
of United States nationals abroad.
            Sincerely,
                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.






























                                 Notice

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 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Hostage-Taking 
      and the Wrongful Detention of United States Nationals Abroad

    On July 19, 2022, by Executive Order 14078, I 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, 
foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted by 
hostage-taking and the wrongful detention of United States 
nationals abroad.
    Hostage-taking and the wrongful detention of United States 
nationals are heinous acts that undermine the rule of law. 
Terrorist organizations, criminal groups, and other malicious 
actors who take hostages for financial, political, or other 
gain--as well as foreign states that engage in the practice of 
wrongful detention, including for political leverage or to seek 
concessions from the United States--threaten the integrity of 
the international political system and the safety of United 
States nationals and other persons abroad. Hostage-taking and 
the wrongful detention of United States nationals abroad 
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 14078 of July 19, 2022, must continue in effect 
beyond July 19, 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 14078 with respect to hostage-taking and the 
wrongful detention of United States nationals abroad.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, July 16, 2024.

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