[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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COMMUNICATION
from
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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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
49-011 WASHINGTON : 2024
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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