[House Document 118-24]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




118th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-24

 
     CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SOMALIA

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

   NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SOMALIA, 
DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13536 OF APRIL 12, 2010, IS TO CONTINUE IN 
EFFECT BEYOND APRIL 12, 2023, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 
                  94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)




   April 10, 2023.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, April 7, 2023.
Hon. Kevin McCarthy,
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 declared in 
Executive Order 13536 of April 12, 2010, with respect to 
Somalia is to continue in effect beyond April 12, 2023.
    The situation with respect to Somalia 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 13536 with respect to 
Somalia.
            Sincerely,
                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

                                 Notice

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                 Continuation of the National Emergency
                        With Respect to Somalia

    On April 12, 2010, by Executive Order 13536, the President 
declared a national emergency pursuant to the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal 
with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 
security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by 
the deterioration of the security situation and the persistence 
of violence in Somalia; acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea 
off the coast of Somalia, which have been the subject of United 
Nations Security Council resolutions; and violations of the 
arms embargo imposed by the United Nations Security Council.
    On July 20, 2012, the President issued Executive Order 
13620 to take additional steps to deal with the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13536 in view of United 
Nations Security Council Resolution 2036 of February 22, 2012, 
and Resolution 2002 of July 29, 2011, and to address: exports 
of charcoal from Somalia, which generate significant revenue 
for al-Shabaab; the misappropriation of Somali public assets; 
and certain acts of violence committed against civilians in 
Somalia, all of which contribute to the deterioration of the 
security situation and the persistence of violence in Somalia.
    The situation with respect to Somalia 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 April 12, 2010, and the measures 
adopted on that date and on July 20, 2012, to deal with that 
threat, must continue in effect beyond April 12, 2023. 
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 13536.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, April 7, 2023.