[House Document 118-38]
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118th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-38

 
  CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE CENTRAL 
                            AFRICAN REPUBLIC

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                                MESSAGE

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                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE CENTRAL 
AFRICAN REPUBLIC, DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13667 OF MAY 12, 2014, IS 
   TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MAY 12, 2023, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 
        1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)






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    May 10, 2023.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed




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To the Congress of the United States:
    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 Central African 
Republic declared in Executive Order 13667 of May 12, 2014; is 
to continue in effect beyond May 12, 2023.
    The situation in and in relation to the Central African 
Republic has been marked by a breakdown of law and order; 
intersectarian tension; the pervasive, often forced recruitment 
and use of child soldiers; and widespread violence and 
atrocities, including those committed by Kremlin-linked and 
Yevgeniy Prigozhin-affiliated entities such as the Wagner 
Group. These dynamics threaten the peace, security, or 
stability of the Central African Republic and neighboring 
states, and continue 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 Central African Republic.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, May 10, 2023. 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

                                 Notice

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  Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Central 
                            African Republic

    On May 12, 2014, by Executive Order 13667, 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 situation in and in relation to the Central African 
Republic, which has been marked by a breakdown of law and 
order; intersectarian tension; the pervasive, often forced 
recruitment and use of child soldiers; and widespread violence 
and atrocities, including those committed by Kremlin-linked and 
Yevgeniy Prigozhin-affiliated entities such as the Wagner 
Group, and which threatens the peace, security, or stability of 
the Central African Republic and neighboring states.
    The situation in and in relation to the Central African 
Republic 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 13667 on May 12, 2014, to deal with that threat 
must continue in effect beyond May 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 with respect to the Central African 
Republic.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, May 10, 2023.

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