[House Document 118-42]
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118th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-42
 
   CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
                         STABILIZATION OF IRAQ

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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 
  STABILIZATION OF IRAQ DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13303 OF MAY 22, 
  2003, AS MODIFIED IN SCOPE, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MAY 22, 
 2023, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); 
                           (90 STAT. 1257) .









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    May 16, 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 stabilization 
of Iraq declared in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003--as 
modified in scope and relied upon for additional steps taken in 
Executive Order 13290 of March 20, 2003, Executive Order 13315 
of August 28, 2003, Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, 
Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004, Executive Order 
13438 of July 17, 2007, and Executive Order 13668 of May 27, 
2014--is to continue in effect beyond May 22, 2023.
    Obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the 
restoration and maintenance of peace and security in the 
country, and the development of political, administrative, and 
economic institutions in Iraq 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 Order 13303 with respect to the stabilization of 
Iraq.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, May 16, 2023.











                                 Notice

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      Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the 
                         Stabilization of Iraq

    On May 22, 2003, by Executive Order 13303, 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 posed by 
obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the 
restoration and maintenance of peace and security in the 
country, and the development of political, administrative, and 
economic institutions in Iraq.
    The obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the 
restoration and maintenance of peace and security in the 
country, and the development of political, administrative, and 
economic institutions in Iraq continue 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 13303, as modified in 
scope and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive 
Order 13290 of March 20, 2003, Executive Order 13315 of August 
28, 2003, Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, Executive 
Order 13364 of November 29, 2004, Executive Order 13438 of July 
17, 2007, and Executive Order 13668 of May 27, 2014, must 
continue in effect beyond May 22, 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 with respect to the stabilization of Iraq declared in 
Executive Order 13303.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, May 16, 2023.

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