[House Document 118-49]
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118th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-49
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA
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MESSAGE
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA
DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13466 OF JUNE 26, 2008, AS MODIFIED, IS TO
CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JUNE 26, 2023, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d);
PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)
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June 21, 2023.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
39-011 WASHINGTON : 2023
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 North Korea that
was declared in Executive Order 13466 of June 26, 2008,
expanded in scope in Executive Order 13551 of August 30, 2010,
addressed further in Executive Order 13570 of April 18, 2011,
further expanded in scope in Executive Order 13687 of January
2, 2015, and under which additional steps were taken in
Executive Order 13722 of March 15, 2016, and Executive Order
13810 of September 20, 2017, is to continue in effect beyond
June 26, 2023.
The existence and risk of the proliferation of weapons-
usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula; the actions
and policies of the Government of North Korea that destabilize
the Korean Peninsula and imperil United States Armed Forces,
allies, and trading partners in the region, including its
pursuit of nuclear and missile programs; and other provocative,
destabilizing, and repressive actions and policies of the
Government of North Korea, continue to constitute an unusual
and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign
policy, and economy of the United States.
For this reason, I have determined that it is necessary to
continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order
13466 with respect to North Korea.
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
The White House, June 20, 2023.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to North Korea
On June 26, 2008, by Executive Order 13466, the President
declared a national emergency with respect to North Korea
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 constituted by the existence and risk of the
proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean
Peninsula. The President also found that it was necessary to
maintain certain restrictions with respect to North Korea that
would otherwise have been lifted pursuant to Proclamation 8271
of June 26, 2008, which terminated the exercise of authorities
under the Trading With the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq.)
with respect to North Korea.
On August 30, 2010, the President signed Executive Order
13551, which expanded the scope of the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13466 to deal with the unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy,
and economy of the United States posed by the continued actions
and policies of the Government of North Korea, manifested by
its unprovoked attack that resulted in the sinking of the
Republic of Korea Navy ship Cheonan and the deaths of 46
sailors in March 2010; its announced test of a nuclear device
and its missile launches in 2009; its actions in violation of
United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1718 and 1874,
including the procurement of luxury goods; and its illicit and
deceptive activities in international markets through which it
obtains financial and other support, including money
laundering, the counterfeiting of goods and currency, bulk cash
smuggling, and narcotics trafficking, which destabilize the
Korean Peninsula and imperil United States Armed Forces,
allies, and trading partners in the region.
On April 18, 2011, the President signed Executive Order
13570 to take additional steps to address the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13466 and expanded in
Executive Order 13551 that would ensure implementation of the
import restrictions contained in United Nations Security
Council Resolutions 1718 and 1874 and complement the import
restrictions provided for in the Arms Export Control Act (22
U.S.C. 2751 et seq.).
On January 2, 2015, the President signed Executive Order
13687 to expand the scope of, and to take further steps with
respect to, the national emergency declared in Executive Order
13466, as expanded in Executive Order 13551, and addressed
further in Executive Order 13570, to address the threat to the
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United
States constituted by the provocative, destabilizing, and
repressive actions and policies of the Government of North
Korea, including its destructive, coercive cyber-related
actions during November and December 2014, actions in violation
of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1718, 1874,
2087, and 2094, and commission of serious human rights abuses.
On March 15, 2016, the President signed Executive Order
13722 to take additional steps with respect to the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13466, as modified in
scope and relied upon for additional steps in subsequent
Executive Orders, to address the Government of North Korea's
continuing pursuit of its nuclear and missile programs, as
evidenced by its February 7, 2016, launch using ballistic
missile technology and its January 6, 2016, nuclear test in
violation of its obligations pursuant to numerous United
Nations Security Council resolutions and in contravention of
its commitments under the September 19, 2005, Joint Statement
of the Six-Party Talks, that increasingly imperils the United
States and its allies.
On September 20, 2017, the President signed Executive Order
13810 to take further steps with respect to the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13466, as modified in
scope and relied upon for additional steps in subsequent
Executive Orders, to address the provocative, destabilizing,
and repressive actions and policies of the Government of North
Korea, including its intercontinental ballistic missile
launches of July 3 and July 28, 2017, and its nuclear test of
September 2, 2017; its commission of serious human rights
abuses; and its use of funds generated through international
trade to support its nuclear and missile programs and weapons
proliferation.
The existence and risk of the proliferation of weapons-
usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula and the action
and policies of the Government of North Korea 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
13466, expanded in scope in Executive Order 13551, addressed
further in Executive Order 13570, further expanded in scope in
Executive Order 13687, and under which additional steps were
taken in Executive Order 13722 and Executive Order 13810, must
continue in effect beyond June 26, 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 13466 with respect to
North Korea.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
The White House, June 20, 2023.
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