[House Document 118-51]
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118th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-51

 
    CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO HONG KONG

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                                MESSAGE

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                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

  NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO HONG KONG, 
 DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13936 ON JULY 14, 2020, IS TO CONTINUE IN 
EFFECT BEYOND JULY 14, 2023, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 
                  94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)







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    July 11, 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
                 
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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 Hong Kong that was 
declared in Executive Order 13936 of July 14, 2020, is to 
continue in effect beyond July 14, 2023.
    The situation with respect to Hong Kong, including recent 
actions taken by the People's Republic of China to 
fundamentally undermine Hong Kong's autonomy, continues to pose 
an unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source in 
substantial part outside the United States, 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 13936 with 
respect to the situation in Hong Kong.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, July 11, 2023.



















                                 Notice

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    Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Hong Kong

    On July 14, 2020, by Executive Order 13936, 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, foreign policy, and economy of the United States 
constituted by the situation with respect to Hong Kong.
    The situation with respect to Hong Kong, including recent 
actions taken by the People's Republic of China to 
fundamentally undermine Hong Kong's autonomy, continues 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 on July 14, 2020, must 
continue in effect beyond July 14, 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 13936 with respect to the 
situation in Hong Kong.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, July 11, 2023.

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