[House Document 118-52]
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118th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-52

 
 CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO HOSTAGE-TAKING 
      AND THE WRONGFUL DETENTION OF UNITED STATES NATIONALS ABROAD 

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                                MESSAGE

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                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO HOSTAGE-TAKING 
AND THE WRONGFUL DETENTION OF UNITED STATES NATIONALS ABROAD, DECLARED 
  IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 14078 OF JULY 19, 2022, MUST CONTINUE IN EFFECT 
BEYOND JULY 19, 2023, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, 
                      SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)







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    July 13, 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 hostage-taking and 
the wrongful detention of United States nationals abroad 
declared in Executive Order 14078 of July 19, 2022, is to 
continue in effect beyond July 19, 2023.
    Hostage-taking and the wrongful detention of United States 
nationals are heinous acts that undermine the rule of law. 
Terrorist organizations, criminal groups, and other malicious 
actors who take hostages for financial, political, or other 
gain--as well as foreign states that engage in the practice of 
wrongful detention, including for political leverage or to seek 
concessions from the United States--threaten the integrity of 
the international political system and the safety of United 
States nationals and other persons abroad. Hostage-taking and 
the wrongful detention of United States nationals abroad 
continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat 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 
14078 with respect to hostage-taking and the wrongful detention 
of United States nationals abroad.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, July 12, 2023.














                                 Notice

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 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Hostage-Taking 
      and the Wrongful Detention of United States Nationals Abroad

    On July 19, 2022, by Executive Order 14078, 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 hostage-taking and the wrongful detention of 
United States nationals abroad.
    Hostage-taking and the wrongful detention of United States 
nationals are heinous acts that undermine the rule of law. 
Terrorist organizations, criminal groups, and other malicious 
actors who take hostages for financial, political, or other 
gain--as well as foreign states that engage in the practice of 
wrongful detention, including for political leverage or to seek 
concessions from the United States--threaten the integrity of 
the international political system and the safety of United 
States nationals and other persons abroad. Hostage-taking and 
the wrongful detention of United States nationals abroad 
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 14078 of July 19, 2022, must continue in effect 
beyond July 19, 2023. Therefore, in accordance with section 
202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (SO U.S.C. 1622(d)), I 
am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 14078 with respect to hostage-taking and the 
wrongful detention of United States nationals abroad.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, July 12, 2023.

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