[House Document 118-6]
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118th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-6  


 
 CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE WIDESPREAD 
 HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN AFGHANISTAN AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A DEEPENING 
                    ECONOMIC COLLAPSE IN AFGHANISTAN 

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                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE WIDESPREAD 
 HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN AFGHANISTAN AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A DEEPENING 
 ECONOMIC COLLAPSE IN AFGHANISTAN DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 14064 OF 
 FEBRUARY 11, 2022, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND FEBRUARY 11, 2023, 
  PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 
                              STAT. 1257)








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   February 6, 2023.--Referred jointly to the Committees on Foreign  
       Affairs and Financial Services, and ordered to be printed  

                          
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                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, February 3, 2023.
Hon. Kevin McCarthy,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: 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 widespread humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan 
and the potential for a deepening economic collapse in 
Afghanistan declared in Executive Order 14064 of February 11, 
2022, is to continue in effect beyond February 11, 2023.
    The widespread humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan--
including the urgent needs of the people of Afghanistan for 
food security, livelihoods support, water, sanitation, health, 
hygiene, shelter and settlement assistance, and COVID-19-
related assistance, among other basic human needs--and the 
potential for a deepening economic collapse in Afghanistan 
continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
national security and foreign policy of the United States. In 
addition, the preservation of certain property of Da 
Afghanistan Bank (DAB) held in the United States by United 
States financial institutions is of the utmost importance to 
addressing this national emergency and the welfare of the 
people of Afghanistan. Various parties, including 
representatives of victims of terrorism, have asserted legal 
claims against certain property of DAB or indicated in public 
court filings an intent to make such claims. This property is 
blocked under Executive Order 14064.
    Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to 
continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
14064 with respect to the widespread humanitarian crisis in 
Afghanistan and the potential for a deepening economic collapse 
in Afghanistan.
            Sincerely,

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.


















                                 Notice

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 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Widespread 
 Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan and the Potential for a Deepening 
                    Economic Collapse in Afghanistan

    On February 11, 2022, by Executive Order 14064, 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 
constituted by the widespread humanitarian crisis in 
Afghanistan and the potential for a deepening economic collapse 
in Afghanistan.
    The widespread humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan--
including the urgent needs of the people of Afghanistan for 
food security, livelihoods support, water, sanitation, health, 
hygiene, shelter and settlement assistance, and COVID-19-
related assistance, among other basic human needs--and the 
potential for a deepening economic collapse in Afghanistan 
continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
national security and foreign policy of the United States. In 
addition, the preservation of certain property of Da 
Afghanistan Bank (DAB) held in the United States by United 
States financial institutions is of the utmost importance to 
addressing this national emergency and the welfare of the 
people of Afghanistan. Various parties, including 
representatives of victims of terrorism, have asserted legal 
claims against certain property of DAB or indicated in public 
court filings an intent to make such claims. This property is 
blocked under Executive Order 14064.
    For these reasons, the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 14064 of February 11, 2022, must continue in 
effect beyond February 11, 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 14064 with respect to the 
widespread humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and the potential 
for a deepening economic collapse in Afghanistan.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, February 3, 2023.

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