[House Document 118-68]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




118th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-68

 
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION IN 
                        AND IN RELATION TO SYRIA

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO THE 
   SITUATION IN AND IN RELATION TO SYRIA IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13894 OF 
  OCTOBER 14, 2019, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND OCTOBER 14, 2023, 
  PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 
                              STAT. 1257)




              October 12, 2023.--and ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, October 12, 2023.
Speaker pro tempore of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker pro tempore: 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 
declared in Executive Order 13894 of October 14, 2019, with 
respect to the situation in and in relation to Syria, is to 
continue in effect beyond October 14, 2023.
    The situation in and in relation to Syria, and in 
particular the actions by the Government of Turkey to conduct a 
military offensive into northeast Syria, undermines the 
campaign to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or 
ISIS, endangers civilians, and further threatens to undermine 
the peace, security, and stability in the region, and continues 
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 
13894 with respect to the situation in and in relation to 
Syria.
            Sincerely,
                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

                                 Notice

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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in 
                        and in Relation to Syria

    On October 14, 2019, by Executive Order 13894, 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 situation in and in relation to Syria.
    The situation in and in relation to Syria, and in 
particular the actions by the Government of Turkey to conduct a 
military offensive into northeast Syria, undermines the 
campaign to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or 
ISIS, endangers civilians, and further threatens to undermine 
the peace, security, and stability in the region, and continues 
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 
13894 of October 14, 2019, must continue in effect beyond 
October 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 13894 with respect to the situation in and in 
relation to Syria.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

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