[House Document 118-73]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




118th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-73

 
      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SUDAN

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

A NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 
13067, WITH RESPECT TO SUDAN, AS EXPANDED BY EXECUTIVE ORDERS 13400 AND 
14098, MUST CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND NOVEMBER 3, 2023, PURSUANT TO 50 
    U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)




  November 1, 2023.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, October 31, 2023.
Hon. Mike Johnson,
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 Sudan declared in Executive Order 13067 of November 
3, 1997, is to continue in effect beyond November 3, 2023.
    The crisis that led to the declaration of a national 
emergency in Executive Order 13067; the expansion of the scope 
of that emergency in Executive Order 13400 of April 26, 2006; 
the taking of additional steps with respect to that emergency 
in Executive Order 13412 of October 13, 2006, Executive Order 
13761 of January 13, 2017, and Executive Order 13804 of July 
11, 2017; and the further expansion of the scope of that 
emergency in Executive Order 14098 of May 4, 2023, has not been 
resolved. The policies and actions of the Government of Sudan, 
and the situation in Sudan and Darfur, continue 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 13067, as expanded by 
Executive Orders 13400 and 14098, with respect to Sudan.
            Sincerely,
                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

                                 Notice

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                Continuation of the National Emergency 
                         With Respect to Sudan

    On November 3, 1997, by Executive Order 13067, the 
President declared a national emergency with respect to Sudan 
pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and took related steps to deal with the 
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and 
foreign policy of the United States posed by the actions and 
policies of the Government of Sudan. On April 26, 2006, by 
Executive Order 13400, the President determined that the 
conflict in Sudan's Darfur region posed an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
policy of the United States, expanded the scope of the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13067, and ordered the 
blocking of property of certain persons connected to the Darfur 
region. On October 13, 2006, by Executive Order 13412, the 
President took additional steps with respect to the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13067 and expanded in 
Executive Order 13400. In Executive Order 13412, the President 
also took steps to implement the Darfur Peace and 
Accountability Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-344).
    On January 13, 2017, by Executive Order 13761, the 
President found that positive efforts by the Government of 
Sudan between July 2016 and January 2017 improved certain 
conditions that Executive Orders 13067 and 13412 were intended 
to address. Given these developments, and in order to encourage 
the Government of Sudan to sustain and enhance these efforts, 
section 1 of Executive Order 13761 provided that sections 1 and 
2 of Executive Order 13067 and the entirety of Executive Order 
13412 would be revoked as of July 12, 2017, provided that the 
criteria in section 12(b) of Executive Order 13761 had been 
met.
    On July 11, 2017, by Executive Order 13804, the President 
amended Executive Order 13761, extending until October 12, 
2017, the effective date in section 1 of Executive Order 13761. 
On October 12, 2017, pursuant to Executive Order 13761, as 
amended by Executive Order 13804, sections 1 and 2 of Executive 
Order 13067 and the entirety of Executive Order 13412 were 
revoked.
    On May 4, 2023, by Executive Order 14098, I further 
expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 13067, finding that the situation in Sudan, 
including the military's seizure of power in October 2021 and 
the outbreak of inter-service fighting in April 2023, 
constituted an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 
security and foreign policy of the United States.
    The crisis that led to the declaration of a national 
emergency in Executive Order 13067 of November 3, 1997; the 
expansion of the scope of that emergency in Executive Order 
13400 of April 26, 2006; the taking of additional steps with 
respect to that emergency in Executive Order 13412 of October 
13, 2006, Executive Order 13761 of January 13, 2017, and 
Executive Order 13804 of July 11, 2017; and the further 
expansion of the scope of that emergency in Executive Order 
14098 of May 4, 2023, has not been resolved. The policies and 
actions of the Government of Sudan, and the situation in Sudan 
and Darfur, continue 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 13067, as expanded by Executive Orders 13400 
and 14098, must continue in effect beyond November 3, 2023.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, October 31, 2023.