[House Document 118-83]
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118th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-83
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION IN
NICARAGUA
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION
IN NICARAGUA ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13851 OF NOVEMBER
27, 2018, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND NOVEMBER 27, 2023, PURSUANT
TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1255)
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November 17, 2023.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and
ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
49-001 WASHINGTON : 2023
The White House,
Washington, November 16, 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 the situation in Nicaragua declared in Executive
Order 13851 of November 27, 2018, under which additional steps
were taken in Executive Order 14088 of October 24, 2022, is to
continue in effect beyond November 27, 2023.
The situation in Nicaragua, including the violent response
by the Government of Nicaragua to the protests that began on
April 18, 2018, and the Ortega-Murillo regime's continued
systematic dismantling and undermining of democratic
institutions and the rule of law, its use of indiscriminate
violence and repressive tactics against civilians, as well as
its corruption leading to the destabilization of Nicaragua's
economy, continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat
to the national security and foreign policy of the United
States. For this reason, I have determined that it is necessary
to continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order
13851 with respect to the situation in Nicaragua.
Sincerely,
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Situation in
Nicaragua
On November 27, 2018, by Executive Order 13851, 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 Nicaragua. On October 24, 2022,
I issued Executive Order 14088 to take additional steps with
respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order
13851.
The situation in Nicaragua, including the violent response
by the Government of Nicaragua to the protests that began on
April 18, 2018, and the Ortega-Murillo regime's continued
systematic dismantling and undermining of democratic
institutions and the rule of law, its use of indiscriminate
violence and repressive tactics against civilians, as well as
its corruption leading to the destabilization of Nicaragua's
economy, 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 on
November 27, 2018, must continue in effect beyond November 27,
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
13851 with respect to the situation in Nicaragua.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
The White House, November 16, 2023.
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