[House Document 118-89]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




118th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-89


 
 CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO GLOBAL ILLICIT 
                            DRUG TRAFFICKING

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

NOTICE THAT THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO 
 GLOBAL ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 14059 OF 
 DECEMBER 15, 2021, MUST CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND DECEMBER 15, 2023, 
  PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 
                              STAT. 1257)




 December 14, 2023.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
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 global illicit drug 
trafficking declared in Executive Order 14059 of December 15, 
2021, is to continue in effect beyond December 15, 2023.
    The trafficking into the United States of illicit drugs, 
including fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, is causing the 
deaths of tens of thousands of Americans annually, as well as 
countless more non-fatal overdoses with their own tragic human 
toll. Drug cartels, transnational criminal organizations, and 
their facilitators are the primary sources of illicit drugs and 
precursor chemicals that fuel the current opioid epidemic, as 
well as drug-related violence that harms our communities. 
International drug trafficking--including the illicit 
production, global sale, and widespread distribution of illegal 
drugs; the rise of extremely potent drugs such as fentanyl and 
other synthetic opioids; as well as the growing role of 
Internet-based drug sales--continues 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 14059 with respect to global 
illicit drug trafficking.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, December 13, 2023.

                                 Notice

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   Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Global 
                           Illicit Drug Trade

    On December 15, 2021, by Executive Order 14059, I 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 
global illicit drug trafficking.
    The trafficking into the United States of illicit drugs, 
including fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, is causing the 
deaths of tens of thousands of Americans annually, as well as 
countless more non-fatal overdoses with their own tragic human 
toll. Drug cartels, transnational criminal organizations, and 
their facilitators are the primary sources of illicit drugs and 
precursor chemicals that fuel the current opioid epidemic, as 
well as drug-related violence that harms our communities. 
International drug trafficking--including the illicit 
production, global sale, and widespread distribution of illegal 
drugs; the rise of extremely potent drugs such as fentanyl and 
other synthetic opioids; as well as the growing role of 
Internet-based drug sales--continues 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 14059 of December 15, 
2021, must continue in effect beyond December 15, 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 14059 with 
respect to global illicit drug trafficking.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, December 13, 2023.