[House Document 119-166]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
119th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 119-166
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE WESTERN
BALKANS
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MESSAGE
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE WESTERN
BALKANS, DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13219 OF JUNE 26, 2001, AND AS
MODIFIED, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR 1 YEAR BEYOND JUNE 26, 2026,
PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1641(b); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 401(b); (90
STAT. 1257) AND 50 U.S.C. 1703(b); PUBLIC LAW 95-223, SEC. 204(b); (91
STAT. 1627)
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June 23, 2026.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
69-011 WASHINGTON : 2026
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 Western Balkans
that was declared in Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001,
under which additional steps were taken in Executive Order
13304 of May 28, 2003, which was expanded in scope in Executive
Order 14033 of June 8, 2021, and under which additional steps
were taken in Executive Order 14140 of January 8, 2025, is to
continue in effect beyond June 26, 2026.
The acts of extremist violence and obstructionist activity,
and the situation in the Western Balkans, which stymies
progress toward effective and democratic governance and full
integration into transatlantic institutions, outlined in these
Executive Orders, 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 13219 with respect to the Western Balkans.
Donald J. Trump.
The White House, June 22, 2026.
Notice
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Western
Balkans
On June 26, 2001, by Executive Order 13219, the President
declared a national emergency with respect to the Western
Balkans 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 actions of
persons engaged in, or assisting, sponsoring, or supporting,
(i) extremist violence in the former Republic of Macedonia
(what is now the Republic of North Macedonia) and elsewhere in
the Western Balkans region, or (ii) acts obstructing
implementation of the Dayton Accords in Bosnia or United
Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of June 10, 1999, in
Kosovo. The President subsequently amended that order in
Executive Order 13304 of May 28, 2003, to take additional steps
with respect to certain actions that obstruct implementation
of, among other things, the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001
relating to the former Republic of Macedonia (what is now the
Republic of North Macedonia).
On June 8, 2021, the President signed Executive Order
14033, which expanded the scope of the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13219, as amended, finding that the
situation in the territory of the former Socialist Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Albania (the Western
Balkans), over the past two decades, including the undermining
of post-war agreements and institutions following the breakup
of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, as well
as widespread corruption within various governments and
institutions in the Western Balkans, stymies progress toward
effective and democratic governance and full integration into
transatlantic institutions, and thereby constitutes an unusual
and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign
policy of the United States.
On January 8, 2025, the President signed Executive Order
14140, in view of events in the Western Balkans, including
continued attempts by individuals to challenge the sovereignty
and territorial integrity of Western Balkans nations, to
undermine post-war agreements and institutions, to engage in
significant corruption that erodes the rule of law and trust in
democratic governance, and to evade United States Government
sanctions, and in order to take additional steps with respect
to the national emergency with respect to the Western Balkans.
The actions of persons threatening the peace and
international stabilization efforts in the Western Balkans,
including acts of extremist violence and obstructionist
activity, and the situation in the Western Balkans, which
stymies progress toward effective and democratic governance and
full integration into transatlantic institutions, 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
13219, under which additional steps were taken in Executive
Order 13304, which was expanded in scope in Executive Order
14033, and under which additional steps were taken in Executive
Order 14140, must continue in effect beyond June 26, 2026.
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 13219 with
respect to the Western Balkans.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
Donald J. Trump.
The White House, June 22, 2026.
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