[House Document 119-69]
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CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO HOSTAGE-TAKING
AND THE WRONGFUL DETENTION OF UNITED STATES NATIONALS ABROAD
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MESSAGE
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO HOSTAGE-TAKING AND THE
WRONGFUL DETENTION OF UNITED STATES NATIONALS ABROAD DECLARED IN
EXECUTIVE ORDER 14078 OF JULY 19, 2022, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND
JULY 19, 2025, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC.
202(d); (90 STAT. 1255)
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July 16, 2025.--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
59-011 WASHINGTON : 2025
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 hostage-taking and
the wrongful detention of United States nationals abroad
declared in Executive Order 14078 of July 19, 2022, is to
continue in effect beyond July 19, 2025.
Hostage-taking and the wrongful detention of United States
nationals are heinous acts that undermine the rule of law.
Terrorist organizations, criminal groups, and other malicious
actors who take hostages for financial, political, or other
gain--as well as foreign states that engage in the practice of
wrongful detention, including for political leverage or to seek
concessions from the United States--threaten the integrity of
the international political system and the safety of United
States nationals and other persons abroad. Hostage-taking and
the wrongful detention of United States nationals abroad
continue 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
14078 with respect to hostage-taking and the wrongful detention
of United States nationals abroad.
Donald J. Trump.
The White House, July 15, 2025.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Hostage-Taking
and the Wrongful Detention of United States Nationals Abroad
On July 19, 2022, by Executive Order 14078, 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, foreign policy, and economy of the United States
constituted by hostage-taking and the wrongful detention of
United States nationals abroad.
Hostage-taking and the wrongful detention of United States
nationals are heinous acts that undermine the rule of law.
Terrorist organizations, criminal groups, and other malicious
actors who take hostages for financial, political, or other
gain--as well as foreign states that engage in the practice of
wrongful detention, including for political leverage or to seek
concessions from the United States--threaten the integrity of
the international political system and the safety of United
States nationals and other persons abroad. Hostage-taking and
the wrongful detention of United States nationals abroad
continue 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 14078 of July 19, 2022, must continue in effect
beyond July 19, 2025. 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 14078 with respect to hostage-taking and the
wrongful detention of United States nationals abroad.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
Donald J. Trump.
The White House, July 15, 2025.
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