[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 94 (Monday, June 22, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S6887]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY THAT WAS 
  ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13219 OF JUNE 26, 2001, WITH 
                 RESPECT TO THE WESTERN BALKANS--PM 25

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs:

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, 
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 
Western Balkans emergency is to continue in effect beyond June 26, 
2009.
  The crisis constituted by the actions of persons engaged in, or 
assisting, sponsoring, or supporting (i) extremist violence in the 
Republic of 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, that led to the declaration of a national emergency on June 26, 
2001, in Executive Order 13219, and to amendment of that order in 
Executive Order 13304 of May 28, 2003, has not been resolved. The acts 
of extremist violence and obstructionist activity outlined in Executive 
Order 13219, as amended, are hostile to U.S. interests and pose a 
continuing unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security 
and foreign policy of the United States. For these reasons, I have 
determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency 
declared with respect to the Western Balkans and maintain in force the 
sanctions to respond to this threat.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, June 22, 2009.

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