[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 24, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S6992]
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 13466 OF JUNE 26, 2008, WITH 
   RESPECT TO THE CURRENT EXISTENCE AND RISK OF THE PROLIFERATION OF 
     WEAPONS-USABLE FISSILE MATERIAL ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA--PM 26

  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 
national emergency, declared in Executive Order 13466 of June 26, 2008, 
is to continue in effect beyond June 26, 2009.
  The current existence and risk of the proliferation of weapons-usable 
fissile material on the Korean Peninsula constitute 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 and maintain certain 
restrictions with respect to North Korea and North Korean nationals 
that would otherwise have been lifted in Proclamation 8271 of June 26, 
2008.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, June 24, 2009.

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