[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 99 (Tuesday, June 21, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H4024-H4025]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA--
 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 114-144)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, 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 North Korea that 
was declared in Executive Order 13466 of June 26, 2008, expanded in

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scope in Executive Order 13551 of August 30, 2010, addressed further in 
Executive Order 13570 of April 18, 2011, further expanded in scope in 
Executive Order 13687 of January 2, 2015, and under which additional 
steps were taken in Executive Order 13722 of March 15, 2016, is to 
continue in effect beyond June 26, 2016.
  The existence and risk of proliferation of weapons-usable fissile 
material on the Korean Peninsula; the actions and policies of the 
Government of North Korea that destabilize the Korean Peninsula and 
imperil U.S. Armed Forces, allies, and trading partners in the region, 
including its pursuit of nuclear and missile programs; and other 
provocative, destabilizing, and repressive actions and policies of the 
Government of North Korea, continue to constitute an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and 
economy of the United States. For this reason, I have determined that 
it is necessary to continue the national emergency with respect to 
North Korea.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, June 21, 2016.

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