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




  CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE WESTERN 
 BALKANS--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 
                                114-143)

  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 the Western Balkans 
that was declared in Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001, is to 
continue in effect beyond June 26, 2016.
  The threat 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 
and Herzegovina or United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 
June 10, 1999, in Kosovo, has not been resolved. In addition, Executive 
Order 13219 was amended by Executive Order 13304 of May 28, 2003, to 
take additional steps with respect to acts obstructing implementation 
of the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001 relating to Macedonia.
  Because the acts of extremist violence and obstructionist activity 
outlined in these Executive Orders are hostile to U.S. interests and 
continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 
security and foreign policy of the United States, I have determined 
that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared with 
respect to the Western Balkans.

                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, June 21, 2016.

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