[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 21, 2017)]
[House]
[Page H5034]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE WESTERN 
 BALKANS--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 
                                115-48)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Budd) 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 of 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 that 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, 2017.
  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 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.
  The acts of extremist violence and obstructionist activity outlined 
in these Executive Orders are hostile to United States interests and 
continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 
security and foreign policy of the United States. For this reason, I 
have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency 
with respect to the Western Balkans.
                                                     Donald J. Trump.  
The White House, June 21, 2017.

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