[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 76 (Thursday, May 10, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S2620]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

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     REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY THAT WAS 
  ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13667 OF MAY 12, 2014, WITH 
             RESPECT TO THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC--PM 37

  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, 
within 90 days before 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 13667 
of May 12, 2014, with respect to the Central African Republic, is to 
continue in effect beyond May 12, 2018.
  The situation in and in relation to the Central African Republic, 
which has been marked by a breakdown of law and order, intersectarian 
tension, widespread violence and atrocities, and the pervasive, often 
forced recruitment and use of child soldiers, threatens the peace, 
security, or stability of the Central African Republic and the 
neighboring states, and continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United 
States. Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to continue 
the national emergency with respect to the Central African Republic 
declared in Executive Order 13667.
                                                     Donald J. Trump.  
The White House, May 10, 2018.

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