[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 84 (Monday, May 20, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H3994-H3995]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
STABILIZATION OF IRAQ--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 
                          (H. DOC. NO. 116-36)

  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 before the anniversary date of its declaration, the 
President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the 
Congress a notice stating that the

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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 stabilization of Iraq that was declared in 
Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, is to continue in effect beyond 
May 22, 2019.
  Obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the restoration and 
maintenance of peace and security in the country, and the development 
of political, administrative, and economic institutions in Iraq 
continue 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 
declared in Executive Order 13303 with respect to the stabilization of 
Iraq.
                                                     Donald J. Trump.  
The White House, May 20, 2019.

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