[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 144 (Tuesday, September 10, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H7583]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN 
   INTERFERENCE IN OR UNDERMINING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN UNITED STATES 
ELECTIONS--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 
                                116-60).

  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, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on House 
Administration, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 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 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 threat of 
foreign interference in or undermining public confidence in United 
States elections declared in Executive Order 13848 of September 12, 
2018, is to continue in effect beyond September 12, 2019.
  Although there has been no evidence of a foreign power altering the 
outcomes or vote tabulation in any United States election, foreign 
powers have historically sought to exploit America's free and open 
political system. In recent years, the proliferation of digital devices 
and internet-based communications has created significant 
vulnerabilities and magnified the scope and intensity of the threat of 
foreign interference. The ability of persons located, in whole or in 
substantial part, outside the United States to interfere in or 
undermine public confidence in United States elections, including 
through the unauthorized accessing of election and campaign 
infrastructure or the covert distribution of propaganda and 
disinformation, 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 declared in Executive Order 13848 with respect to 
the threat of foreign interference in or undermining public confidence 
in United States elections.
                                                     Donald J. Trump.  
The White House, September 10, 2019.

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