[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 206 (Thursday, December 19, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H12213-H12214]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS 
 ABUSE AND CORRUPTION--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 
                          (H. DOC. NO. 116-87)

  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 
declared in Executive Order 13818 of December 20, 2017, is to continue 
in effect beyond December 20, 2019.
  The prevalence and severity of human rights abuse and corruption that 
have their source, in whole or in substantial part, outside the United 
States, continue to threaten the stability of international political 
and economic systems. Human rights abuse and corruption undermine the 
values that form an essential foundation of stable, secure, and 
functioning societies; have devastating impacts on individuals; weaken 
democratic institutions; degrade the rule of law; perpetuate violent 
conflicts; facilitate the activities of dangerous persons; undermine 
economic markets; and continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the 
United States. Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to 
continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13818 with 
respect to serious human rights abuse and corruption.
                                                     Donald J. Trump.  
The White House, December 18, 2019.

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