[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 81 (Tuesday, May 11, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H2184]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





  CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SECURING THE 
 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES SUPPLY CHAIN--
  MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 117-38)

  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 prior to 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 13873 of May 15, 2019, with 
respect to securing the information and communications technology and 
services supply chain, is to continue in effect beyond May 15, 2021.
  The unrestricted acquisition or use in the United States of 
information and communications technology or services designed, 
developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled 
by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of foreign adversaries 
augments the ability of these foreign adversaries to create and exploit 
vulnerabilities in information and communications technology or 
services, with potentially catastrophic effects. This threat continues 
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 13873 with respect to securing the 
information and communications technology and services supply chain.
                                                 Joseph R. Biden, Jr.  
The White House, May 11, 2021.

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