[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 81 (Tuesday, May 11, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S2446]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES

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     REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY THAT WAS 
  ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13873 OF MAY 15, 2019, WITH 
 RESPECT TO SECURING THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY AND 
                      SERVICES SUPPLY CHAIN--PM 9

  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 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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