[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 119 (Wednesday, July 12, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2356-S2357]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

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 REPORT OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO 
 HOSTAGE-TAKING AND THE WRONGFUL DETENTION OF UNITED STATES NATIONALS 
ABROAD THAT WAS GLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 14078 OF JULY 19, 2022--PM 19

  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 Foreign Relations:

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 with respect to hostage-taking and 
the wrongful detention of United States nationals abroad declared in 
Executive Order 14078 of July 19, 2022, is to continue in effect beyond 
July 19, 2023.
  Hostage-taking and the wrongful detention of United States nationals 
are heinous acts that undermine the rule of law. Terrorist 
organizations, criminal groups, and other malicious actors who take 
hostages for financial, political, or other gain--as well as foreign 
states that engage in the practice of wrongful detention, including for 
political leverage or to seek concessions from the United States--
threaten the integrity of the international political system and the 
safety of United States nationals and other persons abroad. Hostage-
taking and the wrongful detention of United States nationals abroad 
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 14078 with respect

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to hostage-taking and the wrongful detention of United States nationals 
abroad.
                                                 Joseph R. Biden, Jr.  
The White House, July 12, 2023.

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