[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 124 (Wednesday, July 19, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S3146]
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 THAT WAS 
  ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13581 OF JULY 24, 2011, WITH 
   RESPECT TO SIGNIFICANT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS--PM 21

  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 with respect to significant 
transnational criminal organizations that was declared in Executive 
Order 13581 of July 24, 2011, under which additional steps were taken 
in Executive Order 13863 of March 15, 2019, is to continue in effect 
beyond July 24, 2023.
  The activities of significant transnational criminal organizations 
have reached such scope and gravity that they threaten the stability of 
international political and economic systems. Such organizations are 
becoming increasingly sophisticated and dangerous to the United States; 
they are increasingly entrenched in the operations of foreign 
governments and the international financial system, thereby weakening 
democratic institutions, degrading the rule of law, and undermining 
economic markets. These organizations facilitate and aggravate violent 
civil conflicts and increasingly facilitate the activities of other 
dangerous persons.
  Significant transnational criminal organizations 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 with respect to 
significant transnational criminal organizations declared in Executive 
Order 13581.
                                                 Joseph R. Biden, Jr.  
The White House, July 19, 2023.

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