[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 170 (Tuesday, October 17, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S5046]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

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 REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO 
    SIGNIFICANT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS CENTERED IN COLOMBIA THAT WAS 
      DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 12978 OF OCTOBER 21, 1995--PM 25

  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 
narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia declared in Executive Order 
12978 of October 21, 1995, is to continue in effect beyond October 21, 
2023.
  The circumstances that led to the declaration of a national emergency 
on October 21, 1995, have not been resolved. The actions of significant 
narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia continue to pose an unusual 
and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and 
economy of the United States and to cause an extreme level of violence, 
corruption, and harm in the United States and abroad. For this reason, 
I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 12978 with respect to significant 
narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia.
                                                Joseph R. Biden, Jr.   
The White House, October 17, 2023.

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