[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 7, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H533]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE WIDESPREAD 
 HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN AFGHANISTAN AND THE POTENTIAL FOR A DEEPENING 
  ECONOMIC COLLAPSE IN AFGHANISTAN--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
                  UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 118-105)

  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 with respect to the widespread 
humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and the potential for a deepening 
economic collapse in Afghanistan declared in Executive Order 14064 of 
February 11, 2022, is to continue in effect beyond February 11, 2024.
  The widespread humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan--including the 
urgent needs of the people of Afghanistan for food security, 
livelihoods support, water, sanitation, health, hygiene, and shelter 
and settlement assistance, among other basic human needs--and the 
potential for a deepening economic collapse in Afghanistan continue to 
pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and 
foreign policy of the United States. In addition, the preservation of 
certain property of Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) held in the United States 
by United States financial institutions is of the utmost importance to 
addressing this national emergency and the welfare of the people of 
Afghanistan. Various parties, including representatives of victims of 
terrorism, have asserted legal claims against certain property of DAB 
or indicated in public court filings an intent to make such claims. 
This property is blocked under Executive Order 14064.
  Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the 
national emergency declared in Executive Order 14064 with respect to 
the widespread humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and the potential for 
a deepening economic collapse in Afghanistan.
                                                 Joseph R. Biden, Jr.  
The White House, February 7, 2024.

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