[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 15901]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE WESTERN 
 BALKANS--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 
                                111-51)

  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, 
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 
Western Balkans emergency is to continue in effect beyond June 26, 
2009.
  The crisis constituted by the actions of persons engaged in, or 
assisting, sponsoring, or supporting (i) extremist violence in the 
Republic of Macedonia and elsewhere in the Western Balkans region, or 
(ii) acts obstructing implementation of the Dayton Accords in Bosnia or 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of June 10, 1999, in 
Kosovo, that led to the declaration of a national emergency on June 26, 
2001, in Executive Order 13219, and to amendment of that order in 
Executive Order 13304 of May 28, 2003, has not been resolved. The acts 
of extremist violence and obstructionist activity outlined in Executive 
Order 13219, as amended, are hostile to U.S. interests and pose a 
continuing unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security 
and foreign policy of the United States. For these reasons, I have 
determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency 
declared with respect to the Western Balkans and maintain in force the 
sanctions to respond to this threat.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, June 22, 2009.

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