[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9258]
[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. 
                                113-37)

  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 Western Balkans 
that was declared in Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001, is to 
remain in effect beyond June 26, 2013.
  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, 
related to Kosovo, which led to the declaration of a national emergency 
on June 26, 2001, in Executive Order 13219 and to the amendment of that 
order in Executive Order 13304 of May 28, 2003, to include acts 
obstructing implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001 in 
Macedonia, 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 continue to pose an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the 
United States. For this reason, I have determined that it is necessary 
to continue the national emergency declared with respect to the Western 
Balkans.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, June 17, 2013.

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