[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5814-5815]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

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     REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY THAT WAS 
  ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13611 OF MAY 16, 2012, WITH 
                        RESPECT TO YEMEN--PM 47

  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 declared in Executive Order 13611 
of May 16, 2012, with respect to Yemen is to continue in effect beyond 
May 16, 2016.

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  The actions and policies of certain members of the Government of 
Yemen and others continue to threaten Yemen's peace, security, and 
stability, including by obstructing the implementation of the agreement 
of November 23, 2011, between the Government of Yemen and those in 
opposition to it, which provided for a peaceful transition of power 
that meets the legitimate demands and aspirations of the Yemeni people 
for change, and by obstructing the political process in Yemen. For this 
reason, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13611 with respect to Yemen.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, May 12, 2016.

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