[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 9518-9519]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY THAT WAS 
  ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13219 OF JUNE 26, 2001, WITH 
                 RESPECT TO THE WESTERN BALKANS--PM 53

  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

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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 continue in effect beyond June 26, 2016.
  The threat 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 
and Herzegovina or United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 of 
June 10, 1999, in Kosovo, has not been resolved. In addition, Executive 
Order 13219 was amended by Executive Order 13304 of May 28, 2003, to 
take additional steps with respect to acts obstructing implementation 
of the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001 relating to Macedonia.
  Because the acts of extremist violence and obstructionist activity 
outlined in these Executive Orders 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, 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 21, 2016.

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