[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 177 (Friday, September 11, 2020)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 56469-56470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20315]


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                Notice of September 10, 2020

                
Continuation of the National Emergency With 
                Respect to Foreign Interference in or Undermining 
                Public Confidence in the United States Elections

                On September 12, 2018, by Executive Order 13848, I 
                declared a national emergency pursuant to the 
                International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
                1701 et seq.) to deal with the unusual and 
                extraordinary threat to the national security and 
                foreign policy of the United States constituted by the 
                threat of foreign interference in or undermining public 
                confidence in United States elections.

                Although there has been no evidence of a foreign power 
                altering the outcomes or vote tabulation in any United 
                States election, foreign powers have historically 
                sought to exploit America's free and open political 
                system. In recent years, the proliferation of digital 
                devices and internet-based communications has created 
                significant vulnerabilities and magnified the scope and 
                intensity of the threat of foreign interference. The 
                ability of persons located, in whole or in substantial 
                part, outside the United States to interfere in or 
                undermine public confidence in United States elections, 
                including through the unauthorized accessing of 
                election and campaign infrastructure or the covert 
                distribution of propaganda and disinformation, 
                continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat 
                to the national security and foreign policy of the 
                United States. For this reason, the national emergency 
                declared on September 12, 2018, must continue in effect 
                beyond September 12, 2020. Therefore, in accordance 
                with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 
                U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the 
                national emergency declared in Executive Order 13848 
                with respect to the threat of foreign interference in 
                or undermining public confidence in United States 
                elections.

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                This notice shall be published in the Federal Register 
                and transmitted to the Congress.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    September 10, 2020.

[FR Doc. 2020-20315
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