[House Document 116-99]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]






116th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 116-99


  CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SOUTHERN 
                      BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES

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                                MESSAGE

                                  FROM


                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                             
                              TRANSMITTING

  A NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY CONCERNING THE SOUTHERN 
BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES, ORIGINALLY DECLARED ON FEBRUARY 15, 2019, 
  BY PROCLAMATION 9844, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND FEBRUARY 15, 
 2020, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); 
                            (90 STAT. 1257)



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 FEBRUARY 13, 2020.-Message and accompanying papers referred to the
      Committee on Armed Services and ordered to be printed          
           
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             U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
             
99-011                 WASHINGTON : 2020



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 before 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 southern border 
of the United States declared in Proclamation 9844 of February 
15, 2019, is to continue in effect beyond February 15, 2020.
    The ongoing border security and humanitarian crisis at the 
southern border of the United States continues to threaten our 
national security, including the security of the American 
people. The executive branch has taken steps to address the 
crisis, but further action is needed to address the 
humanitarian crisis and to control unlawful migration and the 
flow of narcotics and criminals across the southern border. For 
these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to 
continue the national emergency declared in Proclamation 9844 
concerning the southern border of the United States.

                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, February 13, 2020.

 
 
                                Notice

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  Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Southern 
                      Border of the United States

    On February 15, 2019, by Proclamation 9844, I declared a 
national emergency concerning the southern border of the United 
States to deal with the border security and humanitarian crisis 
that threatens core national security interests.
    The ongoing border security and humanitarian crisis at the 
southern border of the United States continues to threaten our 
national security, including the security of the American 
people. The executive branch has taken steps to address the 
crisis, but further action is needed to address the 
humanitarian crisis and to control unlawful migration and the 
flow of narcotics and criminals across the southern border of 
the United States.
    For these reasons, the national emergency declared on 
February 15, 2019, and the measures adopted on that date to 
respond to that emergency, must continue in effect beyond 
February 15, 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 
Proclamation 9844 concerning the southern border of the United 
States.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, February 13, 2020.