[House Document 117-28]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
117th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 117-28
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SOMALIA
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SOMALIA,
DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13536 OF APRIL 12, 2010, IS TO CONTINUE IN
EFFECT BEYOND APRIL 12, 2021, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW
94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)
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April 5, 2021.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and
ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
19-011 WASHINGTON : 2021
The White House,
Washington, DC, April 1, 2021.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Madam Speaker: 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 13536 of April 12, 2010, with respect to
Somalia is to continue in effect beyond April 12, 2021.
The situation with respect to Somalia continues to pose an
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and
foreign policy of the United States. Therefore, I have
determined that it is necessary to continue the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13536 with respect to
Somalia.
Sincerely,
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Somalia
On April 12, 2010, by Executive Order 13536, the President
declared a national emergency pursuant to the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal
with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
security and foreign policy of the United States constituted by
the deterioration of the security situation and the persistence
of violence in Somalia, and acts of piracy and armed robbery at
sea off the coast of Somalia, which have been the subject of
United Nations Security Council resolutions, and violations of
the arms embargo imposed by the United Nations Security
Council.
On July 20, 2012, the President issued Executive Order
13620 to take additional steps to deal with the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13536 in view of United
Nations Security Council Resolution 2036 of February 22, 2012,
and Resolution 2002 of July 29, 2011, and to address: exports
of charcoal from Somalia, which generate significant revenue
for al-Shabaab; the misappropriation of Somali public assets;
and certain acts of violence committed against civilians in
Somalia, all of which contribute to the deterioration of the
security situation and the persistence of violence in Somalia.
The situation with respect to Somalia 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 April 12, 2010, and the measures
adopted on that date and on July 20, 2012, to deal with that
threat, must continue in effect beyond April 12, 2021.
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 13536.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
The White House, April 1, 2021.
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