[House Document 117-47]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



117th Congress, 1st Session--------------------HOUSE DOUCUMENT 117-47
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 CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO TRANSNATIONAL 
                         CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS

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                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

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NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO TRANSNATIONAL 
 CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS, THAT WAS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13581 ON 
JULY 24, 2011, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JULY 24, 2021, PURSUANT 
 TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)

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July 9, 2021.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered 
                             to be printed
                                            The White House
                                          Washington, July 7, 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 with 
respect to significant transnational criminal organizations 
declared in Executive Order 13581 of July 24, 2011, under which 
additional steps were taken in Executive Order 13863 of March 
15, 2019, is to continue in effect beyond July 24, 2021.
    The activities of significant transnational criminal 
organizations have reached such scope and gravity that they 
threaten the stability of international political and economic 
systems. Such organizations are becoming increasingly 
sophisticated and dangerous to the United States; they are 
increasingly entrenched in the operations of foreign 
governments and the international financial system, thereby 
weakening democratic institutions, degrading the rule of law, 
and undermining economic markets. These organizations 
facilitate and aggravate violent civil conflicts and 
increasingly facilitate the activities of other dangerous 
persons.
    The activities of significant transnational criminal 
organizations continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of 
the United States. For these reasons, I have determined that it 
is necessary to continue the national emergency with respect to 
significant transnational criminal organizations declared in 
Executive Order 13581, under which additional steps were taken 
in Executive Order 13863.
            Sincerely,
                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

                                 Notice

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 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Transnational 
                         Criminal Organizations

    On July 24, 2011, by Executive Order 13581, the President 
declared a national emergency with respect to transnational 
criminal organizations 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, 
foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted by 
the activities of significant transnational criminal 
organizations.
    On March 15, 2019, by Executive Order 13863, the President 
took additional steps to deal with the national emergency with 
respect to significant transnational criminal organizations in 
view of the evolution of these organizations as well as the 
increasing sophistication of their activities, which threaten 
international political and economic systems and pose a direct 
threat to the safety and welfare of the United States and its 
citizens, and given the ability of these organizations to 
derive revenue through widespread illegal conduct, including 
acts of violence and abuse that exhibit a wanton disregard for 
human life as well as many other crimes enriching and 
empowering these organizations.
    The activities of significant transnational criminal 
organizations continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of 
the United States. For these reasons, the national emergency 
declared in Executive Order 13581 of July 24, 2011, under which 
additional steps were taken in Executive Order 13863 of March 
15, 2019, must continue in effect beyond July 24, 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 with respect to significant 
transnational criminal organizations declared in Executive 
Order 13581.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, July 7, 2021.

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