[House Document 118-73]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
118th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-73
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SUDAN
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
A NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER
13067, WITH RESPECT TO SUDAN, AS EXPANDED BY EXECUTIVE ORDERS 13400 AND
14098, MUST CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND NOVEMBER 3, 2023, PURSUANT TO 50
U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)
November 1, 2023.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and
ordered to be printed
The White House,
Washington, October 31, 2023.
Hon. Mike Johnson,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. 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 Sudan declared in Executive Order 13067 of November
3, 1997, is to continue in effect beyond November 3, 2023.
The crisis that led to the declaration of a national
emergency in Executive Order 13067; the expansion of the scope
of that emergency in Executive Order 13400 of April 26, 2006;
the taking of additional steps with respect to that emergency
in Executive Order 13412 of October 13, 2006, Executive Order
13761 of January 13, 2017, and Executive Order 13804 of July
11, 2017; and the further expansion of the scope of that
emergency in Executive Order 14098 of May 4, 2023, has not been
resolved. The policies and actions of the Government of Sudan,
and the situation in Sudan and Darfur, continue 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 13067, as expanded by
Executive Orders 13400 and 14098, with respect to Sudan.
Sincerely,
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency
With Respect to Sudan
On November 3, 1997, by Executive Order 13067, the
President declared a national emergency with respect to Sudan
pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and took related steps to deal with the
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and
foreign policy of the United States posed by the actions and
policies of the Government of Sudan. On April 26, 2006, by
Executive Order 13400, the President determined that the
conflict in Sudan's Darfur region posed an unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign
policy of the United States, expanded the scope of the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13067, and ordered the
blocking of property of certain persons connected to the Darfur
region. On October 13, 2006, by Executive Order 13412, the
President took additional steps with respect to the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13067 and expanded in
Executive Order 13400. In Executive Order 13412, the President
also took steps to implement the Darfur Peace and
Accountability Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-344).
On January 13, 2017, by Executive Order 13761, the
President found that positive efforts by the Government of
Sudan between July 2016 and January 2017 improved certain
conditions that Executive Orders 13067 and 13412 were intended
to address. Given these developments, and in order to encourage
the Government of Sudan to sustain and enhance these efforts,
section 1 of Executive Order 13761 provided that sections 1 and
2 of Executive Order 13067 and the entirety of Executive Order
13412 would be revoked as of July 12, 2017, provided that the
criteria in section 12(b) of Executive Order 13761 had been
met.
On July 11, 2017, by Executive Order 13804, the President
amended Executive Order 13761, extending until October 12,
2017, the effective date in section 1 of Executive Order 13761.
On October 12, 2017, pursuant to Executive Order 13761, as
amended by Executive Order 13804, sections 1 and 2 of Executive
Order 13067 and the entirety of Executive Order 13412 were
revoked.
On May 4, 2023, by Executive Order 14098, I further
expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13067, finding that the situation in Sudan,
including the military's seizure of power in October 2021 and
the outbreak of inter-service fighting in April 2023,
constituted an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
security and foreign policy of the United States.
The crisis that led to the declaration of a national
emergency in Executive Order 13067 of November 3, 1997; the
expansion of the scope of that emergency in Executive Order
13400 of April 26, 2006; the taking of additional steps with
respect to that emergency in Executive Order 13412 of October
13, 2006, Executive Order 13761 of January 13, 2017, and
Executive Order 13804 of July 11, 2017; and the further
expansion of the scope of that emergency in Executive Order
14098 of May 4, 2023, has not been resolved. The policies and
actions of the Government of Sudan, and the situation in Sudan
and Darfur, continue 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
in Executive Order 13067, as expanded by Executive Orders 13400
and 14098, must continue in effect beyond November 3, 2023.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
The White House, October 31, 2023.