[House Document 114-21]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
114th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 114-21
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SOUTH SUDAN
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER
13664 OF APRIL 3, 2014, WITH RESPECT TO SOUTH SUDAN IS TO CONTINUE IN
EFFECT BEYOND APRIL 3, 2015, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)
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April 13, 2015.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and
ordered to be printed
The White House,
Washington, March 31, 2015
Hon. John Boehner,
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 declared in
Executive Order 13664 of April 3, 2014, with respect to South
Sudan is to continue in effect beyond April 3, 2015.
The situation in and in relation to South Sudan, which has
been marked by activities that threaten the peace, security, or
stability of South Sudan and the surrounding region, including
widespread violence and atrocities, human rights abuses,
recruitment and use of child soldiers, attacks on peacekeepers,
and obstruction of humanitarian operations, continues to pose
an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security
and foreign policy of the United States. For this reason, I
have determined that it is necessary to continue the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13664 with respect to
South Sudan.
Sincerely,
Barack Obama.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to South Sudan
On April 3, 2014, by Executive Order 13664, I declared a
national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary
threat to the national security and foreign policy of the
United States constituted by the situation in and in relation
to South Sudan, which has been marked by activities that
threaten the peace, security, or stability of South Sudan and
the surrounding region, including widespread violence and
atrocities, human rights abuses, recruitment and use of child
soldiers, attacks on peacekeepers, and obstruction of
humanitarian operations.
The situation in and in relation to South Sudan 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 3, 2014, to
deal with that threat must continue in effect beyond April 3,
2015. 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
13664.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
Barack Obama.
The White House, March 31, 2015.
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