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79–011 2017

115th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 115–71 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO SIGNIFICANT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS CENTERED IN COLOMBIA 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY, WITH RESPECT 

TO SIGNIFICANT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS CENTERED IN COLOMBIA DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 12978 OF OCTOBER 

21, 1995, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND OCTOBER 21, 

2017, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94–412, SEC. 

202(d); (90 STAT. 1257) 

OCTOBER 19, 2017.—Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, October 16, 2017. 

Hon. PAUL D. RYAN, 

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 of 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 12978 of October 21, 1995, with respect to significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia declared in Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, is to continue 

in effect beyond October 21, 2017. 

The circumstances that led to the declaration on October 21, 

1995, of a national emergency continue to exist. The actions of significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia continue to pose 

an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States and to cause an extreme level of violence, corruption, and harm in the United States 

and abroad. For this reason, I have determined that it is necessary 

to continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 

12978 with respect to significant narcotics traffickers centered in 

Colombia. 

Sincerely, 

DONALD J. TRUMP. 

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NOTICE

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO

SIGNIFICANT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS CENTERED IN COLOMBIA

On October 21, 1995, by Executive Order 12978, the President 

declared a national emergency with respect to significant narcotics 

traffickers centered in Colombia 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, 

foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted by the 

actions of significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia and 

the extreme level of violence, corruption, and harm such actions 

cause in the United States and abroad. 

The actions of significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia continue to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and 

economy of the United States and to cause an extreme level of violence, corruption, and harm in the United States and abroad. For 

this reason, the national emergency declared in Executive Order 

12978 of October 21, 1995, and the measures adopted pursuant 

thereto to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond 

October 21, 2017. 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 narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia declared in Executive Order 

12978. 

This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress. 

DONALD J. TRUMP. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, October 16, 2017. 

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