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114th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 114–23 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO SOMALIA 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT 

TO SOMALIA, ORIGINALLY DECLARED ON APRIL 12, 2010, BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 13536, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND 

APRIL 12, 2015, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d) 

APRIL 13, 2015.—Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, April 8, 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 13536 of April 12, 2010, with respect to Somalia is to continue in effect beyond April 12, 2015. 

On January 17, 2013, the United States Government announced 

its recognition of the Government of Somalia. On February 24, 

2015, I nominated the first U.S. Ambassador to Somalia in over 

two decades. Although these developments demonstrate progress 

with respect to Somalia’s stabilization, they do not remove the importance of U.S. sanctions, especially against persons undermining 

the stability of Somalia. For this reason, I have determined that it 

is necessary to continue the national emergency with respect to Somalia and to maintain in force the sanctions to respond to this 

threat. 

Sincerely, 

BARACK OBAMA. 


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NOTICE

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO

SOMALIA

On April 12, 2010, by Executive Order 13536, I 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, acts of piracy 

and armed robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia, which have repeatedly 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, I 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. 

Because 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, the national emergency declared on April 12, 2010, and the measures adopted on that date 

and on July 20, 2012, to deal with that emergency, must continue 

in effect beyond April 12, 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 13536. 

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

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, April 8, 2015. 

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