U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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99–011 2011

112th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 112–25 

EXPANSION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH 

RESPECT TO PROTECTING THE STABILIZATION 

EFFORTS IN IRAQ 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT 

TO THE STABILIZATION OF IRAQ IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT 

BEYOND MAY 22, 2011, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d) 

MAY 23, 2011.—Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered 

to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, May 17, 2011. 

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, 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 the enclosed notice to the Federal 

Register for publication continuing the national emergency with respect to the stabilization of Iraq. This notice states that the national emergency with respect to the stabilization of Iraq declared 

in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, as modified in scope 

and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 

13315 of August 28, 2003, Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, 

Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004, and Executive Order 

13438 of July 17, 2007, is to continue in effect beyond May 22, 

2011. 

Obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the restoration 

and maintenance of peace and security in the country, and the development of political, administrative, and economic institutions in 

Iraq continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the 

national security and foreign policy of the United States. Accordingly, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency with respect to this threat and maintain in force 

the measures taken to deal with that national emergency. 

Recognizing positive developments in Iraq, the United Nations 

Security Council decided, in Resolution 1956 (2010), to terminate 

on June 30, 2011, arrangements concerning the Development Fund 

for Iraq established in Resolutions 1483 (2003) and 1546 (2004). 

The Security Council also called upon the Iraqi government to finalize the full and effective transition to a post-Development Fund 

mechanism by June 30, 2011. My Administration will evaluate 

Iraq’s ongoing efforts in this regard, as well as its progress in resolving outstanding debts and claims arising from actions of the 

previous regime, so that I may determine whether to continue beyond June 30, 2011, the prohibitions contained in Executive Order 

13303 of May 22, 2003, as amended by Executive Order 13364 of 

November 29, 2004, on any attachment, judgment, decree, lien, 

execution, garnishment, or other judicial process with respect to 

the Development Fund for Iraq, the accounts, assets, and property 

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ucts, which are in addition to the sovereign immunity accorded 

Iraq under otherwise applicable law. 

Sincerely, 

BARACK OBAMA. 


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NOTICE

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO

THE STABILIZATION OF IRAQ

On May 22, 2003, by Executive Order 13303, the President declared a national emergency protecting the Development Fund for 

Iraq and certain other property in which Iraq has an interest, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

U.S.C. 1701–1706). The President took this action to deal with the 

unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by obstacles to the orderly 

reconstruction of Iraq, the restoration and maintenance of peace 

and security in the country, and the development of political, administrative, and economic institutions in Iraq. 

In Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, Executive Order 

13350 of July 29, 2004, Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 

2004, and Executive Order 13438 of July 17, 2007, the President 

modified the scope of the national emergency declared in Executive 

Order 13303 and took additional steps in response to this national 

emergency. 

Because the obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the 

restoration and maintenance of peace and security in the country, 

and the development of political, administrative, and economic institutions in Iraq continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary 

threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United 

States, the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303, 

as modified in scope and relied upon for additional steps taken in 

Executive Orders 13315, 13350, 13364, and 13438, must continue 

in effect beyond May 22, 2011. 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 

the stabilization of Iraq. 

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

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, May 17, 2011. 

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