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[House Document 115-142]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

115th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 115-
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 CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SIGNIFICANT 
                  TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO TRANSNATIONAL 
CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS, ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13581 ON 
JULY 24, 2011, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JULY 24, 2018, PURSUANT 
 TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)

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    July 23, 2018.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed

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                     U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

79-011                        WASHINGTON : 2018

To the Congress of the United States:
    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 before 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 significant 
transnational criminal organizations declared in Executive 
Order 13581 of July 24, 2011, is to continue in effect beyond 
July 24, 2018.
    The activities of significant transnational criminal 
organizations have reached such scope and gravity that they 
threaten the stability of international political and economic 
systems. Such organizations are increasingly sophisticated and 
dangerous to the United States; they are increasingly 
entrenched in the operations of foreign governments and the 
international financial system, thereby weakening democratic 
institutions, degrading the rule of law, and undermining 
economic markets. These organizations facilitate and aggravate 
violent civil conflicts and increasingly facilitate the 
activities of other dangerous persons.
    The activities of significant transnational criminal 
organizations continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of 
the United States. Therefore, I have determined that it is 
necessary to continue the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 13581 with respect to transnational criminal 
organizations.
                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, July 20, 2018.

                                 Notice

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 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Transnational 
                         Criminal Organizations

    On July 24, 2011, by Executive Order 13581, the President 
declared a national emergency with respect to transnational 
criminal organizations 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 activities of significant transnational criminal 
organizations.
    The activities of significant transnational criminal 
organizations have reached such scope and gravity that they 
threaten the stability of international political and economic 
systems. Such organizations are increasingly sophisticated and 
dangerous to the United States; they are increasingly 
entrenched in the operations of foreign governments and the 
international financial system, thereby weakening democratic 
institutions, degrading the rule of law, and undermining 
economic markets. These organizations facilitate and aggravate 
violent civil conflicts and increasingly facilitate the 
activities of other dangerous persons.
    The activities of significant transnational criminal 
organizations continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of 
the United States. For this reason, the national emergency 
declared in Executive Order 13581 of July 24, 2011, and the 
measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must 
continue in effect beyond July 24, 2018. 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 transnational criminal organizations 
declared in Executive Order 13581.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, July 20, 2018.

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