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79–011 2017

115th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 115–110 

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, 2018, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94– 

412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257) 

APRIL 5, 2018.—Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered 

to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, April 4, 2018. 

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 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 

declared in Executive Order 13536 of April 12, 2010, with respect 

to Somalia, is to continue in effect beyond April 12, 2018. 

The United States is strongly committed to Somalia’s stabilization, and it is important to maintain sanctions against persons undermining its stability. 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. Therefore, I have 

determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency 

declared in Executive Order 13536 with respect to Somalia. 

Sincerely, 

DONALD J. TRUMP. 

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NOTICE

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO

SOMALIA

On April 12, 2010, by Executive Order 13536, the President 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, the President 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. 

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. For this reason, 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, 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 declared in Executive Order 13536. 

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

DONALD J. TRUMP. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, April 4, 2018. 

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