U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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89–011 2010

111th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 111–108 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO THE STABILIZATION OF IRAQ 

MESSAGE 

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, 2010, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d) 

MAY 13, 2010.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed 


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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, 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, 2010. 

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. 

The Iraqi government continues to take steps to resolve debts 

and settle claims arising from the actions of the previous regime. 

Before the end of the year, my Administration will review the Iraqi 

government’s progress on resolving these outstanding debts and 

claims, as well as other relevant circumstances, in order to determine whether 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 held by the 

Central Bank of Iraq, and Iraqi petroleum-related products, should 

continue in effect beyond December 31, 2010, which are in addition 

to the sovereign immunity ordinarily provided to Iraq as a sovereign nation under otherwise applicable law. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, May 12, 2010. 


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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, 2010. 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 12, 2010. 

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