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114th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 114–68 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO SIGNIFICANT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS CENTERED IN COLOMBIA 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY, WITH RESPECT 

TO SIGNIFICANT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS CENTERED IN COLOMBIA DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 12978 OF OCTOBER 

21, 1995, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND OCTOBER 21, 

2015, AS REQUIRED BY SEC. 202(d) OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCIES ACT, 50 U.S.C. 1622(d) 

OCTOBER 20, 2015.—Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, October 19, 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 with respect to significant narcotics traffickers centered in 

Colombia declared in Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, 

is to continue in effect beyond October 21, 2015. 

The circumstances that led to the declaration on October 21, 

1995, of a national emergency have not been resolved. The actions 

of significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia continue to 

pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, 

foreign policy, and economy of the United States and to cause an 

extreme level of violence, corruption, and harm in the United 

States and abroad. For this reason, I have determined that it is 

necessary to continue the national emergency declared in Executive 

Order 12978 with respect to significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia. 

Sincerely, 

BARACK OBAMA. 


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NOTICE

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO

SIGNIFICANT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS CENTERED IN COLUMBIA

On October 21, 1995, by Executive Order 12978, the President 

declared a national emergency with respect to significant narcotics 

traffickers centered in Colombia 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 

actions of significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia and 

the extreme level of violence, corruption, and harm such actions 

cause in the United States and abroad. 

The actions of significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia continue to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and 

economy of the United States and to cause an extreme level of violence, corruption, and harm in the United States and abroad. For 

this reason, the national emergency declared in Executive Order 

12978 of October 21, 1995, and the measures adopted pursuant 

thereto to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond 

October 21, 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 with respect to significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia declared in Executive Order 

12978. 

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

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, October 19, 2015. 

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