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39–011 2014

113th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 113–112 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO BURMA 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED 

WITH RESPECT TO BURMA IS TO CONTINUE BEYOND MAY 20, 

2014, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d) 

MAY 15, 2014.—Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered 

to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, May 15, 2014. 

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 Burma that was declared on May 20, 1997, 

is to continue in effect beyond May 20, 2014. 

The Government of Burma has made significant progress in a 

number of critical areas, including the release of over 1,100 political prisoners, progress towards a nationwide ceasefire, the legalization of unions, taking steps to improve the country’s labor standards, and allowing greater freedom of association and expression. 

In addition, Burma signed an Additional Protocol to its Comprehensive Safeguards Agreement with the International Atomic 

Energy Agency, a significant step towards supporting the nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. 

Despite great strides that Burma has made in its reform effort, 

the situation in the country continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the 

United States. The political opening remains nascent, and concerns 

persist regarding ongoing conflict and human rights abuses in ethnic minority areas, particularly in Rakhine State, and the continued role of the military in the country’s political and economic activities. Nonetheless, the United States is committed to supporting 

and strengthening Burma’s reform efforts to ensure that the democratic transition is sustained and irreversible. For this reason, I 

have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency with respect to Burma. 

Sincerely, 

BARACK OBAMA. 


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NOTICE

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO

BURMA

On May 20, 1997, the President issued Executive Order 13047, 

certifying to the Congress under section 570(b) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations 

Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208), that the Government of Burma 

had committed large-scale repression of the democratic opposition 

in Burma after September 30, 1996, thereby invoking the prohibition on new investment in Burma by United States persons contained in that section. The President also 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 actions and policies of the Government of Burma. 

Because the actions and policies of the Government of Burma 

continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, the national 

emergency declared on May 20, 1997, and the measures adopted to 

deal with the emergency in Executive Orders 13047 of May 20, 

1997; 13310 of July 28, 2003; 13448 of October 18, 2007; 13464 of 

April 30, 2008; 13619 of July 11, 2012; and 13651 of August 6, 

2013, must continue in effect beyond May 20, 2014. 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 Burma declared in Executive Order 13047. This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to 

the Congress. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, May 15, 2014. 

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