U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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19–011 2012

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

CONTINUATION OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH 

RESPECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON NORTH KOREA 

AND NORTH KOREAN NATIONALS 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION STATING THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY, DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13466 OF JUNE 26, 2008, IS TO 

CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JUNE 26, 2012 

JUNE 18, 2012.—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, 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 declared in Executive Order 13466 of June 26, 2008, expanded in 

scope in Executive Order 13551 of August 30, 2010, and addressed 

further in Executive Order 13570 of April 18, 2011, is to continue 

in effect beyond June 26, 2012. 

The existence and risk of proliferation of weapons-usable fissile 

material on the Korean Peninsula, and the actions and policies of 

the Government of North Korea that destabilize the Korean Peninsula and imperil U.S. Armed Forces, allies, and trading partners in 

the region continue to constitute an unusual and extraordinary 

threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the 

United States. For these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency with respect to these 

threats and maintain in force the measures taken to deal with that 

national emergency. 

BARACK OBAMA.

THE WHITE HOUSE, June 18, 2012. 


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NOTICE

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO

NORTH KOREA

On June 26, 2008, by Executive Order 13466, 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 existence and 

risk of proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean Peninsula. The President also found that it was necessary to 

maintain certain restrictions with respect to North Korea that 

would otherwise have been lifted pursuant to Proclamation 8271 of 

June 26, 2008, which terminated the exercise of authorities under 

the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 1–44) with respect 

to North Korea. 

On August 30, 2010, I signed Executive Order 13551, which expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in Executive 

Order 13466 to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to 

the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United 

States posed by the continued actions and policies of the Government of North Korea, manifested by its unprovoked attack that resulted in the sinking of the Republic of Korea Navy ship Cheonan 

and the deaths of 46 sailors in March 2010; its announced test of 

a nuclear device and its missile launches in 2009; its actions in violation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) 

1718 and 1874, including the procurement of luxury goods; and its 

illicit and deceptive activities in international markets through 

which it obtains financial and other support, including money laundering, the counterfeiting of goods and currency, bulk cash smuggling, and narcotics trafficking, which destabilize the Korean Peninsula and imperil U.S. Armed Forces, allies, and trading partners in the region. 

On April 18, 2011, I signed Executive Order 13570 to take additional steps to address the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13466 and expanded in Executive Order 13551 that will 

ensure the implementation of the import restrictions contained in 

UNSCRs 1718 and 1874 and complement the import restrictions 

provided for in the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et 

seq.). 

Because the existence and risk of proliferation of weapons-usable 

fissile material on the Korean Peninsula and the actions and policies of the Government of North Korea continue to pose an unusual 

and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, 

and economy of the United States, the national emergency declared 

in Executive Order 13466, expanded in scope in Executive Order 


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13551, and addressed further in Executive Order 13570, and the 

measures taken to deal with that national emergency, must continue in effect beyond June 26, 2012. 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 13466. 

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

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, June 18, 2012. 

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