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[House Document 112-125]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

112th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 112-125

 
  CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SIGNIFICANT 
                  TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

                              transmitting

   NOTIFICATION THAT THE EXECUTIVE ORDER ISSUED DECLARING A NATIONAL 
  EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE UNUSUAL AND EXTRAORDINARY THREAT THAT 
 SIGNIFICANT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS POSE TO THE NATIONAL 
   SECURITY, FOREIGN POLICY, AND ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES IS TO 
 CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JULY 24, 2012, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)

    July 18, 2012.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
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 the 90-day period 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 13581 of July 24, 2011, is to continue in 
effect beyond July 24, 2012.
    The activities of significant transnational criminal 
organizations have reached such scope and gravity that they 
threaten the stability of international political and economic 
systems. Such organizations are becoming increasingly 
sophisticated and dangerous to the United States; they are 
increasingly entrenched in the operations of foreign 
governments and the international financial system, thereby 
weakening democratic institutions, degrading the rule of law, 
and undermining economic markets. These organizations 
facilitate and aggravate violent civil conflicts and 
increasingly facilitate the activities of other dangerous 
persons.
    The activities of significant transnational criminal 
organizations continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of 
the United States. Therefore, I have determined that it is 
necessary to continue the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 13581 with respect to significant transnational 
criminal organizations.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, July 18, 2012.
                                 Notice

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  Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect To Significant 
                  Transnational Criminal Organizations

    On July 24, 2011, by Executive Order 13581, I 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, 
foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted by 
the activities of significant transnational criminal 
organizations.
    The activities of significant transnational criminal 
organizations have reached such scope and gravity that they 
threaten the stability of international political and economic 
systems. Such organizations are becoming increasingly 
sophisticated and dangerous to the United States. They are 
increasingly entrenched in the operations of foreign 
governments and the international financial system, thereby 
weakening democratic institutions, degrading the rule of law, 
and undermining economic markets. These organizations 
facilitate and aggravate violent civil conflicts and 
increasingly facilitate the activities of other dangerous 
persons.
    Because the activities of significant transnational 
criminal organizations 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 13581 of July 24, 2011, and the 
measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must 
continue in effect beyond July 24, 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 13581.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, July 18, 2012.

                                  
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