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49–011 2015

114th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 114–45 

CONTINUATION OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH 

RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT 

TO NORTH KOREA, ORIGINALLY DECLARED ON JUNE 26, 2008, 

BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 13466, AS AMENDED AND EXTENDED, IS 

TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND JUNE 26, 2015 

JUNE 23, 2015.—Referred to the Committee Foreign Affairs and ordered 

to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, June 22, 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 national emergency with respect to 

North Korea that was declared in Executive Order 13466 of June 

2008, expanded in scope in Executive Order 13551 of August 30, 

2010, addressed further in Executive Order 13570 of April 18, 

2011, and further expanded in scope in Executive Order 13687 of 

January 2, 2015, is to continue in effect beyond June 26, 2015. 

The existence and risk of proliferation of weapons-usable fissile 

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

Government of North Korea that destabilize the Korean Pennisula 

and imperil U.S. Armed Forces, allies, and trading partners in the 

region; and other provocative, destabilizing, and repressive actions 

and policies of the Government of North Korea, to continue to constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. For this reason, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national 

emergency with respect to North Korea. 

Sincerely, 

BARACK OBAMA. 


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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 with respect to North Korea 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 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 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 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 

United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1718 and 1874 and 

complement the import restrictions provided for in the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.). 

On January 2, 2015, I signed Executive Order 13687 to take further steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13466, as expanded in Executive Order 13551, and addressed further in Executive Order 13570, to address the threat to 

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

States constituted by the provocative, destabilizing, and repressive 


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actions and policies of the Government of North Korea, including 

its destructive, coercive cyber-related actions during November and 

December 2014, actions in violation of United Nations Security 

Council Resolutions 1718, 1874, 2087, and 2094, and commission of 

serous human rights abuses. 

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. For this reason, the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13466, expanded in scope in Executive Order 13551, addressed further in Executive Order 13570, 

and further expanded in scope in Executive Order 13687, and the 

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

North Korea 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 22, 2015. 

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