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59–011 2016

114th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 114–144 

CONTINUATION OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH 

RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY, WITH RESPECT 

TO NORTH KOREA, ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE 

ORDER 13466 OF JUNE 26, 2008, AS AMENDED, IS TO CONTINUE 

IN EFFECT BEYOND JUNE 26, 2016, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 

1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94–412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257) 

JUNE 22, 2016.—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 with 

respect to North Korea that was declared in Executive Order 13466 

of June 26, 2008, expanded in scope in Executive Order 13551 of 

August 30, 2010, addressed further in Executive Order 13570 of 

April 18, 2011, further expanded in scope in Executive Order 13687 

of January 2, 2015, and under which additional steps were taken 

in Executive Order 13722 of March 15, 2016, is to continue in effect 

beyond June 26, 2016. 

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 Peninsula 

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

region, including its pursuit of nuclear and missile programs; and 

other provocative, destabilizing, and repressive actions and policies 

of the Government of North Korea, 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. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, June 21, 2016. 


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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, 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 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 

serious human rights abuses. 

On March 15, 2016, I signed Executive Order 13722 to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13466, as modified in scope and relied upon for additional steps in subsequent Executive Orders, to address the Government of North Korea’s continuing pursuit of its nuclear and 

missile programs, as evidenced by its February 7, 2016, launch 

using ballistic missile technology and its January 6, 2016, nuclear 

test in violation of its obligations pursuant to numerous United Nations Security Council Resolutions and in contravention of its commitments under the September 19, 2005, Joint Statement of the 

Six-Party Talks, that increasingly imperils the United States and 

its allies. Executive Order 13722 also implements certain multilateral sanctions imposed under United Nations Security Council Resolution 2270. 

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, 

further expanded in scope in Executive Order 13687, and under 

which additional steps were taken in Executive Order 13722 of 

March 15, 2016, and the measures taken to deal with that national 

emergency, must continue in effect beyond June 26, 2016. 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 21, 2016. 

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