U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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29–011 2013

113th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 113–21 

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, 

2013, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d) 

MAY 3, 2013.—Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered 

to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, May 2, 2013. 

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, 2013. 

The Government of Burma has made significant progress in a 

number of critical areas, including releasing hundreds of political 

prisoners, achieving cease-fire talks with the 11 armed ethnic 

groups, taking significant steps toward eliminating press censorship, and enabling the participation of opposition parties in the 

country’s political system. 

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 is nascent, and concerns persist regarding remaining political prisoners, ongoing conflict and 

human rights abuses in ethnic minority areas, and the country’s 

continued military relationship with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. The United States is committed to supporting and 

strengthening Burma’s reform efforts to ensure that the democratic 

transition becomes 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. 

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. For this reason, the national emergency declared on May 20, 1997, and the measures 

adopted to deal with that emergency in Executive Orders 13047 of 

May 20, 1997; 13310 of July 28, 2003; 13448 of October 18, 2007; 

13464 of April 30, 2008; and 13619 of July 11, 2012, must continue 

in effect beyond May 20, 2013. 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 2, 2013. 

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