[House Document 112-111]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
112th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 112-111
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE
STABILIZATION OF IRAQ BEYOND MAY 22, 2012
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MESSAGE
from
THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES
transmitting
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE
STABILIZATION OF IRAQ TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MAY 22, 2012
May 30, 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 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 the
enclosed notice to the Federal Register for publication
continuing the national emergency with respect to the
stabilization of Iraq. This notice states that the national
emergency with respect to the stabilization of Iraq declared in
Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, as modified in scope and
relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13315
of August 28, 2003, Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004,
Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004, and Executive Order
13438 of July 17, 2007, is to continue in effect beyond May 22,
2012.
Obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the
restoration and maintenance of peace and security in the
country, and the development of political, administrative, and
economic institutions in Iraq continue to pose an unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign
policy of the United States. Accordingly, I have determined
that it is necessary to continue the national emergency with
respect to this threat and maintain in force the measures taken
to deal with that national emergency.
Recognizing positive developments in Iraq, my
Administration will continue to evaluate Iraq's progress in
resolving outstanding debts and claims arising from actions of
the previous regime, so that I may determine whether to further
continue the prohibitions contained in Executive Order 13303 of
May 22, 2003, as amended by Executive Order 13364 of November
29, 2004, on any attachment, judgment, decree, lien, execution,
garnishment, or other judicial process with respect to the
Development Fund for Iraq, the accounts, assets, and property
held by the Central Bank of Iraq, and Iraqi petroleum-related
products, which are in addition to the sovereign immunity
accorded Iraq under otherwise applicable law.
Barack Obama.
The White House, May 18, 2012.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the
Stabilization of Iraq
On May 22, 2003, by Executive Order 13303, the President
declared a national emergency protecting the Development Fund
for Iraq and certain other property in which Iraq has an
interest, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706). The President took this
action to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the
national security and foreign policy of the United States posed
by obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the
restoration and maintenance of peace and security in the
country, and the development of political, administrative, and
economic institutions in Iraq.
In Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, Executive
Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, Executive Order 13364 of November
29, 2004, and Executive Order 13438 of July 17, 2007, the
President modified the scope of the national emergency declared
in Executive Order 13303 and took additional steps in response
to this national emergency.
Because the obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of
Iraq, the restoration and maintenance of peace and security in
the country, and the development of political, administrative,
and economic institutions in Iraq continue to pose an unusual
and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign
policy of the United States, the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13303, as modified in scope and relied upon for
additional steps taken in Executive Orders 13315, 13350, 13364,
and 13438, must continue in effect beyond May 22, 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 with respect to the stabilization of
Iraq.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
Barack Obama.
The White House, May 18, 2012.