April 1, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 56 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Pages S2116-S2117]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

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 NOTICE OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO 
  SOUTH SUDAN THAT WAS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13664 OF APRIL 3, 
                               2014--PM 8

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report, which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs:

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 before the anniversary date of its declaration, the 
President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the 
Congress a notice stating that the

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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 13664 of April 3, 2014, with respect to 
South Sudan, is to continue in effect beyond April 3, 2019.
  The situation in and in relation to South Sudan, which has been 
marked by activities that threaten the peace, security, or stability of 
South Sudan and the surrounding region, including widespread violence 
and atrocities, human rights abuses, recruitment and use of child 
soldiers, attacks on peacekeepers, and obstruction of humanitarian 
operations, continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to 
the national security and foreign policy of the United States. For this 
reason, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13664 with respect to South 
Sudan.
                                                     Donald J. Trump.  
The White House, April 1, 2019.

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