June 18, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 102 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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  CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE WESTERN 
 BALKANS--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 
                                116-41)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the 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 before 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 the Western Balkans 
that was declared in Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001, is to 
continue in effect beyond June 26, 2019.
  The threat constituted by the actions of persons engaged in, or 
assisting, sponsoring, or supporting (i) extremist violence in the 
former Republic of Macedonia (what is now the Republic of North 
Macedonia) and elsewhere in the Western Balkans region, or (ii) acts 
obstructing implementation of the Dayton Accords in Bosnia or United 
Nations Security Council Resolution 1244

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of June 10, 1999, in Kosovo, has not been resolved. In addition, 
Executive Order 13219 was amended by Executive Order 13304 of May 28, 
2003, to take additional steps with respect to acts obstructing 
implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001 relating to the 
former Republic of Macedonia (what is now the Republic of North 
Macedonia).
  The acts of extremist violence and obstructionist activity outlined 
in these Executive Orders are hostile to United States interests and 
continue 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 
with respect to the Western Balkans.
                                                   Donald J. Trump.    
The White House, June 18, 2019.

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