CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN
INTERFERENCE IN OR UNDERMINING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN UNITED STATES
ELECTIONS--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES...; Congressional Record Vol. 165, No. 144
(House of Representatives - September 10, 2019)
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CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO FOREIGN
INTERFERENCE IN OR UNDERMINING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN UNITED STATES
ELECTIONS--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO.
116-60).
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, the Committee on the Judiciary, the Committee on House
Administration, and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 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 threat of
foreign interference in or undermining public confidence in United
States elections declared in Executive Order 13848 of September 12,
2018, is to continue in effect beyond September 12, 2019.
Although there has been no evidence of a foreign power altering the
outcomes or vote tabulation in any United States election, foreign
powers have historically sought to exploit America's free and open
political system. In recent years, the proliferation of digital devices
and internet-based communications has created significant
vulnerabilities and magnified the scope and intensity of the threat of
foreign interference. The ability of persons located, in whole or in
substantial part, outside the United States to interfere in or
undermine public confidence in United States elections, including
through the unauthorized accessing of election and campaign
infrastructure or the covert distribution of propaganda and
disinformation, continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat
to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.
Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the
national emergency declared in Executive Order 13848 with respect to
the threat of foreign interference in or undermining public confidence
in United States elections.
Donald J. Trump.
The White House, September 10, 2019.
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