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81 FR 31487 - Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Burma
81 FR 31487 - Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Burma
Executive Office of the President
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 96 (May 18, 2016)
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31487-31487
FR Document
2016-11936
Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 96 (Wednesday, May 18, 2016)
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Notice of May 17, 2016
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; 13619 of July 11,
2012; and 13651 of August 6, 2013, must continue in
effect beyond May 20, 2016. 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.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 17, 2016.
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