Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Burma

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Vol. 80

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No. 96

May 19, 2015

Part III

The President

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Notice of May 15, 2015--Continuation of the National Emergency With

Respect to Burma

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The President

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Notice of May 15, 2015

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.

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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, 2015. 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 15, 2015.

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