“I hereby withdraw the notice ‘Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Transnational Criminal Organizations,’ submitted on July 19, 2017, and submit in lieu thereof the following: The activities of significant transnational criminal organizations continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. For this reason, the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13581 of July 24, 2011, and the measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond July 24, 2017. 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 transnational criminal organizations declared in Executive Order 13581.”
82 FR 34249-50 Published 07-21-2017
