Text of a Letter to the Speaker of the House and President of the Senate

 

Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 13, 2020 August 13, 2020     Dear Madam Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)   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 declared in Executive Order 13222 of August 17, 2001, in light of the expiration of the Export Administration Act of 1979, is to continue in effect for 1 year beyond August 17, 2020.                                Sincerely,                                    DONALD J. TRUMP