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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Signed October 16, 2025, printed at 90 FR 48395. 217 words.

In plain English

An emergency runs out after a year. The President can renew it. This one is renewed. It covers the Congo.

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What It Says

On October 27, 2006, by Executive Order 13413, the President declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States constituted by the situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has been marked by widespread violence and atrocities that continue to threaten regional stability. The President took additional steps to address this national emergency in Executive Order 13671 of July 8, 2014. The situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States. For this reason, the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13413 of October 27, 2006, as amended by Executive Order 13671 of July 8, 2014, must continue in effect beyond October 27, 2025. 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 the situation in or in relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared in Executive Order 13413, as amended by Executive Order 13671. This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.

How to cite this
  1. The notice itself

    Notice, “Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Democratic Republic of the Congo,” signed October 16, 2025, 90 FR 48395 (October 20, 2025).
    https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/10/20/2025-19617/continuation-of-the-national-emergency-with-respect-to-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo

  2. This page

    Notice, quoted from its opening. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/presidential/notice-2025-19617/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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What a Notice Is

A national emergency lapses after a year unless the President continues it. A notice is that continuation, and it says which emergency and which order declared it.

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