NOTICE
- - - - - - CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT
TO HOSTAGE-TAKING AND THE WRONGFUL DETENTION OF
UNITED STATES NATIONALS ABROAD
On July 19, 2022, by Executive Order 14078, I 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 national security,
foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted by
hostage-taking and the wrongful detention of United States
nationals abroad.
Hostage-taking and the wrongful detention of United States
nationals are heinous acts that undermine the rule of law.
Terrorist organizations, criminal groups, and other malicious
actors who take hostages for financial, political, or other gain
-- as well as foreign states that engage in the practice of
wrongful detention, including for political leverage or to seek
concessions from the United States -- threaten the integrity of
the international political system and the safety of United
States nationals and other persons abroad.

Hostage-taking and

the wrongful detention of United States nationals abroad
continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the

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national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United
States.

For this reason, the national emergency declared in

Executive Order 14078 of July 19, 2022, must continue in effect
beyond July 19, 2024.

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
declared in Executive Order 14078 with respect to hostage-taking
and the wrongful detention of United States nationals abroad.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.

THE WHITE HOUSE,
July 16, 2024.
[FR Doc. 2024-16021 Filed: 7/17/2024 11:15 am; Publication Date: 7/18/2024]