Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Foreign Interference in or Undermining Public Confidence in the United States Elections
Record date: 2020-09-11
( printed page 56469) Notice of September 10, 2020 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Foreign Interference in or Undermining Public Confidence in the United States Elections On September 12, 2018, by Executive Order 13848 , 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 and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the threat of foreign interference in or undermining public confidence in
What this record contains
- Federal Register document
- 2020-20315
- Publication date
- 2020-09-11
- Citation
- 85 FR 56469
- Issuing office
- Executive Office of the President
Official record excerpt
( printed page 56469) Notice of September 10, 2020 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Foreign Interference in or Undermining Public Confidence in the United States Elections On September 12, 2018, by Executive Order 13848 , 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 and foreign policy of the United States constituted by the threat of foreign interference in or undermining public confidence in United States elections. Although there has been no evidence of a foreign power altering the outcomes or vote tabulation in any United States election, foreign powers have historically sought to exploit America's free and open political system. In recent years, the proliferation of digital devices and internet-based communications has created significant vulnerabilities and magnified the scope and intensity of the threat of foreign interference. The ability of persons located, in whole or in substantial part, outside the United States to interfere in or undermine public confidence in United States elections, including through the unauthorized accessing of election and campaign infrastructure or the covert distribution of propaganda and disinformation, continues 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 September 12, 2018, must continue in effect beyond September 12, 2020. 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 13848 with respect to the threat of foreign interference in or undermining public confidence in United States elections. ( printed page 56470) This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress. THE WHITE HOUSE, September 10, 2020. [ FR Doc. 2020-20315 Filed 9-10-20; 11:15 am] Billing code 3295-F0-P
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- What conditions were cited to continue the emergency?
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