Presidential Document2026-03279
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Libya
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Published
February 18, 2026
Signed
February 13, 2026
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Executive Office of the President
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 18, 2026)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 7801-7802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-03279]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 91, No. 32 / Wednesday, February 18, 2026 /
Presidential Documents
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Notice of February 13, 2026
Continuation of the National Emergency With
Respect to Libya
On February 25, 2011, by Executive Order 13566, 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 national security and
foreign policy of the United States constituted by the
actions of Colonel Muammar Qadhafi, his government, and
close associates, which took extreme measures against
the people of Libya, including by using weapons of war,
mercenaries, and wanton violence against unarmed
civilians. In addition, there was a serious risk that
Libyan state assets would be misappropriated by
Qadhafi, members of his government, members of his
family, or his close associates if those assets were
not protected. The foregoing circumstances, the
prolonged attacks, and the increased numbers of Libyans
seeking refuge in other countries from the attacks
caused a deterioration in the security of Libya and
posed a serious risk to its stability.
On April 19, 2016, the President signed Executive Order
13726, which expanded the scope of the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13566. The
President found that the ongoing violence in Libya,
including attacks by armed groups against Libyan state
facilities, foreign missions in Libya, and critical
infrastructure, as well as human rights abuses,
violations of the arms embargo imposed by United
Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 (2011), and
misappropriation of Libya's natural resources threaten
the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, democratic
transition, and territorial integrity of Libya, and
thereby constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat
to the national security and foreign policy of the
United States.
The situation in Libya continues to pose an unusual and
extraordinary threat to the national security and
foreign policy of the United States, and measures are
needed to protect against the diversion of assets or
other abuses by members of Qadhafi's family, their
associates, and other persons hindering Libyan national
reconciliation.
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For this reason, the national emergency declared on
February 25, 2011, and expanded on April 19, 2016, must
continue in effect beyond February 25, 2026. 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 13566.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register
and transmitted to the Congress.
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(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 13, 2026.
[FR Doc. 2026-03279
Filed 2-17-26; 11:15 am]
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