Presidential Document2026-18046
Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Foreign Interference in or Undermining Public Confidence in United States Elections
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September 2, 2026
Signed
August 31, 2026
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 2, 2026)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18046]
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Vol. 91
Wednesday,
No. 169
September 2, 2026
Part III
The President
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Notice of August 31, 2026--Continuation of the National Emergency With
Respect to Foreign Interference in or Undermining Public Confidence in
United States Elections
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 91 , No. 169 / Wednesday, September 2, 2026 /
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The President
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Notice of August 31, 2026
Continuation of the National Emergency With
Respect to Foreign Interference in or Undermining
Public Confidence in United States Elections
On September 12, 2018, by Executive Order 13848, 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
threat of foreign interference in or undermining public
confidence in United States elections.
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, 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 13848
with respect to the threat of foreign interference in
or undermining public confidence in United States
elections.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register
and transmitted to the Congress.
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THE WHITE HOUSE,
August 31, 2026.
[FR Doc. 2026-18046
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