On May 18, 2016, the Federal Register published Presidential Notice of May __ 2016 – Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Burma which continues the national emergency first declared in Executive Order (E.O.) 13047 of May 20, 1997.  Because the actions and policies of the Government of Burma continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, the national emergency declared on May 20, 1997, and the measures adopted to deal with that emergency in E.O.s 13047 of May 20, 1997; 13310 of July 28, 2003; 13448 of October 18, 2007; 13464 of April 30, 2008; 13619 of July 11, 2012; and 13651 of August 6, 2013 are being continued for an additional year.