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The Ballot National (US) Policy DeskSep 16, 2026
What the continuation means
The action continues the national emergency concerning people who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism. A continuation means the emergency remains active instead of ending at its expiration point.
The stated scope includes three categories of conduct: committing terrorism, threatening to commit terrorism, and supporting terrorism. The continuation concerns the existing emergency and does not, by its title alone, describe a new emergency or identify changes to its scope.
This is a federal policy action, not an election action. It is not directly connected to a race or candidate, and no candidate policy position is part of the action.
Access to the federal record
The Federal Register is an official U.S. government publication used to present federal documents to the public. The cited Federal Register address currently opens an access-control page rather than the continuation notice itself.
That page says FederalRegister.gov and eCFR.gov limit some programmatic access because of aggressive automated scraping. Human visitors may be asked to complete a CAPTCHA, while developers are directed to the Federal Register and eCFR application programming interface documentation.
The access page does not identify the continuation’s date, the official who issued it, its duration, or a primary record associated with it. Those details require the full Federal Register notice or another linked presidential record.
What the formal notice establishes
The formal notice is the record that can identify the issuing authority, effective date and legal documents connected to the continuation. Its publication details also allow the public to distinguish this continuation from other national emergency actions.
