Trump Extends National Emergency on Information and Communications Technology Supply Chain
President Donald Trump signed a notice on May 11, 2026 continuing the national emergency first declared in 2019 over risks in the information and communications technology and services supply chain. The extension keeps in place the broad authorities federal agencies use to block transactions involving foreign adversaries that threaten U.S. critical infrastructure and data security.
naturalnews.comPresident Donald Trump signed a notice on May 11, 2026 continuing the national emergency with respect to securing the information and communications technology and services supply chain.
The action, published in the Federal Register on May 13, 2026, affects the entire U.S. information and communications technology sector. Per the Federal Register notice, the emergency covers an ecosystem that underpins virtually all critical infrastructure sectors, from telecommunications networks serving 330 million Americans to industrial control systems in power grids, water treatment facilities, and financial markets.
The original 2019 order gave the secretary of commerce authority to prohibit or unwind transactions involving information and communications technology or services designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of a foreign adversary.
The continuation keeps the emergency in force beyond its prior expiration date. The new notice states the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13873 on May 15, 2019 will continue in effect after May 15, 2026. This maintains the legal basis for the Commerce Department’s information and communications technology and services review process without interruption.
Downstream, the extension immediately preserves the secretary of commerce’s ongoing authority to review and potentially block new transactions. Federal agencies must continue to treat supply-chain risks from designated foreign adversaries as an active national emergency when drafting rules, issuing licenses, or conducting procurement.
Congress receives another six-month report on the emergency’s status under the National Emergencies Act, and any legislative effort to terminate the emergency would require a joint resolution. The continuation also sustains the legal foundation for related executive branch actions, including potential additions to the Covered List maintained by the Federal Communications Commission that bar use of federal subsidies on equipment from covered companies.
This marks the seventh annual continuation of the 2019 national emergency. The original executive order was issued under the Trump administration on May 15, 2019 after Congress passed the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act directing action against untrusted suppliers.
The Biden administration continued the emergency each year from 2020 through 2024 before the current administration renewed it again in 2025.
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