[House Document 106-202]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





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        CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY RELATING TO CUBA

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

  THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY RELATING TO CUBA AND THE 
  EMERGENCY AUTHORITY RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF THE ANCHORAGE AND 
                          MOVEMENT OF VESSELS




    February 29, 2000.--Referred to the Committee on International 
                  Relations and ordered to be printed

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                    U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
79-011                     WASHINGTON : 2000       





                                           The White House,
                                     Washington, February 25, 2000.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: Section 202(d) of the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic 
termination of a national emergency unless, prior to the 
anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in 
the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice 
stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the 
anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have 
sent the enclosed notice to the Federal Register for 
publication, stating that the emergency declared with respect 
to the Government of Cuba's destruction of two unarmed U.S.-
registered civilian aircraft in international airspace north of 
Cuba on February 24, 1996, is to continue in effect beyond 
March 1, 2000.
            Sincerely,
                                                William J. Clinton.


                                 Notice

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  Continuation of the National Emergency Relating to Cuba and of the 
  Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage and 
                          Movement of Vessels

    On March 1, 1996, by Proclamation 6867, I declared a 
national emergency to address the disturbance or threatened 
disturbance of international relations caused by the February 
24, 1996, destruction by the Government of Cuba of two unarmed 
U.S.-registered civilian aircraft in international airspace 
north of Cuba. In July 1996 and on subsequent occasions, the 
Government of Cuba stated its intent to forcefully defend its 
sovereignty against any U.S.-registered vessels or aircraft 
that might enter Cuban territorial waters or airspace while 
involved in a memorial flotilla and peaceful protest. Since 
these events, the Government of Cuba has not demonstrated that 
it will refrain from the future use of reckless and excessive 
force against U.S. vessels or aircraft that may engage in 
memorial activities or peaceful protest north of Cuba. 
Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing the 
national emergency with respect to Cuba and the emergency 
authority relating to the regulation of the anchorage and 
movement of vessels set out in Proclamation 6867.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, February 25, 2000.

                                

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