[House Document 109-85]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




109th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 109-85
 
      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO CUBA

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION 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, 2006, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




  January 31, 2006.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
     Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, January 10, 2006.
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 to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed 
notice, which states 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, as amended and expanded on February 
26, 2004, is to continue in effect beyond March 1, 2006.
            Sincerely,
                                                    George W. Bush.
                                 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, a national 
emergency was declared to address the disturbance or threatened 
disturbance of international relations caused by the February 
24, 1996, destruction by the Cuban government of two unarmed 
U.S.-registered civilian aircraft in international airspace 
north of Cuba. In July 1996 and on subsequent occasions, the 
Cuban government 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 flotilla or peaceful protest. Since these events, 
the Cuban government 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. On February 26, 2004 by 
Proclamation 7757, the scope of the national emergency was 
expanded in order to deny monetary and material support to the 
repressive Cuban government, which had taken a series of steps 
to destabilize relations with the United States, including 
threatening to abrogate the Migration Accords with the United 
States and to close the United States Interests Section.
    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 with respect to Cuba and the 
emergency authority relating to the regulation of the anchorage 
and movement of vessels set out in Proclamation 6687, as 
amended and expanded by Proclamation 7757.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, January 10, 2006.

                                  
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