[House Document 114-12]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




114th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 114-12
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      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO CUBA

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

                              transmitting

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 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, 2015, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)

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  February 26, 2015.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
To the Congress of the United States:
    Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national 
emergency unless, within 90 days 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 national emergency declared on March 1, 1996, 
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, 2015.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, February 25, 2015.
                                 Notice

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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect 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. On February 26, 2004, by Proclamation 7757, the 
national emergency was extended and its scope was expanded to 
deny monetary and material support to the Cuban government. The 
Cuban government has not demonstrated that it will refrain from 
the use of excessive force against U.S. vessels or aircraft 
that may engage in memorial activities or peaceful protest 
north of Cuba. In addition, the unauthorized entry of any U.S.-
registered vessel into Cuban territorial waters continues to be 
detrimental to the foreign policy of the United States. 
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 as amended by 
Proclamation 7757.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, February 25, 2015.

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