[House Document 115-100]
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115th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 115-100
 
    CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO ZIMBABWE

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 
  13288 OF MARCH 6, 2003, WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS AND POLICIES OF 
  CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE AND OTHER PERSONS TO 
   UNDERMINE ZIMBABWE'S DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES OR INSTITUTIONS, IS TO 
CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MARCH 6, 2018, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); 
            PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)







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   March 5, 2018.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                         
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                         U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

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                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, March 2, 2018.
Hon. Paul D. Ryan,
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, within 90 days 
before 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 stating that the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 13288 of March 6, 2003, with respect to the 
actions and policies of certain members of the Government of 
Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic 
processes or institutions is to continue in effect beyond March 
6, 2018.
    In November 2017, dynamics within the factionalized ruling 
party of Zimbabwe, the African National Union-Patriotic Front 
party, reached a head. Facing impeachment, Robert Mugabe 
resigned. The subsequent change in government has offered an 
extraordinary opportunity for Zimbabwe to set itself on a new 
path toward implementing reforms that could allow the United 
States to re-engage in ways not previously possible. Concrete 
actions must follow President Mnangagwa's stated intentions to 
carry out political and economic reforms. The actions and 
policies of certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and 
other persons, however, continue to pose an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United 
States. Therefore, to respond to this persisting threat, I have 
determined that it is necessary to continue this national 
emergency and to maintain in force the sanctions.
            Sincerely,
                                                   Donald J. Trump.









                                 Notice

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    Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Zimbabwe

    On March 6, 2003, by Executive Order 13288, the President 
declared a national emergency and blocked the property of 
certain persons, pursuant to the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706), to deal with the 
unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the 
United States constituted by the actions and policies of 
certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons 
to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions. 
These actions and policies had contributed to the deliberate 
breakdown in the rule of law in Zimbabwe, to politically 
motivated violence and intimidation in that country, and to 
political and economic instability in the southern African 
region.
    On November 22, 2005, the President issued Executive Order 
13391 to take additional steps with respect to the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13288 by ordering the 
blocking of the property of additional persons undermining 
democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe.
    On July 25, 2008, the President issued Executive Order 
13469, which expanded the scope of the national 2 emergency 
declared in Executive Order 13288 and authorized the blocking 
of the property of additional persons undermining democratic 
processes or institutions in Zimbabwe.
    The actions and policies of these persons continue to pose 
an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of 
the United States. For this reason, the national emergency 
declared on March 6, 2003, and the measures adopted on that 
date, on November 22, 2005, and on July 25, 2008, to deal with 
that emergency must continue in effect beyond March 6, 2018. 
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 declared in Executive Order 13288.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, March 2, 2018.

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