[House Document 115-100]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
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
79-011 WASHINGTON : 2018
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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