[House Document 115-13]
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115th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 115-13
 
    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, 2017, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); 
            PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)

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  January 17, 2017.--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, January 13, 2017.
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 
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 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, 2017.
    The crisis 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 
has not been resolved. These actions and policies continue to 
pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy 
of the United States. For these reasons, I have determined that 
it is necessary to continue this national emergency and to 
maintain in force the sanctions to respond to this threat.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.












                                 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 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, 2017. 
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.
                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, January 13, 2017.

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