[House Document 115-14]
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115th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 115-14
 
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

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                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO CUBA THAT WAS 
    DECLARED ON MARCH 1, 1996, IN PROCLAMATION 6867, AS AMENDED BY 
   PROCLAMATION 7757 ON FEBRUARY 26, 2004, AND PROCLAMATION 9398 ON 
 FEBRUARY 25, 2016, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND FEBRUARY 25, 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 with 
respect to Cuba that was declared on March 1, 1996, in 
Proclamation 6867, as amended by Proclamation 7757 on February 
26, 2004, and Proclamation 9398 on February 25, 2016, is to 
continue in effect beyond February 25, 2017.
    It continues to be U.S. policy that a mass migration from 
Cuba would endanger the security of the United States by posing 
a disturbance or threatened disturbance of the international 
relations of the United States. The unauthorized entry of 
vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States into 
Cuban territorial waters is in violation of U.S. law and 
contrary to U.S. policy. Further, the unauthorized entry of 
U.S.-registered vessels into Cuban territorial waters continues 
to be detrimental to U.S. foreign policy and counter to the 
purpose of Executive Order 12807, which is to ensure, among 
other things, safe, orderly, and legal migration. The 
possibility of large-scale unauthorized entries of U.S.-
registered vessels would disturb the international relations of 
the United States by facilitating a possible mass migration of 
Cuban nationals. For these reasons, I have determined that it 
is necessary to continue the national emergency declared 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 and as 
further modified by Proclamation 9398.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.

















                                 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 February 25, 2016, by Proclamation 9398, the national 
emergency with respect to Cuba was modified and continued to 
reflect the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between 
the United States and Cuba. 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 and as further modified by Proclamation 9398.
    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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