[House Document 116-103]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




116th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 116-103
 
      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO CUBA

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                                MESSAGE

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                     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, PROCLAMATION 9398 ON FEBRUARY 
24, 2016, AND PROCLAMATION 9699 ON FEBRUARY 22, 2018, IS TO CONTINUE IN 
EFFECT BEYOND MARCH 1, 2020, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 
                  94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)








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 February 25, 2020.--Message and accompanying papers 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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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 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 with respect to Cuba that was 
declared on March 1, 1996, in Proclamation 6867, as amended by 
Proclamation 7757 on February 26, 2004, Proclamation 9398 on 
February 24, 2016, and Proclamation 9699 on February 22, 2018, 
is to continue in effect beyond March 1, 2020.
    It continues to be United States 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 Cuban 
government has not demonstrated that it will refrain from the 
use of excessive force against United States vessels or 
aircraft that may engage in memorial activities or peaceful 
protest north of Cuba. Further, the unauthorized entry of 
United States-registered vessels into Cuban territorial waters 
continues to be detrimental to United States foreign policy and 
counter to the purpose of Executive Order 12807 of May 24, 
1992, which is to ensure, among other things, safe, orderly, 
and legal migration. The possibility of large-scale 
unauthorized entries of United States-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, Proclamation 9398, and 
Proclamation 9699.

                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, February 25, 2020.

                                 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 
United States-registered civilian aircraft in international 
airspace north of Cuba. On February 26, 2004, by Proclamation 
7757, the national emergency was expanded to deny monetary and 
material support to the Cuban government. On February 24, 2016, 
by Proclamation 9398, and on February 22, 2018, by Proclamation 
9699, the national emergency was further modified based on 
continued disturbances or threatened disturbances of the 
international relations of the United States related to Cuba. 
The Cuban government has not demonstrated that it will refrain 
from the use of excessive force against United States vessels 
or aircraft that may engage in memorial activities or peaceful 
protest north of Cuba.
    In addition, the unauthorized entry of any United States-
registered vessel into Cuban territorial waters continues to be 
detrimental to the foreign policy of the United States because 
such entry could facilitate a mass migration from Cuba. It 
continues to be United States 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. 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, 
Proclamation 9398, and Proclamation 9699.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, February 25, 2020.

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