[House Document 116-12]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


116th Congress, 1st Session--------------------HOUSE DOUCUMENT 116-12

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     CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO CUBA AND 
CONTINUING TO AUTHORIZE THE REGULATION OF THE ANCHORAGE AND MOVEMENT OF 
                                VESSELS

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  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, PROCLAMATION 9398 ON FEBRUARY 
25, 2016, AND PROCLAMATION 9699 ON FEBRUARY 22, 2018, IS TO CONTINUE IN 
EFFECT BEYOND FEBRUARY 22, 2019, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC 
                LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)

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 February 22, 2019.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                     Washington, February 19, 2019.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Madam 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 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 25, 2016, and 
Proclamation 9699 on February 22, 2018, is to continue in 
effect beyond February 22, 2019.
    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 unauthorized 
entry of vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United 
States into Cuban territorial waters is in violation of United 
States law and contrary to United States policy. 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.

            Sincerely,
                                                   Donald J. Trump.

                                 Notice

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    Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Cuba and 
Continuing to Authorize the Regulation of the Anchorage and Movement of 
                                Vessels

    On February 22, 2018, by Proclamation 9699, the national 
emergency with respect to Cuba declared in Proclamation 6867 of 
March 1, 1996, expanded by Proclamation 7757 of February 26, 
2004, and modified by Proclamation 9398 of February 24, 2016, 
was modified and continued based on a disturbance or threatened 
disturbance of the international relations of the United States 
related to Cuba. The unauthorized entry of any United States-
registered vessel into Cuban territorial waters and the 
situation in Cuba continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security and foreign policy of the 
United States. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of 
the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) and section 1 
of title II of Public Law 65-24, ch. 30, June 15, 1917, as 
amended (50 U.S.C. 191), I am continuing for 1 year the 
national emergency declared in Proclamations 6867, 7757, 9398, 
and 9699.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, February 19, 2019.

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