[House Document 117-18]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




117th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - House Document 117-18









 
   CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE NOVEL 
                CORONAVIRUS DISEASE (COVID-19) OUTBREAK



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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

     A CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) PANDEMIC, DECLARED IN PROCLAMATION 
9994 OF MARCH 13, 2020, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MARCH 1, 2021, 
  PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 
                              STAT. 1257)







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  February 25, 2021.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means, and ordered to be 
                                printed



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                 U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
                 
19-011                   WASHINGTON : 2021























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 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 Proclamation 9994 of 
March 13, 2020, beginning March 1, 2020, concerning the 
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, is to continue in 
effect beyond March 1, 2021.
    There remains a need to continue this national emergency. 
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause significant risk to 
the public health and safety of the Nation. More than 500,000 
people in this Nation have perished from the disease, and it is 
essential to continue to combat and respond to COVID-19 with 
the full capacity and capability of the Federal Government.
    Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to 
continue the national emergency declared in Proclamation 9994 
concerning the COVID-19 pandemic.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, February 24, 2021.















                                 Notice

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   Continuation of the National Emergency Concerning the Coronavirus 
                    Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic

    On March 13, 2020, by Proclamation 9994, the President 
declared a national emergency concerning the coronavirus 
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic 
continues to cause significant risk to the public health and 
safety of the Nation.
    For this reason, the national emergency declared on March 
13, 2020, and beginning March 1, 2020, must continue in effect 
beyond March 1, 2021. Therefore, in accordance with section 
202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I 
am continuing the national emergency declared in Proclamation 
9994 concerning the COVID-19 pandemic.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, February 24, 2021.

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