[House Document 118-11]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




118th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-11

 
      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO CUBA

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

A NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY CONCERNING CUBA, ORIGINALLY 
  DECLARED ON MARCH 1, 1996, IN PROCLAMATION 6867, AS AMENDED, IS TO 
CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MARCH 1, 2023, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); 
            PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)




 February 17, 2023.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                         
                         
                       ______

             U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 
 39-011              WASHINGTON : 2023
 
                        
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                         
                                           The White House,
                                     Washington, February 17, 2023.
Hon. Kevin McCarthy,
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, Proclamation 9398 on February 24, 2016, and 
Proclamation 9699 on February 22, 2018, is to continue in 
effect beyond March 1, 2023.
    There remains a need to continue this national emergency, 
based on a disturbance or threatened disturbance of the 
international relations for the United States related to Cuba. 
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.
    The unauthorized entry of vessels subject to the 
jurisdiction of the United States into Cuban territorial waters 
is currently a violation of Federal law. 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, which is to ensure, among other things, safe, 
orderly, and legal migration. The possibility of large-scale 
unauthorized entries of United States-registered vessels into 
Cuban territorial waters would disturb the international 
relations of the United States regarding Cuba by allowing for 
or providing the means to facilitate a mass migration of Cuban 
nationals and threatening our national security.
            Sincerely,

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

                                 Notice

                              ----------                              


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.
    Further, 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 United States national security 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.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, February 17, 2023.