[House Document 118-9]
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118th Congress, 1st Session--------------------HOUSE DOCUMENT 118-9
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   CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY CONCERNING THE CORONAVIRUS 
                    DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) PANDEMIC

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     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, 2023, 
  PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 
                              STAT. 1257)

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 February 14, 2023.--Referred jointly to the Committees on Energy and 
         Commerce and Ways and Means, and ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                     Washington, February 10, 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 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, 2023.
    Today, we are in a different phase of the response to that 
pandemic than we were in March of 2020, and my Administration 
is planning for an end to the national emergency, but an 
orderly transition is critical to the health and safety of the 
Nation.
    Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to 
continue the national emergency declared in Proclamation 9994 
concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. I anticipate terminating the 
national emergency concerning the COVID-19 pandemic on May 11, 
2023.
            Sincerely,

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

                                 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. Today, we are in a different 
phase of the response to that pandemic than we were in March of 
2020, and my Administration is planning for an end to the 
national emergency, but an orderly transition is critical to 
the 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, 2023. 
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. I anticipate terminating the national 
emergency concerning the COVID-19 pandemic on May 11, 2023.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, February 10, 2023.

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