[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 77 (Wednesday, May 10, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S6459]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


REPORT ON THE EMERGENCY WITH SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO--MESSAGE 
                       FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 46

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs.

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, 
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 the 
enclosed notice to the Federal Register for publication, stating that 
the emergency declared with respect to the Federal Republic of 
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), as expanded to address the actions 
and policies of the Bosnian Serb forces and the authorities in the 
territory that they control within the Republic of Bosnia and 
Herzegovina, is to continue in effect beyond May 30, 1995.
  The circumstances that led to the declaration on May 30, 1992, of a 
national emergency have not been resolved. The Government of the 
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) continues to 
support groups seizing and attempting to seize territory in the 
Republics of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina by force and violence. 
In addition, on October 25, 1994, I expanded the scope of the national 
emergency to address the actions and policies of the Bosnian Serb 
forces and the authorities in the territory that they control, 
including their refusal to accept the proposed territorial settlement 
of the conflict in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The actions 
and policies of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and 
Montenegro) and the Bosnian Serb forces and the authorities in the 
territory that they control pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security, foreign policy interests, and the 
economy of the United States. For these reasons, I have determined that 
it is necessary to maintain in force the broad authorities necessary to 
apply economic pressure to the Government of the Federal Republic of 
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and to the Bosnian Serb forces and 
the authorities in the territory that they control to reduce their 
ability to support the continuing civil strife in the former 
Yugoslavia.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, May 10, 1995.
  

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