[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 27 (Monday, March 4, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1643]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 DECLARATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO CUBA--MESSAGE FROM 
                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, without objection, referred to the 
Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  Pursuant to section 1 of title II of Public Law 65-24, ch. 30, 50 
U.S.C. 191 and sections 201 and 301 of the National Emergencies Act, 50 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq., United States Code, I hereby report that I have 
exercised my statutory authority to declare a national emergency in 
response to the Government of Cuba's destruction of two unarmed U.S.-
registered civilian aircraft in international airspace north of Cuba.
  In the proclamation, I have authorized and directed the Secretary of 
Transportation to make an issue such rules and regulations that the 
Secretary may find appropriate to prevent unauthorized U.S. vessels 
from entering Cuban territorial waters.
  I have authorized these rules and regulations as a result of the 
Government of Cuba's demonstrated willingness to use reckless force, 
including deadly force, in the ostensible enforcement of its 
sovereignty. I have determined that the unauthorized departures of 
vessels intending to enter Cuban territorial waters could jeopardize 
the safety of certain U.S. citizens and other persons residing in the 
United States and threaten a disturbance of international relations. I 
have, accordingly, declared a national emergency in response to these 
threats.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, March 1, 1996.

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