[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 5, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Page S1515]
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REPORT CONCERNING THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO CUBA--MESSAGE 
           FROM THE PRESIDENT RECEIVED DURING RECESS--PM 125

  Under the authority of the order of the Senate of January 4, 1995, 
the Secretary of the Senate, on March 1, 1996, during the recess of the 
Senate, received 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:
  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 (copy attached), I have authorized and directed 
the Secretary of Transportation to make and issue such rules and 
regulations that the Secretary may find appropriate to prevent 
authorized 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 departure 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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