[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 64 (Tuesday, May 19, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H3376]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   CONTINUATION OF EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO BURMA--MESSAGE FROM THE 
          PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 105-253)

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

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 Burma is to continue in effect 
beyond May 20, 1998.
  As long as the Government of Burma continues its policies of 
committing large-scale repression of the democratic opposition in 
Burma, this situation continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United 
States. For this reason, I have determined that it is necessary to 
maintain in force these emergency authorities beyond May 20, 1998.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, May 18, 1998.

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