[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 18 (Wednesday, February 27, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Page S1251]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES

  The following presidential messages were laid before the Senate, 
together with accompanying papers, reports, and documents, which were 
referred as indicated:

       PM-71. A message from the President of the United States, 
     transmitting, pursuant to law, a report concerning the 
     continuation of the national emergency relating to Cuba and 
     of the emergency authority relating to the regulation of the 
     anchorage and movement of vessels to extend beyond March 1, 
     2002; 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, which states 
that the emergency declared with respect to the Government of Cuba's 
destruction of two unarmed U.S.-registered civilian aircraft in 
international airspace north of Cuba on February 24, 1996, is to 
continue in effect beyond March 1, 2002.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, February 26, 2002.

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