[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 69 (Monday, May 17, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H3052]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO BURMA--MESSAGE FROM 
        THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 108-186)

  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:
  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. I have sent the enclosed notice, stating that the 
Burma emergency is to continue beyond May 20, 2004, to the Federal 
Register for publication. The most recent notice continuing this 
emergency was published in the Federal Register on May 19, 2003.
  The crisis between the United States and Burma, constituted by the 
actions and policies of the Government of Burma, including its policies 
of committing large-scale repression of the democratic opposition in 
Burma that led to the declaration of a national emergency on May 20, 
1997, has not been resolved. These actions and policies are hostile to 
U.S. interests and pose a continuing 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 continue the 
national emergency with respect to Burma and maintain in force the 
sanctions against Burma to respond to this threat.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, May 17, 2004.

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