[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 22 (Wednesday, March 2, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H917]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY BLOCKING PROPERTY OF PERSONS 
 UNDERMINING DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES OR INSTITUTIONS IN ZIMBABWE--MESSAGE 
      FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 109-12)

  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. In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the 
Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the 
national emergency blocking the property of persons undermining 
democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe is to continue in 
effect beyond March 6, 2005. The most recent notice continuing this 
emergency was published in the Federal Register on March 5, 2004 (69 FR 
10313).
  The crisis constituted by the actions and policies of certain members 
of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's 
democratic processes or institutions has not been resolved. These 
actions and policies pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary threat 
to the foreign policy of the United States. For these reasons, I have 
determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency 
blocking the property of persons undermining democratic processes or 
institutions in Zimbabwe and to maintain in force the sanctions to 
respond to this threat.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, March 2, 2005.

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