[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 96 (Thursday, June 14, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7728-S7729]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO 
    BLOCKING THE PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS UNDERMINING DEMOCRATIC 
  PROCESSES OR INSTITUTIONS IN BELARUS AS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 
                     13405 OF JUNE 16, 2006--PM 16

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate 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:
  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

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and related measures blocking the property of certain persons 
undermining democratic processes or institutions in Belarus are to 
continue in effect beyond June 16, 2007.
  The actions and policies of certain members of the Government of 
Belarus and other persons pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United 
States. These actions include undermining democratic processes or 
institutions; committing human rights abuses related to political 
repression, including detentions and disappearances; and engaging in 
public corruption, including by diverting or misusing Belarusian public 
assets or by misusing public authority. For these reasons, I have 
determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency and 
related measures blocking the property of certain persons with respect 
to Belarus.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, June 14, 2007.

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