[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 36 (Tuesday, March 4, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S1521]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND SANCTIONS WITH 
    RESPECT TO THOSE PERSONS WHOSE ACTIONS UNDERMINE THE DEMOCRATIC 
              PROCESSES OR INSTITUTIONS OF ZIMBABWE--PM 40

  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:
  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 this national emergency and 
to maintain in force the sanctions to respond to this threat.
  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 national emergency with respect to the actions and policies of 
certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to 
undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions is to 
continue in effect beyond March 6, 2008.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, March 4, 2008.

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