[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 94 (Monday, June 9, 2008)]
[House]
[Page H5048]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO BELARUS--MESSAGE 
     FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 110-121)

  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 Foreign Affairs 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 and related measures blocking the property of 
certain persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in 
Belarus are to continue in effect beyond June 16, 2008.
  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 undermining 
democratic processes or institutions in Belarus.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, June 6, 2008.

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