[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 9 (Thursday, January 15, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S597]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY RELATING TO CUBA 
   AND OF THE EMERGENCY AUTHORITY RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF THE 
                ANCHORAGE AND MOVEMENT OF VESSELS--PM 5

  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 the 
enclosed notice to the Federal Register for publication, stating that 
the national emergency declared with respect to the Government of 
Cuba's destruction of two unarmed U.S.-registered civilian aircraft in 
international airspace north of Cuba on February 24, 1996, as amended 
and expanded on February 26, 2004, is to continue in effect beyond 
March 1, 2009.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, January 15, 2009.
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