[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 76 (Monday, May 18, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H5674-H5675]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO BURMA--MESSAGE 
      FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 111-39)

  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, 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. I have sent the enclosed notice to the Federal 
Register for publication, stating that the Burma emergency is to 
continue for 1 year beyond May 20, 2009.
  The crisis between the United States and Burma arising from the 
actions and policies of the Government of Burma, including its engaging 
in large-scale repression of the democratic opposition in Burma that 
led to the declaration of a national emergency in Executive Order 13047 
of May 20, 1997, as modified in scope and relied upon for additional 
steps taken in Executive Order 13310 of July 28, 2003, Executive Order 
13448 of October 18, 2007, and Executive Order 13464 of April 30, 2008, 
has not been resolved. These actions and policies are hostile to U.S. 
interests and pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
national security and foreign policy of the United States. For this 
reason, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national 
emergency with respect to Burma and maintain in force the sanctions 
against Burma to respond to this threat.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
                                         The White House, May 14, 2009.

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