[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 76 (Monday, May 18, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S5553]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY THAT WAS 
  ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13047 OF MAY 20, 1997, WITH 
 RESPECT TO BURMA, AS RECEIVED DURING AN ADJOURNMENT OF THE SENATE ON 
                          MAY 15, 2009--PM 19

  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. 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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