[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 8, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H4229]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO BELARUS--MESSAGE 
     FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 111-119)

  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. 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, 2010.
  Despite the release of internationally recognized political prisoners 
in the fall of 2008 and our continuing efforts to press for further 
reforms related to democracy, human rights, and the rule of law in 
Belarus, serious challenges remain. The actions and policies of certain 
members of the Government of Belarus and other persons to undermine 
Belarus democratic processes or institutions, to commit human rights 
abuses related to political repression, and to engage in public 
corruption 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 declared to deal with this threat and the related measures 
blocking the property of certain persons.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, June 8, 2010.

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