[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 30 (Monday, March 4, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H822-H823]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION IN 
ZIMBABWE--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 
                                113-14)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and referred to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) 
provides

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for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 
days 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 declared in Executive Order 13288 of March 6, 2003, 
with respect to the actions and policies of certain members of the 
Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's 
democratic processes or institutions is to continue in effect beyond 
March 6, 2013.
  The crisis constituted by the actions and policies of certain members 
of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's 
democratic processes or institutions has not been resolved. These 
actions and policies continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the foreign policy of the United States. For these reasons, I 
have determined that it is necessary to continue this national 
emergency and to maintain in force the sanctions to respond to this 
threat.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, March 1, 2013.

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