[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 29 (Wednesday, February 24, 2016)]
[House]
[Page H874]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 MODIFYING AND CONTINUING THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO CUBA 
    AND CONTINUING TO AUTHORIZE THE REGULATION OF THE ANCHORAGE AND 
 MOVEMENT OF VESSELS--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 
                         (H. DOC. NO. 114-102)

  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:
  Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the 
laws of the United States, including section 1 of title II of Public 
Law 65-24, ch. 30, June 15, 1917, as amended (50 U.S.C. 191), sections 
201, 202, and 301 of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et 
seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby report 
that I have issued a Proclamation to modify and continue the national 
emergency declared in Proclamations 6867 and 7757.
  The Proclamation recognizes that certain descriptions of the national 
emergency set forth in Proclamations 6867 and 7757 no longer reflect 
the international relations of the United States related to Cuba. 
Further, the Proclamation recognizes the reestablishment of diplomatic 
relations between the United States and Cuba, and that the United 
States continues to pursue the progressive normalization of relations 
while aspiring toward a peaceful, prosperous, and democratic Cuba.
  The Proclamation clarifies the national emergency related to Cuba and 
specifically provides the following statements related to U.S. national 
security and foreign policy:
 It is U.S. policy that a mass migration from Cuba would 
endanger the security of the United States by posing a disturbance or 
threatened disturbance of the international relations of the United 
States.
   The unauthorized entry of vessels subject to the 
jurisdiction of the United States into Cuban territorial waters is in 
violation of U.S. law and contrary to U.S. policy.
   The unauthorized entry of U.S.-registered vessels into Cuban 
territorial waters is detrimental to U.S. foreign policy, and counter 
to the purpose of Executive Order 12807, which is to ensure, among 
other things, safe, orderly, and legal migration.
   The possibility of large-scale unauthorized entries of U.S-
registered vessels would disturb the international relations of the 
United States by facilitating a possible mass migration of Cuban 
nationals.
  I have directed the Secretary of Homeland Security (the 
``Secretary'') to make and issue such rules and regulations as the 
Secretary may find appropriate to regulate the anchorage and movement 
of vessels, and authorize and approve the Secretary's issuance of such 
rules and regulations, as authorized by the Act of June 15, 1917.
  I am enclosing a copy of the Proclamation I have issued.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
                                    The White House, February 24, 2016.



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