[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 2, 2016)]
[House]
[Pages H1104-H1105]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO UKRAINE--MESSAGE 
     FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 114-112)

  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, 
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

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enclosed notice stating that the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 13660 of March 6, 2014, is to continue in effect beyond 
March 6, 2016.
  The actions and policies of persons that undermine democratic 
processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, 
stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and contribute to 
the misappropriation of its assets, as well as the actions and policies 
of the Government of the Russian Federation, including its purported 
annexation of Crimea and its use of force in Ukraine, continue to pose 
an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and 
foreign policy of the United States. Therefore, I have determined that 
it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 13660 with respect to Ukraine.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, March 2, 2016.
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                                 NOTICE

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     Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Ukraine

  On March 6, 2014, by Executive Order 13660, I declared a national 
emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat 
to the national security and foreign policy of the United States 
constituted by the actions and policies of persons that undermine 
democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, 
security, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and 
contribute to the misappropriation of its assets.
  On March 16, 2014, I issued Executive Order 13661, which expanded the 
scope of the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13660, and 
found that the actions and policies of the Government of the Russian 
Federation with respect to Ukraine undermine democratic processes and 
institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, stability, 
sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and contribute to the 
misappropriation of its assets.
  On March 20, 2014, I issued Executive Order 13662, which further 
expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in Executive 
Order 13660, as expanded in scope in Executive Order 13661, and found 
that the actions and policies of the Government of the Russian 
Federation, including its purported annexation of Crimea and its use of 
force in Ukraine, continue to undermine democratic processes and 
institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, stability, 
sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and contribute to the 
misappropriation of its assets.
  On December 19, 2014, I issued Executive Order 13685, to take 
additional steps to address the Russian occupation of the Crimea region 
of Ukraine.
  The actions and policies addressed in these Executive Orders continue 
to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security 
and foreign policy of the United States. For this reason, the national 
emergency declared on March 6, 2014, and the measures adopted on that 
date, on March 16, 2014, on March 20, 2014, and December 19, 2014, to 
deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond March 6, 2016. 
Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the 
national emergency declared in Executive Order 13660.
  This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, March 2, 2016.

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