[Congressional Record Volume 162, Number 34 (Wednesday, March 2, 2016)]
[Senate]
[Page S1219]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES

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CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE 
      ORDER 13660 ON MARCH 6, 2014, WITH RESPECT TO UKRAINE--PM 43

  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, 
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 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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CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE 
ORDER 13288 ON 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--PM 44

  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, 
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 originally declared in Executive 
Order 13288 of March 6, 2003, and renewed every year since then, is to 
continue in effect beyond March 6, 2016.
  The threat 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, contributing to the deliberate 
breakdown in the rule of law, to politically motivated violence and 
intimidation, and to political and economic instability in the southern 
African region, 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 2, 2016.

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