[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S1072]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

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     REPORT OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY THAT WAS 
  ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN PROCLAMATION 9844 OF FEBRUARY 15, 2020, WITH 
       RESPECT TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE UNITED STATES--PM 46

  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 Armed Services:

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 before 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 with respect to the southern border 
of the United States declared in Proclamation 9844 of February 15, 
2019, is to continue in effect beyond February 15, 2020.
  The ongoing border security and humanitarian crisis at the southern 
border of the United States continues to threaten our national 
security, including the security of the American people. The executive 
branch has taken steps to address the crisis, but further action is 
needed to address the humanitarian crisis and to control unlawful 
migration and the flow of narcotics and criminals across the southern 
border. For these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to 
continue the national emergency declared in Proclamation 9844 
concerning the southern border of the United States.
                                                     Donald J. Trump.  
The White House, February 13, 2020.

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