[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H1182-H1183]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO CUBA AND OF THE 
  EMERGENCY AUTHORITY RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF THE ANCHORAGE AND 
 MOVEMENT OF VESSELS--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 
                         (H. DOC. NO. 116-103)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Garcia of Texas) 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 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 Cuba that was 
declared on March 1, 1996, in Proclamation 6867, as amended by 
Proclamation 7757 on February 26, 2004, Proclamation 9398 on February 
24, 2016, and Proclamation 9699 on February 22, 2018, is to continue in 
effect beyond March 1, 2020.
  It continues to be United States 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 Cuban government has not demonstrated that it 
will refrain from the use of excessive force against United States 
vessels or aircraft that may engage in memorial activities or peaceful 
protest north of Cuba. Further, the unauthorized entry of United 
States-registered vessels into Cuban territorial waters continues to be 
detrimental to United States foreign policy and counter to the purpose 
of Executive Order 12807 of May 24, 1992, which is to ensure, among 
other things, safe, orderly, and legal migration. The possibility of 
large-scale unauthorized entries of United States-registered vessels 
would disturb the international relations of the United States by 
facilitating a possible mass migration of Cuban nationals. For these 
reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the 
national emergency declared with respect to Cuba and the emergency 
authority relating to the regulation of the anchorage and movement of 
vessels set out in Proclamation 6867, as amended by Proclamation 7757, 
Proclamation 9398, and Proclamation 9699.
                                                   Donald J. Trump.    
                                    The White House, February 25, 2020.

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