[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 4, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S1475]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

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    REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY ORIGINALLY 
DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13288 OF 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 49

  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 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 declared in Executive Order 13288 
of 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 is to continue in 
effect beyond March 6, 2020.
  In the wake of the resignation of former President Robert Mugabe in 
November 2017, Zimbabwe's national elections in July 2018, and 
President Mugabe's subsequent death in September 2019, Zimbabwe has had 
ample opportunity to implement reforms that could set the country on a 
constructive path, stabilize the southern African region, and open the 
door to greater cooperation with the United States. Unfortunately, 
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has yet to signal 
credible political will to implement such reforms. Indeed, the 
Zimbabwean government has arguably accelerated its persecution of 
critics and economic mismanagement in the past year, during which 
security forces have conducted extrajudicial killings, rapes, and 
alleged abductions of numerous dissidents.
  These actions and policies by certain members of the Government of 
Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes 
or institutions continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to 
the foreign policy of the United States. Therefore, I have determined 
that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 13288 with respect to Zimbabwe.
                                                     Donald J. Trump.  
The White House, March 4, 2020.

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