[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 24, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S855]
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 9994 OF MARCH 13, 2020, WITH 
   RESPECT TO THE CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) PANDEMIC--PM 3

  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 Finance:

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 Proclamation 9994 of 
March 13, 2020, beginning March 1, 2020, concerning the coronavirus 
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, is to continue in effect beyond March 
1, 2021.
  There remains a need to continue this national emergency. The COVID-
19 pandemic continues to cause significant risk to the public health 
and safety of the Nation. More than 500,000 people in this Nation have 
perished from the disease, and it is essential to continue to combat 
and respond to COVID-19 with the full capacity and capability of the 
Federal Government.
  Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to continue the 
national emergency declared in Proclamation 9994 concerning the COVID-
19 pandemic.
                                                     Joseph R. Biden.  
The White House, February 24, 2021.

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