[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 2, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S949]
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 EXECUTIVE ORDER 13660 OF MARCH 6, 2014, WITH 
                       RESPECT TO UKRAINE--PM 22

  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, which was expanded in scope in Executive Order 13661 
of March 16, 2014, Executive Order 13662 of March 20, 2014, and 
Executive Order 14065 of February 21, 2022, and under which additional 
steps were taken in Executive Order 13685 of December 19, 2014 and 
Executive Order 13849 of September 20, 2018, is to continue in effect 
beyond March 6, 2022.
  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, its use of force in Ukraine, and its purported 
recognition of the so-called Donetsk People's Republic or Luhansk 
People's Republic regions of 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.
                                                 Joseph R. Biden, Jr.  
The White House, March 2, 2022.

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