[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 39 (Wednesday, March 1, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H995-H996]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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   CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO ZIMBABWE--
  MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 118-12)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Houchin) 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

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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 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, 2023.
  President Emmerson Mnangagwa has not made the necessary political and 
economic reforms that would warrant terminating the existing targeted 
sanctions program. Throughout the last year, government security 
services routinely intimidated and violently repressed citizens, 
including members of opposition political parties, union members, and 
journalists. The absence of progress on the most fundamental reforms 
needed to ensure the rule of law, democratic governance, and the 
protection of human rights leaves Zimbabweans vulnerable to ongoing 
repression and presents a continuing threat to the peace and security 
in the region.
  The actions and policies of 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, as amended, with 
respect to Zimbabwe and to maintain in force the sanctions to respond 
to this threat.
                                                 Joseph R. Biden, Jr.  
The White House, March 1, 2023.

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