[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 18, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S1207]
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 10371 OF APRIL 21, 2022, WITH 
RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND THE EMERGENCY AUTHORITY RELATING 
 TO THE REGULATION OF THE ANCHORAGE AND MOVEMENT OF RUSSIAN-AFFILIATED 
                  VESSELS TO UNITED STATES PORTS--PM 8

  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 Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation:

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 10371 of 
April 21, 2022, with respect to the Russian Federation and the 
emergency authority relating to the regulation of the anchorage and 
movement of Russian-affiliated vessels to United States ports, is to 
continue in effect beyond April 21, 2023.
  The policies and actions of the Government of the Russian Federation 
to continue the premeditated, unjustified, unprovoked, and brutal war 
against Ukraine continue to constitute a national emergency by reason 
of a disturbance or threatened disturbance of international relations 
of the United States. Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary 
to continue the national emergency declared in Proclamation 10371.
                                                 Joseph R. Biden, Jr.  
The White House, April 18, 2023.

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