[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 7, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H533-H534]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION IN 
  AND IN RELATION TO BURMA--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
                      STATES (H. DOC. NO. 118-106)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore 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 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 with respect to the situation in 
and in relation to Burma declared in Executive Order 14014 of February 
10, 2021, is to continue in effect beyond February 10, 2024.
  The situation in and in relation to Burma, and in particular the 
February 1, 2021 coup, in which the military overthrew the 
democratically elected civilian government of Burma and unjustly 
arrested and detained government leaders, politicians, human rights 
defenders, journalists, and religious leaders, thereby rejecting the 
will of the people of Burma as expressed in elections held in November 
2020 and undermining the country's democratic transition and rule of 
law, continues 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 14014 with respect to Burma.
                                                 Joseph R. Biden, Jr.  
                                     The White House, February 7, 2024.

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