[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 16, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H2413]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND OF THE EMERGENCY AUTHORITY 
  RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF THE ANCHORAGE AND MOVEMENT OF RUSSIAN-
 AFFILIATED VESSELS TO UNITED STATES PORTS--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 
               OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 118-131)

  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 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, 2024.
  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 16, 2024.

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