[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 9]
[House]
[Pages 11823-11824]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO BELARUS--MESSAGE 
     FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 110-121)

  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, without objection, 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, 
prior to the

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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 and 
related measures blocking the property of certain persons undermining 
democratic processes or institutions in Belarus are to continue in 
effect beyond June 16, 2008.
  The actions and policies of certain members of the Government of 
Belarus and other persons pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United 
States. These actions include undermining democratic processes or 
institutions; committing human rights abuses related to political 
repression, including detentions and disappearances; and engaging in 
public corruption, including by diverting or misusing Belarusian public 
assets or by misusing public authority. For these reasons, I have 
determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency and 
related measures blocking the property of certain persons undermining 
democratic processes or institutions in Belarus.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, June 6, 2008.

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