[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3161]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT

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CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE 
ORDER 13660 ON MARCH 6, 2014, AS MODIFIED BY THE ORDER OF DECEMBER 19, 
                  2014, WITH RESPECT TO UKRAINE--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 Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs:

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 Executive Order 13660 
of March 6, 2014, is to continue in effect beyond March 6, 2015.
  The actions and policies of persons that undermine democratic 
processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, 
stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and contribute to 
the misappropriation of its assets, as well as the actions and policies 
of the Government of the Russian Federation, including its purported 
annexation of Crimea and its use of force in Ukraine, continue 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 13660 with respect to Ukraine.

                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, March 3, 2015.

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