[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 2569-2570]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


   CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO ZIMBABWE--
 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 114-113)

  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:


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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 originally declared in Executive 
Order 13288 of March 6, 2003, and renewed every year since then, is to 
continue in effect beyond March 6, 2016.
  The threat constituted by the actions and policies of certain members 
of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's 
democratic processes or institutions, contributing to the deliberate 
breakdown in the rule of law, to politically motivated violence and 
intimidation, and to political and economic instability in the southern 
African region, has not been resolved. These actions and policies 
continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign 
policy of the United States. For these reasons, I have determined that 
it is necessary to continue this national emergency and to maintain in 
force the sanctions to respond to this threat.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, March 2, 2016.
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                                 NOTICE

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    Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Zimbabwe

  On March 6, 2003, by Executive Order 13288, the President declared a 
national emergency and blocked the property of certain persons, 
pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
1701-1706), to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
foreign policy of the United States constituted by the actions and 
policies of certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other 
persons to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions. 
These actions and policies had contributed to the deliberate breakdown 
in the rule of law in Zimbabwe, to politically motivated violence and 
intimidation in that country, and to political and economic instability 
in the southern African region.
  On November 22, 2005, the President issued Executive Order 13391 to 
take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared 
in Executive Order 13288, including the blocking of the property of 
additional persons engaged in undermining democratic processes or 
institutions in Zimbabwe.
  On July 25, 2008, the President issued Executive Order 13469, which 
expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in Executive 
Order 13288 and authorized the blocking of the property of additional 
persons who were engaged in undermining democratic processes or 
institutions in Zimbabwe, facilitating public corruption by senior 
officials, or were responsible for committing human rights abuses 
related to political repression.
  The actions and policies of these persons continue to pose an unusual 
and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States. 
For this reason, the national emergency declared on March 6, 2003, and 
the measures adopted on that date, on November 22, 2005, and on July 
25, 2008, to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond 
March 6, 2016. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the 
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 
year the national emergency originally declared in Executive Order 
13288.
  This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, March 2, 2016.

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