[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8574]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

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     REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY THAT WAS 
  ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13405 OF JUNE 16, 2006, WITH 
 RESPECT TO BELARUS, RECEIVED DURING ADJOURNMENT OF THE SENATE ON JUNE 
                            10, 2016--PM 50

  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 with respect to the actions and 
policies of certain members of the Government of Belarus and other 
persons to undermine Belarus's democratic processes or institutions 
that was declared in Executive Order 13405 of June 16, 2006, is to 
continue in effect beyond June 16, 2016.
  The actions and policies of certain members of the Government of 
Belarus and other persons to undermine Belarus's democratic processes 
or institutions, to commit human rights abuses related to political 
repression, and to engage in public corruption continue to pose an 
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
policy of the United States. For this reason, I have determined that it 
is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in Executive 
Order 13405 with respect to Belarus.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, June 10, 2016.

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