*Administration of Barack Obama, 2015 *

**Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Cuba and of the Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage and Movement of Vessels **

*February 25, 2015 *

*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 the enclosed notice to the *Federal Register *for publication, stating that the national emergency declared on March 1, 1996, with respect to the Government of Cuba's destruction of two unarmed U.S.-registered civilian aircraft in international airspace north of Cuba on February 24, 1996, as amended and expanded on February 26, 2004, is to continue in effect beyond March 1, 2015.

BARACK OBAMA

The White House,

February 25, 2015.

*Categories:* Communications to Congress : Cuba, anchorage and movement of vessels, U.S. national emergency, message on continuation*.*

*Subjects:* Cuba : Relations with U.S.; Cuba : U.S. national emergency, continuation.

*DCPD Number:* DCPD201500128.