[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: GEORGE W. BUSH (2001, Book I)]
[February 27, 2001]
[Pages 139-140]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With 
Respect to Cuba
February 27, 2001

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 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, which states 
that the emergency declared 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, is

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to continue in effect beyond March 1, 2001.

                                                          George W. Bush

 The White House,

 February 27, 2001.

Note: The notice of February 27 is listed in Appendix D at the end of 
this volume.