    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2003, Book I)]
    [February 27, 2003]
    [Page 225]
    [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, 2003

    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, stating 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 to continue in effect beyond March 1, 2003, to the Federal Register
    for publication.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     February 27, 2003.

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