    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2008, Book I)]
    [February 6, 2008]
    [Pages 154-155]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency
    Relating to Cuba and of the Emergency Authority Relating to the
    Regulation of the Anchorage and Movement of Vessels
    February 6, 2008

    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 national 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, as amended
    and expanded on February 26, 2004, is to continue in effect beyond March
    1, 2008.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     February 6, 2008.

    Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    February 7. The notice is listed in Appendix D at the end of this
    volume.

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