    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2008, Book II)]
    [January 15, 2009]
    [Pages 1574-1575]
    [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
    January 15, 2009

    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, stating 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, 2009.

                                                              George W. Bush

    [[Page 1575]]

     The White House,

     January 15, 2009.

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