[House Document 116-15]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
116th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 116-15
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO ZIMBABWE
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER
13288 OF MARCH 6, 2003, WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS AND POLICIES OF
CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE AND OTHER PERSONS TO
UNDERMINE ZIMBABWE'S DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES OR INSTITUTIONS, IS TO
CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MARCH 6, 2019, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d);
PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)
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March 5, 2019.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and
ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
89-011 WASHINGTON : 2019
The White House,
Washington, March 4, 2019.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Madam Speaker: 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
before 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 to the Federal Register for publication the
enclosed notice stating that the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13288 of March 6, 2003, with respect to the
actions and policies of certain members of the Government of
Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic
processes or institutions is to continue in effect beyond March
6, 2019.
Zimbabwe's national elections in July 2018 offered an
opportunity for Zimbabwe to set itself on a new path and to
implement reforms that could allow the United States to
reengage in ways not previously possible. While the election
itself was an improvement over past elections, post-election
violence, credible reports of intimidation and clear bias of
the electoral commission kept it from being fully free and
fair. President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has yet to
implement the political and economic overhaul required to
rebuild its reputation within the international community and
dramatically improve its relationship with the United States.
The actions and policies of certain members of the
Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine
Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions continue to
pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy
of the United States. For these reasons, I have determined that
it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13288 with respect to Zimbabwe and to maintain
in force the sanctions to respond to this threat.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Trump.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Zimbabwe
On March 6, 2003, by Executive Order 13288, the President
declared a national emergency and blocked the property of
certain persons, pursuant to the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706), to deal with the
unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the
United States constituted by the actions and policies of
certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons
to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions.
These actions and policies had contributed to the deliberate
breakdown in the rule of law in Zimbabwe, to politically
motivated violence and intimidation in that country, and to
political and economic instability in the southern African
region.
On November 22, 2005, the President issued Executive Order
13391 to take additional steps with respect to the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13288 by ordering the
blocking of the property of additional persons undermining
democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe.
On July 25, 2008, the President issued Executive Order
13469, which expanded the scope of the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13288 and authorized the blocking
of the property of additional persons undermining democratic
processes or institutions in Zimbabwe.
The actions and policies of these persons continue to pose
an unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of
the United States. For this reason, the national emergency
declared on March 6, 2003, and the measures adopted on that
date, on November 22, 2005, and on July 25, 2008, to deal with
that emergency, must continue in effect beyond March 6, 2019.
Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year
the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13288.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
Donald J. Trump.
The White House, March 4, 2019.
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