[House Document 116-103]
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116th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 116-103
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO CUBA
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MESSAGE
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO CUBA THAT WAS
DECLARED ON MARCH 1, 1996, IN PROCLAMATION 6867, AS AMENDED BY
PROCLAMATION 7757 ON FEBRUARY 26, 2004, PROCLAMATION 9398 ON FEBRUARY
24, 2016, AND PROCLAMATION 9699 ON FEBRUARY 22, 2018, IS TO CONTINUE IN
EFFECT BEYOND MARCH 1, 2020, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW
94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)
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February 25, 2020.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
99-011 WASHINGTON : 2020
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, 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 with respect to Cuba that was
declared on March 1, 1996, in Proclamation 6867, as amended by
Proclamation 7757 on February 26, 2004, Proclamation 9398 on
February 24, 2016, and Proclamation 9699 on February 22, 2018,
is to continue in effect beyond March 1, 2020.
It continues to be United States policy that a mass
migration from Cuba would endanger the security of the United
States by posing a disturbance or threatened disturbance of the
international relations of the United States. The Cuban
government has not demonstrated that it will refrain from the
use of excessive force against United States vessels or
aircraft that may engage in memorial activities or peaceful
protest north of Cuba. Further, the unauthorized entry of
United States-registered vessels into Cuban territorial waters
continues to be detrimental to United States foreign policy and
counter to the purpose of Executive Order 12807 of May 24,
1992, which is to ensure, among other things, safe, orderly,
and legal migration. The possibility of large-scale
unauthorized entries of United States-registered vessels would
disturb the international relations of the United States by
facilitating a possible mass migration of Cuban nationals. For
these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to
continue the national emergency declared with respect to Cuba
and the emergency authority relating to the regulation of the
anchorage and movement of vessels set out in Proclamation 6867,
as amended by Proclamation 7757, Proclamation 9398, and
Proclamation 9699.
Donald J. Trump.
The White House, February 25, 2020.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Cuba and of the
Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage and
Movement of Vessels
On March 1, 1996, by Proclamation 6867, a national
emergency was declared to address the disturbance or threatened
disturbance of international relations caused by the February
24, 1996, destruction by the Cuban government of two unarmed
United States-registered civilian aircraft in international
airspace north of Cuba. On February 26, 2004, by Proclamation
7757, the national emergency was expanded to deny monetary and
material support to the Cuban government. On February 24, 2016,
by Proclamation 9398, and on February 22, 2018, by Proclamation
9699, the national emergency was further modified based on
continued disturbances or threatened disturbances of the
international relations of the United States related to Cuba.
The Cuban government has not demonstrated that it will refrain
from the use of excessive force against United States vessels
or aircraft that may engage in memorial activities or peaceful
protest north of Cuba.
In addition, the unauthorized entry of any United States-
registered vessel into Cuban territorial waters continues to be
detrimental to the foreign policy of the United States because
such entry could facilitate a mass migration from Cuba. It
continues to be United States policy that a mass migration from
Cuba would endanger the security of the United States by posing
a disturbance or threatened disturbance of the international
relations of the United States. Therefore, in accordance with
section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C.
1622(d)), I am continuing the national emergency with respect
to Cuba and the emergency authority relating to the regulation
of the anchorage and movement of vessels set out in
Proclamation 6867, as amended by Proclamation 7757,
Proclamation 9398, and Proclamation 9699.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
Donald J. Trump.
The White House, February 25, 2020.
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