[House Document 117-94]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
117th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 117-94
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO CUBA
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
A NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY CONCERNING CUBA, ORIGINALLY
DECLARED ON MARCH 1, 1996, IN PROCLAMATION 6867, AS AMENDED, IS TO
CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MARCH 1, 2022, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d);
PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)
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February 25, 2022.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and
ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
29-011 WASHINGTON : 2022
The White House,
Washington, February 23, 2022.
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
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 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, 2022.
There remains a need to continue this national emergency,
based on a disturbance or threatened disturbance of the
international relations for the United States related to Cuba.
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.
The unauthorized entry of vessels subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States into Cuban territorial waters
is currently a violation of Federal law. 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, which is to ensure, among other things, safe,
orderly, and legal migration. The possibility of large-scale
unauthorized entries of United States-registered vessels into
Cuban territorial waters would disturb the international
relations of the United States regarding Cuba by allowing for
or providing the means to facilitate a mass migration of Cuban
nationals and threatening our national security.
Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to
continue 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.
Sincerely,
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
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.
Further, 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 United States national security 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.
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
The White House, February 23, 2022.
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