U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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39–011 2005

109th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 109–27 

CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO BURMA 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED 

WITH RESPECT TO BURMA IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND 

MAY 20, 2005, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d) 

MAY 18, 2005.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the 

Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed 


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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. I have sent the enclosed notice 

to the Federal Register for publication, which states that the 

Burma emergency is to continue beyond May 20, 2005. The most 

recent notice continuing this emergency was published in the Federal Register on May 19, 2004 (69 FR 29041). 

The crisis between the United States and Burma arising from 

the actions and policies of the Government of Burma that led to the 

declaration of a national emergency on May 20, 1997, has not been 

resolved. These actions and policies, including its policies of committing large-scale repression of the democratic opposition in 

Burma, are hostile to U.S. interests and pose a continuing unusual 

and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy 

of the United States. For this reason, I have determined that it is 

necessary to continue the national emergency with respect to 

Burma and maintain in force the sanctions against Burma to respond to this threat. 

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, May 17, 2005. 

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NOTICE

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO

BURMA

On May 20, 1997, the President issued Executive Order 13047, 

certifying to the Congress under section 570(b) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations 

Act, 1997 (Public Law 104–208), that the Government of Burma 

has committed large-scale repression of the democratic opposition 

in Burma after September 30, 1996, thereby invoking the prohibition on new investment in Burma by United States persons contained in that section. The President also declared a national emergency to deal with the threat posed to the national security and 

foreign policy of the United States by the actions and policies of the 

Government of Burma, invoking the authority, inter alia, of the 

International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701 et 

seq. On July 28, 2003, I issued Executive Order 13310 taking additional steps with respect to that national emergency by putting in 

place an import ban required by the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 and prohibiting exports of financial services to 

Burma and the dealing in property in which certain designated 

Burmese persons have an interest. 

Because the actions and policies of the Government of Burma 

continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, the national 

emergency declared on May 20, 1997, and the measures adopted on 

that date to deal with that emergency must continue in effect beyond May 20, 2005. 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 with respect to Burma. This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to 

the Congress. 

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, May 17, 2005. 

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