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89–011 2019

116th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 116–12 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO CUBA AND CONTINUING TO 

AUTHORIZE THE REGULATION OF THE ANCHORAGE AND MOVEMENT OF VESSELS 

COMMUNICATION 

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 25, 2016, 

AND PROCLAMATION 9699 ON FEBRUARY 22, 2018, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND FEBRUARY 22, 2019, PURSUANT TO 

50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94–412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257) 

FEBRUARY 22, 2019.—Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, February 19, 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 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 25, 2016, 

and Proclamation 9699 on February 22, 2018, is to continue in effect beyond February 22, 2019. 

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 unauthorized entry of vessels 

subject to the jurisdiction of the United States into Cuban territorial waters is in violation of United States law and contrary to 

United States policy. 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. 

Sincerely, 

DONALD J. TRUMP. 

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NOTICE

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO

CUBA AND CONTINUING TO AUTHORIZE THE REGULATION OF THE

ANCHORAGE AND MOVEMENT OF VESSELS

On February 22, 2018, by Proclamation 9699, the national emergency with respect to Cuba declared in Proclamation 6867 of March 

1, 1996, expanded by Proclamation 7757 of February 26, 2004, and 

modified by Proclamation 9398 of February 24, 2016, was modified 

and continued based on a disturbance or threatened disturbance of 

the international relations of the United States related to Cuba. 

The unauthorized entry of any United States-registered vessel into 

Cuban territorial waters and the situation in Cuba continue to pose 

an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and 

foreign policy of the United States. Therefore, in accordance with 

section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) 

and section 1 of title II of Public Law 65–24, ch. 30, June 15, 1917, 

as amended (50 U.S.C. 191), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency declared in Proclamations 6867, 7757, 9398, and 

9699. 

This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress. 

DONALD J. TRUMP. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, February 19, 2019. 

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