[House Document 109-27]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
109th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 109-27
CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO BURMA
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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
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.
Notice
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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.