[House Document 116-8]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
116th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 116-8
TAKING ADDITIONAL STEPS TO ADDRESS THE SITUATION IN VENEZUELA
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MESSAGE
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
AN EXECUTIVE ORDER WITH RESPECT TO VENEZUELA THAT TAKES ADDITIONAL
STEPS WITH RESPECT TO THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE
ORDER 13692 OF MARCH 8, 2015, AND RELIED UPON FOR ADDITIONAL STEPS
TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13808 OF AUGUST 24, 2017, EXECUTIVE ORDER
13827 OF MARCH 19, 2018, EXECUTIVE ORDER 13835 OF MAY 21, 2018, AND
EXECUTIVE ORDER 13850 OF NOVEMBER 1, 2018, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C.
1703(b); PUBLIC LAW 95-223 SEC. 204(b); (91 STAT. 1627)
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January 29, 2019.--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
89-011 WASHINGTON : 2019
To the Congress of the United States:
Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
(IEEPA) (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), I hereby report that I have
issued an Executive Order with respect to Venezuela that takes
additional steps with respect to the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13692 of March 8, 2015, and relied
upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13808 of
August 24, 2017, Executive Order 13827 of March 19, 2018,
Executive Order 13835 of May 21, 2018, and Executive Order
13850 of November 1, 2018.
The Executive Order I have issued accounts for the swearing
in of a legitimate Interim President of Venezuela, and
addresses actions by persons affiliated with the illegitimate
Maduro regime, including human rights violations and abuses in
response to anti-Maduro protests, arbitrary arrest and
detention of anti-Maduro protestors, curtailment of press
freedom, harassment of political opponents, and continued
attempts to undermine the Interim President of Venezuela and
undermine the Venezuelan National Assembly. The Executive Order
amends subsection (d) of section 6 of Executive Order 13692,
subsection (d) of section 3 of Executive Order 13808,
subsection (d) of section 3 of Executive Order 13827,
subsection (d) of section 3 of Executive Order 13835, and
subsection (d) of section 6 of Executive Order 13850, to read:
``(d) the term ``Government of Venezuela'' includes
the state and Government of Venezuela, any political
subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof,
including the Central Bank of Venezuela and Petroleos
de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), any person owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by the foregoing,
and any person who has acted or purported to act
directly or indirectly for or on behalf of, any of the
foregoing, including as a member of the Maduro
regime.''
I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
Donald J. Trump.
The White House, January 25, 2019.
Executive Order
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Taking Additional Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect
to Venezuela
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America,
including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C.
1601 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, in order to take additional steps with respect to the
national emergency declared in Executive Order 13692 of March
8, 2015, and relied upon for additional steps taken in
Executive Order 13808 of August 24, 2017, Executive Order 13827
of March 19, 2018, Executive Order 13835 of May 21, 2018, and
Executive Order 13850 of November 1, 2018, particularly in
light of actions by persons affiliated with the illegitimate
Maduro regime, including human rights violations and abuses in
response to anti-Maduro protests, arbitrary arrest and
detention of anti-Maduro protestors, curtailment of press
freedom, harassment of political opponents, and continued
attempts to undermine the Interim President of Venezuela and
undermine the National Assembly, the only legitimate branch of
government duly elected by the Venezuelan people, and to
prevent the Interim President and the National Assembly from
exercising legitimate authority in Venezuela, hereby order:
Section 1. (a) Subsection (d) of section 6 of Executive
Order 13692, subsection (d) of section 3 of Executive Order
13808, subsection (d) of section 3 of Executive Order 13827,
subsection (d) of section 3 of Executive Order 13835, and
subsection (d) of section 6 of Executive Order 13850, are
hereby amended to read as follows:
``(d) the term ``Government of Venezuela'' includes the
state and Government of Venezuela, any political subdivision,
agency, or instrumentality thereof, including the Central Bank
of Venezuela and Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), any
person owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the
foregoing, and any person who has acted or purported to act
directly or indirectly for or on behalf of, any of the
foregoing, including as a member of the Madura regime.''
Sec. 2. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to
impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive
department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget relating to budgetary,
administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law
or in equity by any party against the United States, its
departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or
agents, or any other person.
Donald J. Trump.
The White House, January 25, 2019.
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