[House Document 116-19]
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116th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 116-19
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO VENEZUELA
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MESSAGE
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION
IN VENEZUELA THAT WAS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13692 OF MARCH 8,
2015, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MARCH 8, 2019, PURSUANT TO 50
U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)
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March 5, 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:
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 declared in Executive Order 13692
of March 8, 2015, with respect to the situation in Venezuela,
is to continue in effect beyond March 8, 2019.
The situation in Venezuela continues to pose an 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
declared in Executive Order 13692 with respect to the situation
in Venezuela.
Donald J. Trump.
The White House, March 5, 2019.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Venezuela
On March 8, 2015, the President issued Executive Order
13692, declaring a national emergency with respect to the
situation in Venezuela based on the Government of Venezuela's
erosion of human rights guarantees; persecution of political
opponents; curtailment of press freedoms; use of violence and
human rights violations and abuses in response to
antigovernment protests; and arbitrary arrest and detention of
antigovernment protestors, as well as the exacerbating presence
of significant government corruption.
On August 24, 2017, I issued Executive Order 13808 to take
additional steps, with respect to the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13692, to address serious abuses of
human rights and fundamental freedoms; the deepening
humanitarian crisis in Venezuela; the establishment of an
illegitimate Constituent Assembly, which usurped the power of
the democratically elected National Assembly and other branches
of the Government of Venezuela; rampant public corruption; and
ongoing repression and persecution of, and violence toward, the
political opposition.
On March 19, 2018, I issued Executive Order 13827 to take
additional steps, with respect to the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13692, to address actions taken by
the Maduro regime to attempt to circumvent United States
sanctions by issuing a digital currency in a process that
Venezuela's democratically elected National Assembly denounced
as unlawful.
On May 21, 2018, I issued Executive Order 13835 to take
additional steps, with respect to the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13692, to address actions of the
Maduro regime, including endemic economic mismanagement and
public corruption at the expense of the Venezuelan people and
their prosperity, and repression of the political opposition;
attempts to undermine democratic order by holding snap
elections that were neither free nor fair; and the deepening of
the humanitarian and public health crisis in Venezuela.
On November 1, 2018, I issued Executive Order 13850 to take
additional steps, with respect to the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13692, to address actions by the
Maduro regime and associated persons to plunder Venezuela's
wealth for their own corrupt purposes; degrade Venezuela's
infrastructure and natural environment through economic
mismanagement and confiscatory mining and industrial practices;
and catalyze a regional migration crisis by neglecting the
basic needs of the Venezuelan people.
On January 25, 2019, I issued Executive Order 13857 to take
additional steps, with respect to the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13692, to address 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.
The circumstances described in Executive Order 13692, and
subsequent Executive Orders issued with respect to Venezuela,
have not improved and they 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)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13692.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
Donald J. Trump.
The White House, March 5, 2019.
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