[House Document 115-167]
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115th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - House Document 115-167
 
    CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO VENEZUELA

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  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, AND EXECUTIVE ORDER 13835 OF MAY 21, 2018, 
PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1703(b); PUBLIC LAW 95-223 SEC. 204(b); (91 STAT. 
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  November 2, 2018.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
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                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, November 1, 2018.
Hon. Paul D. Ryan,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: 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, and Executive Order 13835 of May 21, 2018.
    The Executive Order I have issued blocks the property and 
interests in property of any person determined by the Secretary 
of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State: 
(i) to operate in the gold sector of the Venezuelan economy or 
in any other sector of the Venezuelan economy as may be 
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State; (ii) to be responsible for or 
complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly engaged in, any 
transaction or series of transactions involving deceptive 
practices or corruption and the Government of Venezuela or 
projects or programs administered by the Government of 
Venezuela, or to be an immediate adult family member of such a 
person; (iii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or 
provided financial, material, or technological support for, or 
goods or services to or in support of, certain activities or 
transactions described in the order, or any person whose 
property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the 
order; or (iv) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted 
or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or 
indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property 
are blocked pursuant to the order.
    I have authorized the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, to take such actions, 
including promulgating rules and regulations, and to employ all 
powers granted to the President by IEEPA as may be necessary to 
carry out the purposes of the Executive Order.
    I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.

            Sincerely,
                                                   Donald J. Trump.
















                            Executive Order

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 Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation 
                              in 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.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), section 212(f) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)) (INA), the Venezuela 
Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (Public 
Law 113-278), as amended (the Venezuelan Defense of Human 
Rights Act), 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, and Executive Order 13835 of May 21, 2018, 
particularly in light of 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, hereby order as follows:
    Section 1. (a) All property and interests in property that 
are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United 
States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or 
control of any United States person of the following persons 
are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, 
withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any person determined by the 
Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State:
          (i) to operate in the gold sector of the Venezuelan 
        economy or in any other sector of the Venezuelan 
        economy as may be determined by the Secretary of the 
        Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State;
          (ii) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to 
        have directly or indirectly engaged in, any transaction 
        or series of transactions involving deceptive practices 
        or corruption and the Government of Venezuela or 
        projects or programs administered by the Government of 
        Venezuela, or to be an immediate adult family member of 
        such a person;
          (iii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or 
        provided financial, material, or technological support 
        for, or goods or services to or in support of, any 
        activity or transaction described in subsection (a)(ii) 
        of this section, or any person whose property and 
        interests in property are blocked pursuant to this 
        order; or
          (iv) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted 
        or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or 
        indirectly, any person whose property and interests in 
        property are blocked pursuant to this order.
    (b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section 
apply except to the extent provided by statutes, or in 
regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued 
pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract 
entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the date 
of this order.
    Sec. 2. The unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry 
into the United States of aliens determined to meet one or more 
of the criteria in subsection 1(a) of this order would be 
detrimental to the interests of the United States, and the 
entry of such persons into the United States, as immigrants or 
nonimmigrants, is therefore hereby suspended. Such persons 
shall be treated as persons covered by section 1 of 
Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of 
Aliens Subject to United Nations Security Council Travel Bans 
and International Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions).
    Sec. 3. I hereby determine that the making of donations of 
the type of articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA 
(50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of any person 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 
to section 1 of this order would seriously impair my ability to 
deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
13692, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by 
section 1 of this order.
    Sec. 4. The prohibitions in section 1 of this order 
include:
    (a) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, 
goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 
to this order; and
    (b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, 
goods, or services from any such person.
    Sec. 5. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the 
purpose of evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or 
attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this 
order is prohibited.
    (b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the 
prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
    Sec. 6. For the purposes of this order:
    (a) the term ``person'' means an individual or entity;
    (b) the term ``entity'' means a partnership, association, 
trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other 
organization;
    (c) the term ``United States person'' means any United 
States citizen, lawful permanent resident, entity organized 
under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within 
the United States (including foreign branches), or any person 
in the United States;
    (d) the term ``Government of Venezuela'' means the 
Government of Venezuela, any political subdivision, agency, or 
instrumentality thereof, including the Central Bank of 
Venezuela, and any person owned or controlled by, or acting for 
or on behalf of, the Government of Venezuela.
    Sec. 7. For those persons whose property and interests in 
property are blocked pursuant to this order who might have a 
constitutional presence in the United States, I find that 
because of the ability to transfer funds or other assets 
instantaneously, prior notice to such persons or to the 
Government of Venezuela of measures to be taken pursuant to 
this order would render those measures ineffectual. I therefore 
determine that for these measures to be effective in addressing 
the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13692, there 
need be no prior notice of a listing or determination made 
pursuant to section 1 of this order.
    Sec. 8. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such 
actions, including promulgating rules and regulations, and to 
employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA as may be 
necessary to implement this order. The Secretary of the 
Treasury may, consistent with applicable law, redelegate any of 
these functions within the Department of the Treasury. All 
agencies of the United States Government shall take all 
appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the 
provisions of this order.
    Sec. 9. The Secretary of State is hereby authorized to take 
such actions, including the promulgation of rules and 
regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President 
by IEEPA, the INA, and section 5 of the Venezuela Defense of 
Human Rights Act, including the authorities set forth in 
sections 5(b)(1)(B), 5(c), and 5(d) of that Act, as may be 
necessary to carry out section 2 of this order and the relevant 
provisions of section 5 of that Act. The Secretary of State 
may, consistent with applicable law, redelegate any of these 
functions within the Department of State.
    Sec. 10. (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, November 1, 2018.

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