[House Document 115-51]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




115th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 115-51

 
  AMENDING THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO 
                                 SUDAN

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                                MESSAGE

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                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

                              transmitting

  AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT AMENDS EXECUTIVE ORDER 13761 OF JANUARY 13, 
   2017, BY CHANGING CERTAIN EFFECTIVE DATES AND REVOKES A REPORTING 
  REQUIREMENT, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1641(b); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 
 401(b); (90 STAT. 1257) AND 50 U.S.C. 1703(b); PUBLIC LAW 95-223 SEC. 
                        204(b); (91 STAT. 1627)

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    July 12, 2017.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
         
       
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To the Congress of the United States:
    Consistent with subsection 401(b) of the National 
Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(b), and subsection 204(b) of 
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 
1703(b), I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order 
(the ``order'') that amends Executive Order 13761 of January 
13, 2017, by changing certain effective dates and revokes a 
reporting requirement in that order.
    The order changes the date by which the Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
Director of National Intelligence, and the Administrator of the 
U.S. Agency for International Development, is to provide a 
report to the President on the Government of Sudan's progress 
in sustaining the positive actions taken by the Government of 
Sudan that gave rise to Executive Order 13761, from July 12, 
2017, to October 12, 2017. The order also changes from July 12, 
2017, to October 12, 2017, the effective date for the 
revocation of sections 1 and 2 of Executive Order 13067 of 
November 3, 1997, and the entirety of Executive Order 13412 of 
October 13, 2006, provided that the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director 
of National Intelligence, and the Administrator of the U.S. 
Agency for International Development, publishes on or before 
October 12, 2017, a notice in the Federal Register stating that 
the Government of Sudan has sustained the positive actions that 
gave rise to the order and has provided to the President the 
report described above.
    The order revokes the requirement in Executive Order 13761 
to provide an updated version of the report annually thereafter 
and, concurrent with those reports, to publish in the Federal 
Register a notice stating whether the Government of Sudan has 
sustained the positive actions that gave rise to Executive 
Order 13761.
    The President issued Executive Orders 13067 and 13412, 
among other orders, to deal with the unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security and foreign policy of the 
United States posed by the actions and policies of the 
Government of Sudan, including support for international 
terrorism; efforts to destabilize neighboring governments; and 
the prevalence of human rights violations.
    In Executive Order 13761, the President determined that the 
situation that gave rise to the actions taken in Executive 
Order 13067 and Executive Order 13412 related to the policies 
and actions of the Government of Sudan had been altered by 
Sudan's positive actions over the prior 6 months. Executive 
Order 13761 directed the Secretary of State, in consultation 
with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of National 
Intelligence, and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for 
International Development, and based on a consideration of 
relevant and credible information from available sources, 
including nongovernmental organizations, on or before July 12, 
2017, to provide a report to the President on the Government of 
Sudan's progress in sustaining its positive actions that gave 
rise to Executive Order 13761. Executive Order 13761 further 
provided that if the Secretary of State, in consultation with 
the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of National 
Intelligence, and the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for 
International Development, published on or before July 12, 
2017, a notice in the Federal Register stating that the 
Government of Sudan had sustained the positive actions that 
gave rise to Executive Order 13761 and had provided to the 
President the report described above, the revocation of 
sections 1 and 2 of Executive Order 13067 and the revocation of 
Executive Order 13412 would become effective.
    While the Government of Sudan has made some progress in 
areas identified in Executive Order 13761, I have decided that 
more time is needed for this review to establish that the 
Government of Sudan has demonstrated sufficient positive action 
across all of those areas.
    For these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary 
to amend the effective date to October 12, 2017, to provide the 
report required by Executive Order 13761 and revoke sections 1 
and 2 of Executive Order 13067 and Executive Order 13412, 
provided that further action is taken by the Secretary of 
State, as set forth in Executive Order 13761, and to revoke the 
subsequent annual reporting requirement in Executive Order 
13761.
    I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.

                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, July 11, 2017.

                            Executive Order

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   Allowing Additional Time for Recognizing Positive Actions by the 
         Government of Sudan and Amending Executive Order 13761

    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.), the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 
Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201-7211), the 
Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act of 2004, as amended (Public 
Law 108-497), the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006 
(Public Law 109-344), 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 to address the 
emergency described in Executive Order 13067 of November 3, 
1997, Executive Order 13412 of October 13, 2006, and Executive 
Order 13761 of January 13, 2017, with respect to the policies 
and actions of the Government of Sudan, including additional 
fact-finding and a more comprehensive analysis of the 
Government of Sudan's actions, hereby order as follows:
    Section 1. Amendments to Executive Order 13761. (a) Section 
1 of Executive Order 13761 is hereby amended by striking ``July 
12, 2017'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``October 12, 2017''.
    (b) Section 10 of Executive Order 13761 is hereby amended 
by striking ``July 12, 2017'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``October 12, 2017''.
    (c) Subsection (b) of section 12 of Executive Order 13761 
is hereby amended by striking ``July 12, 2017'' and inserting 
in lieu thereof ``October 12, 2017''.
    (d) Section 11 of Executive Order 13761 is hereby revoked.
    Sec. 2. General Provision. 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, July 11, 2017.

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