[House Document 116-53]
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116th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 116-53
 
 AN EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY AND SUSPENDING ENTRY OF CERTAIN 
             PERSONS CONTRIBUTING TO THE SITUATION IN MALI

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                             COMMUNICATION

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                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 AN EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY AND SUSPENDING ENTRY OF CERTAIN 
 PERSONS CONTRIBUTING TO THE SITUATION IN MALI, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 
 1703(b); PUBLIC LAW 95-223 SEC. 204(b); (91 STAT. 1627) AND 50 U.S.C. 
        1621(a); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 201(a); (90 STAT. 1255)

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 July 30, 2019.--Referred jointly to the Committees on Foreign Affairs 
              and the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed


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                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, July 26, 2019.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Madam Speaker: Pursuant to 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 United Nations 
Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287c), section 212(f) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), 
and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and in view of 
United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2374 of 
September 5, 2017, and UNSCR 2432 of August 30, 2018, I hereby 
report that I have issued an Executive Order declaring a 
national emergency with respect to the unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
policy of the United States posed by the situation in Mali.
    The security situation in Mali has steadily declined over 
the last year, including repeated violations of ceasefire 
arrangements imposed by the 2015 Agreement on Peace and 
Reconciliation in Mali (``2015 Agreement''); the expansion of 
terrorist activities into southern and central Mali; the 
intensification of drug trafficking and trafficking in persons, 
human rights abuses, and hostage-taking; and the 
intensification of attacks against civilians, the Malian 
defense and security forces, the United Nations 
Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali 
(MINUSMA), and international security presences. Since 2012, 
the United States has backed the 12,300-strong MINUSMA force, 
which has brought some security to northern Mali. However, 
MINUSMA has also become the deadliest peacekeeping mission in 
United Nations history with more than 140 peacekeepers killed 
to date. While the overall security situation worsens, 
stakeholders in the peace process have made little progress 
toward implementing the political objectives agreed to in the 
2015 Agreement.
    Consequently, the situation in Mali constitutes an unusual 
and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
policy of the United States. The order will demonstrate to the 
Government of Mali that the United States supports bringing 
peace to Mali, isolating spoilers, and discouraging others from 
joining in their obstruction of the 2015 agreement.
    I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
            Sincerely,
                                                   Donald J. Trump.


















                            Executive Order

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Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing 
                        to the Situation in Mali

    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.) (NEA), the United Nations Participation 
Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287c) (UNPA), section 212(f) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and 
section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and in view of 
United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2374 of 
September 5, 2017, and UNSCR 2432 of August 30, 2018,
    I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of 
America, find that the situation in Mali, including repeated 
violations of ceasefire arrangements made pursuant to the 2015 
Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali; the expansion of 
terrorist activities into southern and central Mali; the 
intensification of drug trafficking and trafficking in persons, 
human rights abuses, and hostage-taking; and the 
intensification of attacks against civilians, the Malian 
defense and security forces, the United Nations 
Multidimensional Integrated Stabilizations Mission in Mali 
(MINUSMA), and international security presences, constitutes an 
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and 
foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby declare a 
national emergency to deal with that threat. I hereby order:
    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 be responsible for or complicit in, or to have 
        directly or indirectly engaged in, any of the following 
        in or in relation to Mali:
                  (A) actions or policies that threaten the 
                peace, security, or stability of Mali;
                  (B) actions or policies that undermine 
                democratic processes or institutions in Mali;
                  (C) a hostile act in violation of, or an act 
                that obstructs, including by prolonged delay, 
                or threatens the implementation of, the 2015 
                Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali;
                  (D) planning, directing, sponsoring, or 
                conducting attacks against local, regional, or 
                state institutions, the Malian defense and 
                security forces, any international security 
                presences, MINUSMA peacekeepers, other United 
                Nations or associated personnel, or any other 
                peacekeeping operations;
                  (E) obstructing the delivery or distribution 
                of, or access to, humanitarian assistance;
                  (F) planning, directing, or committing an act 
                that violates international humanitarian law or 
                that constitutes a serious human rights abuse 
                or violation, including an act involving the 
                targeting of civilians through the commission 
                of an act of violence, abduction or enforced 
                disappearance, forced displacement, or an 
                attack on a school, hospital, religious site, 
                or location where civilians are seeking refuge;
                  (G) the use or recruitment of children by 
                armed groups or armed forces in the context of 
                the armed conflict in Mali;
                  (H) the illicit production or trafficking of 
                narcotics or their precursors originating or 
                transiting through Mali;
                  (I) trafficking in persons, smuggling 
                migrants, or trafficking or smuggling arms or 
                illicitly acquired cultural property; or
                  (J) any transaction or series of transactions 
                involving bribery or other corruption, such as 
                the misappropriation of Malian public assets or 
                expropriation of private assets for personal 
                gain or political purposes;
          (ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or 
        provided financial, material, or technological support 
        for, or goods or services in support of, any person 
        whose property and interests in property are blocked 
        pursuant to this order; or
          (iii) 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 section 1 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 hereby suspended, except where the Secretary of State 
determines that the person's entry is in the national interest 
of the United States, including when the Secretary so 
determines based on a recommendation of the Attorney General, 
that the person's entry would further important United States 
law enforcement objectives. 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 types 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 this order, 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 
but are not limited to:
    (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; and
    (c) the term ``United States person'' means any United 
States citizen, permanent resident alien, 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.
    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 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 
this order, 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 and the 
UNPA 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 the Treasury, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to submit the 
recurring and final reports to the Congress on the national 
emergency declared in this order, consistent with section 
401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)) and section 204(c) of 
IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)).
    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, July 26, 2019.

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