[House Document 116-8]
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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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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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