[House Document 117-100]
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117th Congress, 2d Session--------------------HOUSE DOUCUMENT 117-100
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 DECLARATION OF THE PROHIBITION OF THE IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN PRODUCTS 
                      OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION ORIGIN

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                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

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AN EXECUTIVE ORDER PROHIBITING CERTAIN IMPORTS AND NEW INVESTMENTS WITH 
   RESPECT TO CONTINUED RUSSIAN FEDERATION EFFORTS TO UNDERMINE THE 
SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF UKRAINE, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 
1703(b); PUBLIC LAW 95-223, SEC. 204(b); (91 STAT. 1627) AND 50 U.S.C. 
        1641(b); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 401(b); (90 STAT. 1257)

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    March 9, 2022.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
To the Congress of the United States:
    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.), and section 301 of title 3, United States 
Code, I report that I have issued an Executive Order finding 
that the Russian Federation's unjustified, unprovoked, 
unyielding, and unconscionable war against Ukraine, including 
its recent further invasion in violation of international law, 
including the United Nations Charter, further threatens the 
peace, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity of 
Ukraine, and thereby constitutes an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security and foreign policy of the 
United States.
    As a result, I have prohibited the following: (i) the 
importation into the United States of the following products of 
Russian Federation origin: crude oil; petroleum; petroleum 
fuels, oils, and products of their distillation; liquefied 
natural gas; coal; and coal products; (ii) new investment in 
the energy sector in the Russian Federation by a United States 
person, wherever located; and (iii) any approval, financing, 
facilitation, or guarantee by a United States person, wherever 
located, of a transaction by a foreign person where the 
transaction by that foreign person would be prohibited by this 
section if performed by a United States person or within the 
United States.
    I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, March 8, 2022.

                            Executive Order

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    Prohibiting Certain Imports and New Investments With Respect to 
 Continued Russian Federation Efforts To Undermine the Sovereignty and 
                    Territorial Integrity of Ukraine

    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.), and section 301 of title 3, United States 
Code,
    I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of 
America, hereby expand the scope of the national emergency 
declared in Executive Order 14024 of April 15, 2021, and relied 
on for additional steps taken in Executive Order 14039 of 
August 20, 2021, finding that the Russian Federation's 
unjustified, unprovoked, unyielding, and unconscionable war 
against Ukraine, including its recent further invasion in 
violation of international law, including the United Nations 
Charter, further threatens the peace, stability, sovereignty, 
and territorial integrity of Ukraine, and thereby constitutes 
an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security 
and foreign policy of the United States. Accordingly, I hereby 
order:
    Section 1. (a) The following are prohibited:
    (i) the importation into the United States of the following 
products of Russian Federation origin: crude oil; petroleum; 
petroleum fuels, oils, and products of their distillation; 
liquefied natural gas; coal; and coal products;
    (ii) new investment in the energy sector in the Russian 
Federation by a United States person, wherever located; and
    (iii) any approval, financing, facilitation, or guarantee 
by a United States person, wherever located, of a transaction 
by a foreign person where the transaction by that foreign 
person would be prohibited by this section if performed by a 
United States person or within the United States.
    (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 license or permit granted prior to the date of 
this order.
    Sec. 2. (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. 3. Nothing in this order shall prohibit transactions 
for the conduct of the official business of the Federal 
Government or the United Nations (including its specialized 
agencies, programs, funds, and related organizations) by 
employees, grantees, or contractors thereof.
    Sec. 4. For the purposes of this order:
    (a) the term ``entity'' means a partnership, association, 
trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other 
organization;
    (b) the term ``person'' means an individual or entity; and
    (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.
    Sec. 5. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
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, as 
may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. The 
Secretary of the Treasury may, consistent with applicable law, 
redelegate any of these functions within the Department of the 
Treasury. All executive departments and agencies of the United 
States shall take all appropriate measures within their 
authority to implement this order.
    Sec. 6. (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.
                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, March 8, 2022.

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