[House Document 117-22]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




117th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 117-22




 
    CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO VENEZUELA

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION 
  IN VENEZUELA THAT WAS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13692 OF MARCH 8, 
  2015, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MARCH 8, 2021, PURSUANT TO 50 
    U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)

		
		
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    March 3, 2021.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
         
         
         
         
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         	   U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
				
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To the Congress of the United States:
    Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national 
emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date 
of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal 
Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that 
the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary 
date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent to the 
Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice stating 
that the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13692 
of March 8, 2015, with respect to the situation in Venezuela is 
to continue in effect beyond March 8, 2021.
    The situation in Venezuela continues to pose an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
policy of the United States. Therefore, I have determined that 
it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 13692 with respect to the situation in 
Venezuela.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, March 2, 2021.

                                 Notice

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                Continuation of the National Emergency 
                       With Respect to Venezuela

    On March 8, 2015, the President issued Executive Order 
13692, declaring a national emergency with respect to the 
situation in Venezuela, including the Government of Venezuela's 
erosion of human rights guarantees, persecution of political 
opponents, curtailment of press freedoms, use of violence and 
human rights violations and abuses in response to 
antigovernment protests, and arbitrary arrest and detention of 
antigovernment protestors, as well as the exacerbating presence 
of significant government corruption.
    The President took additional steps pursuant to this 
national emergency in Executive Order 13808 of August 24, 2017; 
Executive Order 13827 of March 19, 2018; Executive Order 13835 
of May 21, 2018; Executive Order 13850 of November 1, 2018; 
Executive Order 13857 of January 25, 2019; and Executive Order 
13884 of August 5, 2019.
    The circumstances described in Executive Order 13692, and 
subsequent Executive Orders issued with respect to Venezuela, 
have not improved, and they continue to pose an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
policy of the United States. Therefore in accordance with 
section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency 
declared in Executive Order 13692.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, March 2, 2021.

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