[House Document 119-12]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
119th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 119-12
TAKING ADDITIONAL STEPS WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION IN SYRIA
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MESSAGE
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
AN EXECUTIVE ORDER WITH RESPECT TO SYRIA THAT TAKES ADDITIONAL STEPS
WITH RESPECT TO THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER
13894 OF OCTOBER 14, 2019, 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)
January 15, 2025.--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
59-011 WASHINGTON : 2025
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 hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order in
order to take additional steps with respect to the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13894 of October 14, 2019
(Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons
Contributing to the Situation in Syria).
The order makes minimal edits to Executive Order 13894 in
light of the fact that certain operations referenced in that
order ceased 5 years ago. In particular, under the amended
order, the United States may still sanction any person
determined to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have
directly or indirectly engaged in, or attempted to engage in
actions or policies that further threaten the peace, security,
stability, or territorial integrity of Syria or the commission
of serious human rights abuse.
I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
The White House, January 15, 2025.
Executive Order
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Taking Additional Steps With Respect to the
Situation in Syria
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.), 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,
I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of
America, in view of changing circumstances on the ground in
Syria and in order to take additional steps with respect to the
national emergency declared in Executive Order 13894 of October
14, 2019 (Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain
Persons Contributing to the Situation in Syria), hereby order:
Section 1. Amendments to Executive Order 13894. Executive
Order 13894 is hereby amended by:
(a) striking from the second paragraph the phrase ``, and
in particular the recent actions by the Government of Turkey to
conduct a military offensive into northeast Syria,'';
(b) striking subsections (1)(a)(i)(B)-(F) and inserting, in
lieu thereof, the following:
``(B) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or
provided financial, material, or technological support
for, or goods or services to or in support of, any
person whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to this order; or
(C) 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.''; and
(c) striking subsection 8(f).
Sec. 2. General Provisions. (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 persons.
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
The White House, January 15, 2025.