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   REPORT ON THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND BLOCKING HAITIAN GOVERNMENT 
              PROPERTY--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 128

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs.

To the Congress of the United States:
  On October 4, 1991, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (``IEEPA'') (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and section 301 of the 
National Emergencies Act (``NEA'') (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), President 
Bush exercised his statutory authority to issue Executive Order No. 
12775, declaring a national emergency and blocking Haitian government 
property.
  On October 28, 1991, pursuant to the above authorities, President 
Bush exercised his statutory authority to issue Executive Order No. 
12779, blocking certain property of and prohibiting certain 
transactions with Haiti.
  On June 30, 1993, pursuant to above authorities, as well as the 
United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as amended (``UNPA''), (2 
U.S.C. 287c), I exercised my statutory authority to issue Executive 
Order No. 12853, to impose additional economic measures with respect to 
Haiti. This latter action was taken, in part, to ensure that the 
economic measures taken by the United States with respect to Haiti 
would fulfill its obligations under United Nations Security Council 
Resolution 841 of June 16, 1993.
  On October 18, 1993, pursuant to the IEEPA and the NEA, I again 
exercised my statutory authority to issue Executive Order No. 12872, 
blocking property of various persons with respect to Haiti.
  On May 6, 1994, the United Nations Security Council adopted 
Resolution 917, calling on States to take additional measures to 
tighten the embargo against Haiti. On May 7, 1994, pursuant to the 
above authorities, I exercised my statutory authority to issue 
Executive Order No. 12914, to impose additional economic measures with 
respect to Haiti. On May 21, 1994, pursuant to the above authorities, I 
exercised my statutory authority to issue Executive Order No. 12917, to 
impose those economic measures required by Resolution 917 that became 
effective May 21, 1994. These latter actions were taken, in part, to 
ensure that the economic measures taken by the United States with 
respect to Haiti would fulfill its obligations under the provisions of 
United Nations Security Council Resolution 917.

  On June 10, 1994, pursuant to the above authorities, I exercised my 
statutory authority to issue Executive Order No. 12920, prohibiting 
additional transactions with Haiti.
  On June 21, 1994, pursuant to the above authorities, I exercised my 
statutory authority to issue Executive Order No. 12922.
  This new Executive order:
  --blocks all property in the United States, or within the possession 
    or control of United States persons, of any Haitian national 
    resident in Haiti, or any other person subject to the blocking 
    provisions of Executive Order Nos. 12775, 12779, 12853, 12872, or 
    12914 or a Haitian citizen who is a member of the immediate family 
    of such a person, as identified by the Secretary of the Treasury; 
    and makes limited exceptions for certain payments and transfers, 
    and for the property of nongovernmental organizations engaged in 
    the provision of essential humanitarian assistance or the conduct 
    of refugee and migration operations in Haiti, that are identified 
    by the Secretary of the Treasury;
  --prohibits any transaction that evades or avoids or has the purpose 
    of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the 
    prohibitions of the order; and
  --authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
    Secretary of State, to issue regulations implementing the 
    provisions of the order.
  The new Executive order is necessary to tighten the embargo against 
Haiti with the goal of the restoration of democracy in that nation and 
the prompt return of the legitimately elected President, Jean-Bertrand 
Aristide, under the framework of the Governors Island Agreement.
  I am providing this notice to the Congress pursuant to section 204(b) 
of the IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(b)) and section 301 of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 
1631). I am enclosing a copy of the Executive order that I have issued.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, June 21, 1994.

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