[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 17 (Wednesday, February 16, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H673-H674]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    CLARIFICATION OF CERTAIN EXECUTIVE ORDERS BLOCKING PROPERTY AND 
  PROHIBITING CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
                   UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 109-10)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, without objection, referred to the 
Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  Pursuant to, inter alia, section 203(a) of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702(a)) (IEEPA) and section 
201(a) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1621(a)) (NEA), I 
exercised my statutory authority to declare national

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emergencies in Executive Orders 13224 of September 23, 2001, as 
amended, and 12947 of January 23, 1995, as amended. I have issued a new 
Executive Order that clarifies certain measures taken to address those 
national emergencies. This new Executive Order relates to powers 
conferred to me by section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA and clarifies that the 
Executive Orders at issue prohibit a blocked United States person from 
making humanitarian donations.
  The amendments made to those Executive Orders by the new Executive 
Order take effect as of the date of the new order, and specific 
licenses issued pursuant to the prior Executive Orders continue in 
effect, unless revoked or amended by the Secretary of the Treasury. 
General licenses, regulations, orders, and directives issued pursuant 
to the prior Executive Orders continue in effect, except to the extent 
inconsistent with this order or otherwise revoked or modified by the 
Secretary of the Treasury.
                                                       George W. Bush. 
The White House, February 16, 2005.

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