[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 70 (Wednesday, May 16, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H2782]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   BLOCKING PROPERTY OF PERSONS THREATENING THE PEACE, SECURITY, OR 
STABILITY OF YEMEN--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. 
                           DOC. NO. 112 109)

  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, 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.) (IEEPA), I hereby report that I have issued an 
Executive Order (the ``order'') declaring a national emergency with 
respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 
security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the actions 
and policies of certain members of the Government of Yemen and others 
to threaten Yemen's peace, security, and stability.
  The order does not target the entire country of Yemen or its 
government, but rather targets those who threaten the peace, security, 
or stability of Yemen, including by obstructing the implementation of 
the agreement of November 23, 2011, between the Government of Yemen and 
those in opposition to it, which provides for a peaceful transition of 
power that meets the legitimate demands and aspirations of the Yemeni 
people for change, or by obstructing the political process in Yemen. 
The order provides criteria for the blocking of property and interests 
in property of persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, to: have engaged in acts that 
directly or indirectly threaten the peace, security, or stability of 
Yemen, such as acts that obstruct the implementation of the agreement 
of November 23, 2011, between the Government of Yemen and those in 
opposition to it, which provides for a peaceful transition of power in 
Yemen, or that obstruct the political process in Yemen; be a political 
or military leader of an entity that has engaged in the acts described 
above; have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, 
material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in 
support of, the acts described above or any person whose property and 
interests in property are blocked pursuant to the order; or 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 the order.
  The designation criteria will be applied in accordance with 
applicable Federal law including, where appropriate, the First 
Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  I have delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, the authority 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 the order. All agencies of the United States 
Government are directed to take all appropriate measures within their 
authority to carry out the provisions of the order.
  I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, May 16, 2012.

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