[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 54 (Thursday, April 3, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2159-S2160]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   REPORT RELATIVE TO THE ISSUANCE OF AN EXECUTIVE 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 SITUATION IN AND IN RELATION TO SOUTH SUDAN--PM 38

  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:
  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 situation 
in and in relation to South Sudan.
  The order does not target the country of South Sudan, but rather is 
aimed at persons who threaten the peace, stability, or security of 
South Sudan; commit human rights abuses against persons in South Sudan; 
or undermine democratic processes or institutions in South Sudan. The 
order provides authority for blocking the property and interests in 
property of any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State:
  To be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged in, 
directly or indirectly, any of the following in or in relation to South 
Sudan:
  actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, or stability 
of South Sudan;
  actions or policies that threaten transitional agreements or 
undermine democratic processes or institutions in South Sudan;
  actions or policies that have the purpose or effect of expanding or 
extending the conflict in South Sudan or obstructing reconciliation or 
peace talks or processes;
  the commission of human rights abuses against persons in South Sudan;
  the targeting of women, children, or any civilians through the 
commission of acts of violence (including killing, maiming, torture, or 
rape or other sexual violence), abduction, forced displacement, or 
attacks on schools, hospitals, religious sites, or locations where 
civilians are seeking refuge, or through conduct that would constitute 
a serious abuse or violation of human rights or a violation of 
international humanitarian law;
  the use or recruitment of children by armed groups or armed forces in 
the context of the conflict in South Sudan;
  the obstruction of the activities of international peacekeeping, 
diplomatic, or humanitarian missions in

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South Sudan, or of the delivery or distribution of, or access to, 
humanitarian assistance; or
  attacks against United Nations missions, international security 
presences, or other peacekeeping operations;
  To be a leader of (i) an entity, including any government, rebel 
militia, or other group, that has, or whose members have, engaged in 
any of the activities described above or (ii) an entity whose property 
and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the order;
  To have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, 
material, logistical, or technological support for, or goods or 
services in support of, any activity described above or any person 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the 
order; or
  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 the order.
  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, April 3, 2014.

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