[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 47 (Monday, March 19, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H1683-H1684]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO VENEZUELA--MESSAGE 
     FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 115-103)

  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

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and the Committee on Financial Services and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) 
(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), I hereby report that I have signed an 
Executive Order with respect to Venezuela that takes additional steps 
with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
13692 of March 8, 2015, and relied upon for additional steps taken in 
Executive Order 13808 of August 24, 2017. The Executive Order 
prohibits, as of its effective date, all transactions related to, 
provision of financing for, and other dealings in, by a United States 
person or within the United States, any digital currency, digital coin, 
or digital token, that was issued by, for, or on behalf of the 
Government of Venezuela on or after January 9, 2018.
  I have authorized the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, to take such actions, including promulgating 
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 Executive 
Order.
  I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
                                                     Donald J. Trump.  
The White House, March 19, 2018.

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