[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 83 (Monday, May 21, 2018)]
[House]
[Pages H4271-H4272]
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. 115-129)

  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 (IEEPA) 
(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), I hereby report that I have issued 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, and Executive Order 13827 of 
March 19, 2018.
  The Executive Order I have issued today prohibits transactions 
related to, provision of financing for, and other dealings in (i) the 
purchase of any debt owed to the Government of Venezuela, including 
accounts receivable; (ii) any debt owed to the Government of Venezuela 
that is pledged as collateral after the effective date of the Executive 
Order, including accounts receivable; and (iii) the sale, transfer, 
assignment, or pledging as collateral by the Government of Venezuela of 
any equity interest in any entity in which the Government of Venezuela 
has a 50 percent or greater ownership interest.
  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.

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  I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued today.
                                                     Donald J. Trump.  
The White House, May 21, 2018.

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