[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 186 (Tuesday, November 27, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S7131]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

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   REPORT RELATIVE TO THE ISSUANCE OF AN EXECUTIVE ORDER DECLARING A 
    NATIONAL EMERGENCY RELATED TO THE SITUATION IN NICARAGUA--PM 48

  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), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 
1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, United States 
Code, I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order declaring a 
national emergency to deal with the threat posed by the situation in 
Nicaragua, including the violent response by the Government of 
Nicaragua to the protests that began on April 18, 2018, and the Ortega 
regime's systematic dismantling and undermining of democratic 
institutions and the rule of law, its use of indiscriminate violence 
and repressive tactics against civilians, as well as its corruption 
leading to the destabilization of Nicaragua's economy.
  The Executive Order blocks all property and interests in property 
within United States jurisdiction of any person determined by the 
Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State:
  (i) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or 
indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in, any of the following:
  (A) serious human rights abuse in Nicaragua;
  (B) actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or 
institutions in Nicaragua;
  (C) actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, or 
stability of Nicaragua;
  (D) any transaction or series of transactions involving deceptive 
practices or corruption by, on behalf of, or otherwise related to the 
Government of Nicaragua or a current or former official of the 
Government of Nicaragua, such as the misappropriation of public assets 
or expropriation of private assets for personal gain or political 
purposes, corruption related to government contracts, or bribery;
  (ii) to be a leader or official of an entity that has, or whose 
members have, engaged in any activity described in section (i) or of an 
entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 
the Executive Order;
  (iii) to be an official of the Government of Nicaragua or to have 
served as an official of the Government of Nicaragua at any time on or 
after January 10, 2007;
  (iv) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, 
material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support 
of:
  (A) any activities described in section (i); or
  (B) any person whose property and interests in property are blocked 
pursuant to the Executive Order; or
  (v) 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 
Executive 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 Executive 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 Executive Order.
  I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
                                                     Donald J. Trump.  
The White House, November 27, 2018.

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