[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 81 (Wednesday, May 15, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H3835-H3836]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


     DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY TO SECURE THE INFORMATION AND 
 COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES SUPPLY CHAIN--MESSAGE FROM THE 
          PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 116-35)

  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), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.), 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 unrestricted acquisition 
or use in the United States of information and communications 
technology or services designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied 
by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or 
direction of foreign adversaries.
  Foreign adversaries are increasingly creating and exploiting 
vulnerabilities in information and communications technology and 
services, which store and communicate vast amounts of sensitive 
information, facilitate the digital economy, and support critical 
infrastructure and vital emergency services, in order to commit 
malicious cyber-enabled actions, including economic and industrial 
espionage against the United States and its people. Although 
maintaining an open investment climate in information and 
communications technology, and in the United States economy more 
generally, is important for the overall growth and prosperity of the 
United States, such openness must be balanced by the need to protect 
our country against critical national security threats. To deal with 
this threat, additional steps are required to protect the security, 
integrity, and reliability of information and communications technology 
and services provided and used in the United States.
  The Executive Order prohibits certain transactions involving 
information and communications technology or services where the 
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), in consultation with the Secretary 
of the Treasury, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the 
Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the United States 
Trade Representative, the Director of National Intelligence, the 
Administrator of General Services, the Chairman of the Federal 
Communications Commission, and, as appropriate, the heads of other 
executive departments and agencies (agencies), has determined that:
  (i) the transaction involves information and communications 
technology or services designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied, 
by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or 
direction of a foreign adversary; and
  (ii) the transaction:
  (A) poses an undue risk of sabotage to or subversion of the design, 
integrity, manufacturing, production, distribution, installation, 
operation, or maintenance of information and communications technology 
or services in the United States;
  (B) poses an undue risk of catastrophic effects on the security or 
resiliency of United States critical infrastructure or the digital 
economy of the United States; or
  (C) otherwise poses an unacceptable risk to the national security of 
the United States or the security and safety of United States persons.
  I have delegated to the Secretary the authority to, in consultation 
with, or upon referral of a particular transaction from, the heads of 
other agencies as appropriate, take such actions, including directing 
the timing and manner of the cessation of transactions prohibited 
pursuant to the Executive Order, adopting appropriate rules and 
regulations, and employing all other powers granted to the President by 
IEEPA, as may be necessary to implement 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.

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  I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
                                                     Donald J. Trump.  
The White House, May 15, 2019.

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