[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 81 (Wednesday, May 15, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2880-S2881]
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 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--PM 17

  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.), 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

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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.
  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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