[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 65 (Thursday, April 15, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H1798-H1799]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




BLOCKING PROPERTY WITH RESPECT TO SPECIFIED HARMFUL FOREIGN ACTIVITIES 
OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 
               OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 117-29)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Correa) 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), I hereby report that I have issued an 
Executive Order declaring a national emergency with respect to the 
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign 
policy, and economy of the United States posed by specified harmful 
foreign activities of the Government of the Russian Federation.
  I have determined that specified harmful foreign activities of the 
Government of the Russian Federation--in particular, efforts to 
undermine the conduct of free and fair democratic elections and 
democratic institutions in the United States and its allies and 
partners; to engage in and facilitate malicious cyber-enabled 
activities against the United States and its allies and partners; to 
foster and use transnational corruption to influence foreign 
governments; to pursue extraterritorial activities targeting dissidents 
or journalists; to undermine security in countries and regions 
important to United States national security; and to violate well-
established principles of international law, including respect for the 
territorial integrity of states--constitute an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and 
economy of the United States.
  I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
                                                 Joseph R. Biden, Jr.  
                                       The White House, April 15, 2021.

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