[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 65 (Thursday, April 15, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1979]
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 THAT DECLARES 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--PM 7

  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), 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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