[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 201 (Thursday, November 18, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H6598]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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  TERMINATION OF EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION IN BURUNDI--
  MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 117-76)

  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:
  Consistent with subsection 204(b) of the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(b), I hereby report that I have 
issued an Executive Order that terminates the national emergency 
declared in Executive Order 13712 of November 22, 2015, and revokes 
that Executive Order.
  The President issued Executive Order 13712 to deal with the unusual 
and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of 
the United States constituted by the situation in Burundi, which had 
been marked by the killing of and violence against civilians, unrest, 
incitement of imminent violence, and significant political repression. 
In Executive Order 13712, the President addressed the threat by 
blocking the property and interests in property of, among others, 
persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, to be responsible for or complicit in 
actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, and stability of 
Burundi or undermine democratic processes or institutions in Burundi, 
or to have engaged in human rights abuses.
  I have determined that the situation in Burundi that gave rise to the 
national emergency declared in Executive Order 13712 has been 
significantly altered by events of the past year, including the 
transfer of power following elections in 2020, significantly decreased 
violence, and President Ndayishimiye's pursuit of reforms across 
multiple sectors. For these reasons I have determined that it is 
necessary to terminate the national emergency declared in Executive 
Order 13712 and revoke that order.
  I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
                                                 Joseph R. Biden, Jr.  
The White House, November 18, 2021.

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