[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 201 (Thursday, November 18, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8445-S8446]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

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   REPORT ON THE ISSUANCE OF AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT TERMINATES THE 
 NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13712 OF NOVEMBER 22, 
 2015, WITH RESPECT TO BURUNDI, AND REVOKES THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER--PM 18

  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:
  Consistent with subsection 204(b) of the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. l703(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

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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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