[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 8, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H1358-H1359]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    PROHIBITING CERTAIN IMPORTS AND NEW INVESTMENTS WITH RESPECT TO 
 CONTINUED RUSSIAN FEDERATION EFFORTS TO UNDERMINE THE SOVEREIGNTY AND 
  TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF UKRAINE--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
                  UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 117-100)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Brown of Ohio) 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.), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et 
seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I report that I 
have issued an Executive Order finding that the Russian Federation's 
unjustified, unprovoked, unyielding, and unconscionable war against 
Ukraine, including its recent further invasion in violation of 
international law, including the United Nations Charter, further 
threatens the peace, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity 
of Ukraine, and thereby constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat 
to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.
  As a result, I have prohibited the following: (i) the importation 
into the United States of the following products of Russian Federation 
origin: crude oil; petroleum; petroleum fuels, oils, and products of 
their distillation; liquefied natural gas; coal; and coal products; 
(ii) new investment in the energy sector in the Russian Federation by a 
United States person, wherever located; and (iii) any approval, 
financing, facilitation, or guarantee by a United States person, 
wherever located, of a transaction by a foreign person where the 
transaction by that foreign person would be prohibited by this section 
if performed by a United States person or within the United States.
  I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
                                                 Joseph R. Biden, Jr.  
                                        The White House, March 8, 2022.

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