[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 8, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1050-S1051]
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 WITH RESPECT TO 
   THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION'S UNJUSTIFIED, UNPROVOKED, UNYIELDING, AND 
  UNCONSCIONABLE WAR AGAINST UKRAINE, AND EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THE 
 NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ORIGINALLY 
       DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 14024 OF APRIL 15, 2021--PM 26

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with accompanying 
papers; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs:


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 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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