[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4695]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




     REPORT RELATIVE TO THE ISSUANCE OF AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TO TAKE 
  ADDITIONAL STEPS WITH RESPECT TO THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY ORIGINALLY 
  DECLARED ON MARCH 6, 2014 IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13660 WITH RESPECT TO 
 UKRAINE, RECEIVED DURING ADJOURNMENT OF THE SENATE ON MARCH 17, 2014--
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  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:

                                              The White House,

                                   Washington, DC, March 16, 2014.
     Hon. Joseph R. Biden, Jr.,
     President of the Senate,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. President: 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 (the 
     ``order'') expanding the scope of the national emergency I 
     declared in Executive Order 13660 of March 6, 2014, with 
     respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
     national security and foreign policy of the United States 
     posed by the situation in Ukraine.
       In the order, I find that the actions and policies of the 
     Government of the Russian Federation with respect to 
     Ukraine--including the recent deployment of Russian 
     Federation military forces in the Crimea region of Ukraine--
     undermine democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine; 
     threaten its peace, security, stability, sovereignty, and 
     territorial integrity; and contribute to the misappropriation 
     of its assets, and thereby constitute an unusual and 
     extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
     policy of the United States. The order blocks the property 
     and interests in property of persons listed in an Annex to 
     the order. The order also blocks the property and interests 
     in property of persons determined by the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State:
        to be an official of the Government of the Russian 
     Federation;
        to operate in the arms and related materiel sector 
     in the Russian Federation;
        to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or 
     purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly:
        a senior official of the Government of the Russian 
     Federation; or
        a person whose property and interests in property are 
     blocked pursuant to the order; or
        to have materially assisted, sponsored, or 
     provided financial, material, or technological support for, 
     or goods or services to or in support of:
        a senior official of the Government of the Russian 
     Federation; or
        a person whose property and interests in property are 
     blocked pursuant to the order.
       In addition, the order suspends entry into the United 
     States of any alien determined to meet one or more of the 
     above criteria.
       I have delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury the 
     authority, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to 
     take such actions, including the promulgation of rules and 
     regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the 
     President by IEEPA as may be necessary to carry out the 
     purposes of the order. All agencies of the United States 
     Government are directed to take all appropriate measures 
     within their authority to carry out the provisions of the 
     order.
       I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
           Sincerely,
     Barack Obama.

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