[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 8]
[House]
[Pages 11363-11364]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




TAKING ADDITIONAL STEPS TO ADDRESS THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT 
 TO THE CONFLICT IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO--MESSAGE FROM 
        THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 113-128)

  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:
  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'') taking additional steps with respect to 
the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13413 of October 27, 
2006 (E.O. 13413).
  In E.O. 13413, it was determined that the situation in or in relation 
to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which has been marked by 
widespread violence and atrocities that continue to threaten regional 
stability and was addressed by the United Nations Security Council in 
Resolution 1596 of April 18, 2005, Resolution 1649 of December 21, 
2005, and Resolution 1698 of July 31, 2006, constitutes an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the United States. To 
address that threat, E.O. 13413 blocks the property and interests in 
property of persons listed in the Annex to E.O. 13413 or determined by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State, to meet criteria specified in E.O. 13413.
  In view of multiple additional United Nations Security Council 
Resolutions including, most recently, Resolution 2136 of January 30, 
2014, I am issuing the order to take additional steps to deal with the 
national emergency declared in E.O. 13413, and to address the 
continuation of activities that threaten the peace, security, or 
stability of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the surrounding 
region, including operations by armed groups, widespread violence and 
atrocities, human rights abuses, recruitment and use of child soldiers, 
attacks on peacekeepers, obstruction of humanitarian operations, and 
exploitation of natural resources to finance persons engaged in these 
activities.
  The order amends the designation criteria specified in E.O. 13413. As 
amended by the order, E.O. 13413 provides for the designation of 
persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State:
  To be a political or military leader of a foreign armed group 
operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that impedes the 
disarmament, demobilization, voluntary repatriation, resettlement, or 
reintegration of combatants;
  To be a political or military leader of a Congolese armed group that 
impedes the disarmament, demobilization, voluntary repatriation, 
resettlement, or reintegration of combatants;
  To be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged in, 
directly or indirectly, any of the following in or in relation to the 
Democratic Republic of the Congo:
  Actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, or stability 
of the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
  Actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or 
institutions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
  The targeting of women, children, or any civilians through the 
commission of acts of violence (including killing, maiming, torture, or 
rape or other sexual violence), abduction, forced displacement, or 
attacks on schools, hospitals, religious sites, or locations where 
civilians are seeking refuge, or through conduct that would constitute 
a serious abuse or violation of human rights or a violation of 
international humanitarian law;
  the use or recruitment of children by armed groups or armed forces in 
the context of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;
  the obstruction of the delivery or distribution of, or access to, 
humanitarian assistance;
  attacks against United Nations missions, international security 
presences, or other peacekeeping operations; or
  support to persons, including armed groups, involved in activities 
that threaten the peace, security, or stability of the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo or that undermine democratic processes or 
institutions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, through the 
illicit trade in natural resources of the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo;
  Except where intended for the authorized support of humanitarian 
activities or the authorized use by or support of peacekeeping, 
international, or government forces, to have directly or indirectly 
supplied, sold, or transferred to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 
or been the recipient in the territory of the Democratic Republic of 
the Congo of, arms and related materiel, including military aircraft 
and equipment, or advice, training, or assistance, including financing 
and financial assistance, related to military activities;
  To be a leader of (i) an entity, including any armed group, that has, 
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whose members have, engaged in any of the activities described above or 
(ii) an entity whose property and interests in property are blocked 
pursuant to E.O. 13413;
  To have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, 
material, logistical, or technological support for, or goods or 
services in support of (i) any of the activities described above or 
(ii) any person whose property and interests in property are blocked 
pursuant to E.O. 13413; or
  To be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act 
for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property 
and interests in property are blocked pursuant to E.O. 13413.
  I have delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, the authority to take such actions, 
including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all 
powers granted to the President by IEEPA and the United Nations 
Participation Act 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.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, July 8, 2014.

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