[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 134, 116th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
Proclamation 9983 of January 31, 2020
Improving Enhanced Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting
Attempted Entry Into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-
Safety Threats
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In Executive Order 13780 of March 6, 2017 (Protecting the Nation from
Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States), I temporarily suspended
entry of nationals of certain specified countries and ordered a
worldwide review of whether the United States would need additional
information from each foreign country to assess adequately whether
nationals of that foreign country seeking to enter the United States
pose a security or public-safety threat to the United States, and if so,
what additional information was needed. The Secretary of Homeland
Security, pursuant to Executive Order 13780 and in consultation with the
Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, developed
an assessment model using three categories of criteria to assess
national security and public-safety threats: whether a foreign
government engages in reliable identity-management practices and shares
relevant information; whether a foreign government shares national
security and public-safety information; and whether a country otherwise
poses a national security or public-safety risk.
Following a comprehensive worldwide review of the performance of
approximately 200 countries using these criteria, the Secretary of
Homeland Security presented the results of this review, focusing in
particular on those countries that were deficient or at risk of becoming
deficient in their performance under the assessment criteria. After a
subsequent period of diplomatic engagement on these issues by the
Department of State, the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security submitted
a report in September 2017, which found that eight countries were
hindering the ability of the United States Government to identify

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threats posed by foreign nationals attempting to enter the United
States. The Secretary of Homeland Security then recommended that I
impose travel restrictions on certain nationals of those countries.
After consultation with relevant Cabinet officials and appropriate
Assistants to the President, I issued Proclamation 9645 of September 24,
2017 (Enhancing Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted
Entry Into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety
Threats).
In Proclamation 9645, I suspended and limited the entry into the United
States of certain nationals of eight countries that failed to satisfy
the criteria and were unable or unwilling to improve their information
sharing, or that otherwise presented serious terrorism-related risks.
Those travel restrictions remain in effect today, with one exception. On
April 10, 2018, I issued Proclamation 9723 (Maintaining Enhanced Vetting
Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry Into the United
States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats), removing travel
restrictions on nationals of the Republic of Chad. Chad had improved its
identity-management and information-sharing practices by taking steps to
issue more secure passports and by increasing the integrity of how its
government handles lost and stolen passports. Chad also began to share
information about known or suspected terrorists in a manner that makes
that information available to the United States screening and vetting
programs, and it created a new, standardized process for the United
States to request relevant criminal information.
Pursuant to my directives in section 4 of Proclamation 9645, the
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has continued to assess every 180
days and report to me on whether the interests of the United States
require the suspension of or limitation on entry of certain classes of
foreign nationals. DHS has also continued to assess ways to further
improve its processes for measuring how countries perform under the
assessment criteria. From July 2018 through August 2019, DHS updated its
methodology to assess compliance with the assessment criteria, which has
allowed for more in-depth analysis and yields even more granularity and
increased accuracy regarding each country's performance under the
criteria.
In this updated methodology, the general overall criteria for review
have not changed. The United States Government still expects all foreign
governments to share needed identity-management information, to share
national security and public-safety information, and to pass a security
and public-safety risk assessment. Building on experience and insight
gained over the last 2 years, DHS has, however, refined and modified the
specific performance metrics by which it assesses compliance with the
above criteria. For example, while the prior model determined whether a
country shares certain needed information, the revised model accounts
for how frequently the country shares that information and the extent to
which that data contributes to border and immigration screening and
vetting. As another example, the prior system asked whether a country
issued electronic passports at all, whereas the refined metrics assess
whether a country issues electronic passports for all major classes of
travel documents. Similarly, the lost and stolen passports criterion
previously assessed whether a country had prior instances of reporting
loss or theft to the International Criminal Police Organization
(INTERPOL), whereas the revised model now assesses


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whether the country
has reported lost or stolen passports to INTERPOL within 30 days of a
report of a loss or theft.
The DHS improvements to the assessment criteria also involve additional,
and more customized, data from the United States Intelligence Community.
DHS's original evaluation under Executive Order 13780 relied on existing
intelligence products to assess the threat from each
country. With the benefit of 2 years of experience, DHS has worked
closely with the Intelligence Community to define intelligence
requirements and customize intelligence reporting that offers a detailed
characterization of the relative risk of terrorist travel to the United
States from each country in the world. This additional detail improves
DHS's assessment of national security and public-safety risk.
In addition, DHS greatly increased the amount of information obtained
from United States Embassies abroad, which work closely with foreign
governments. United States Embassies are best positioned to understand
their host countries' ability and willingness to provide information to
the United States, and United States Embassies' assessments contribute
to a clearer understanding of how well a foreign government satisfies
the assessment criteria. DHS also consolidated statistical information
on operational encounters with foreign nationals. This information
speaks to the frequency with which a country's nationals commit offenses
while in the United States or otherwise develop grounds for
inadmissibility under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
Finally, as more precise, granular data became available, it became
clear that many countries were only partially implementing each
criterion. The 2017 process had three basic potential compliance ratings
for each criterion: in compliance, out of compliance, or unknown. The
updated methodology allows the United States to account for ways in
which countries partially comply with the metrics associated with each
criterion. As a result, for example, countries that DHS assessed in the
2017 review have now received more nuanced, partial compliance ratings.
In addition, the process now weighs each criterion and risk factor based
on its degree of importance to the United States Government for
conducting screening and vetting of visa applicants and other travelers
to the United States.
Using this enhanced review process, DHS conducted its most recent,
worldwide review pursuant to Proclamation 9645 between March 2019 and
September 2019. The process began on March 11, 2019, when the United
States Government formally notified all foreign governments (except for
Iran, Syria, and North Korea) about the refined performance metrics for
the identity-management and information-sharing criteria. After
collecting information from foreign governments, multilateral
organizations, United States Embassies, Federal law enforcement
agencies, and the Intelligence Community, multiple subject matter
experts reviewed each country's data and measured its identity-
management and information-sharing practices against the criteria. DHS
then applied the data to an algorithm it developed to consistently
assess each country's compliance with the criteria.
DHS identified the worst-performing countries for further interagency
review and for an assessment of the potential impact of visa
restrictions. As in the worldwide review culminating in Proclamation
9645, the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security assessed that Iraq did
not meet the baseline for compliance. As part of the interagency review

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process, the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security determined, however,
not to recommend entry restrictions and limitations for nationals of
Iraq. In his report, the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security
recognized a close cooperative relationship between the United States
and the democratically elected government of Iraq, the strong United
States diplomatic presence in Iraq, the significant presence of United
States forces in Iraq, and Iraq's commitment to combating the Islamic
State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The Acting Secretary of Homeland Security
considered another similarly situated country and determined that, for
reasons similar to those present in Iraq, entry restrictions and
limitations would not be appropriate.
In addition, the United States Government, led by the Department of
State, continued or increased engagements with many countries about
those countries' deficiencies. A number of foreign governments sent
senior officials to Washington, D.C., to discuss those issues, explore
potential solutions, and convey views about obstacles to improving
performance. As a result of this engagement, one country made sufficient
improvements in its information-sharing and identity-management
practices and was removed from consideration for travel restrictions.
On September 13, 2019, the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, after
consulting with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, the
Director of National Intelligence, and the heads of other appropriate
agencies, submitted a fourth report to me recommending the suspension
of, or limitation on, the entry of certain classes of nationals from
certain countries in order to protect United States national security,
including by incentivizing those foreign governments to improve their
practices. The Acting Secretary of Homeland Security recommended
maintaining the current restrictions on the seven countries announced in
Proclamation 9645 (apart from Chad), as well as implementing suspensions
and limitations on entry for certain nationals of twelve additional
countries.
Since the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security issued his report on
September 13, 2019, the Secretary of State, consistent with section 4(b)
of Proclamation 9645, has continued to engage many foreign governments
regarding the deficiencies identified in DHS's report and has continued
to consult with the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary
of Defense, and other Cabinet-level officials about how best to protect
the national interest. Based on these engagements, in January 2020,
those senior officials recommended that I maintain the entry
restrictions adopted in Proclamation 9645 (as modified by Proclamation
9723), and that I exercise my authority under section 212(f) of the INA
to suspend entry into the United States for nationals of six new
countries--Burma (Myanmar), Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Sudan, and
Tanzania--until those countries address their identified deficiencies.
The January 2020 proposal recommended visa restrictions on fewer
countries than identified by the September 2019 DHS report. For example,
the January 2020 proposal recommended no entry restrictions on nationals
of one country that had been recommended for restrictions in the
September 2019 report. This country made exceptional progress in
correcting deficiencies since the September 2019 report, such that it
could no longer be characterized as a country that is among those posing
the highest degree of risk. In addition, the January 2020 pro-


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posal recommended that, for five poorly performing countries, foreign policy
interests warranted a different approach than recommended in the
September 2019 report. Specifically, the January 2020 proposal suggested
that diplomatic engagement and requests for specific improvements during
a defined 180-day period would be more appropriate and more likely to
result in immediate improvements in these five countries. Each of these
five countries provides critical counterterrorism cooperation with the
United States and therefore holds strategic
importance in countering malign external actors. In several of the five
countries, the United States has experienced a recent deepening of
diplomatic ties that generally mark increased cooperation toward
achieving key regional and global United States foreign policy goals.
Importantly, all five countries have credibly communicated willingness
to work directly with the United States Government to correct their
outstanding deficiencies, and the United States believes progress is
imminent for several countries and underway for others. For these
reasons, these countries will be given an opportunity to show specific
improvements in their deficiencies within the next 180 days.
Consistent with recommendations contained in the January 2020 proposal,
I have decided to leave unaltered the existing entry restrictions
imposed by Proclamation 9645, as amended by Proclamation 9723, and to
impose tailored entry restrictions and limitations on nationals from six
additional countries. I have decided not to impose any nonimmigrant visa
restrictions for the newly identified countries, which substantially
reduces the number of people affected by the proposed restrictions. Like
the seven countries that continue to face travel restrictions pursuant
to Proclamation 9645, the six additional countries recommended for
restrictions in the January 2020 proposal are among the worst performing
in the world. However, there are prospects for near-term improvement for
these six countries. Each has a functioning government and each
maintains productive relations with the United States. Most of the newly
identified countries have expressed a willingness to work with the
United States to address their deficiencies, although it may take some
time to identify and implement specific solutions to resolve the
deficiencies.
Consistent with the January 2020 proposal, I have prioritized
restricting immigrant visa travel over nonimmigrant visa travel because
of the challenges of removing an individual in the United States who was
admitted with an immigrant visa if, after admission to the United
States, the individual is discovered to have terrorist connections,
criminal ties, or misrepresented information. Because each of the six
additional countries identified in the January 2020 proposal has
deficiencies in sharing terrorist, criminal, or identity information,
there is an unacceptable likelihood that information reflecting the fact
that a visa applicant is a threat to national security or public safety
may not be available at the time the visa or entry is approved.
For two newly identified countries that were among the highest risk
countries, but performed somewhat better than others, I have decided,
consistent with the January 2020 proposal, to suspend entry only of
Diversity Immigrants, as described in section 203(c) of the INA, 8
U.S.C. 1153(c). Such a suspension represents a less severe limit
compared to a general restriction on immigrant visas, given the
significantly fewer number of aliens affected. The Acting Secretary of
Homeland Security considers foreign-government-supplied information
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tant for screening and vetting the Diversity Visa
population in comparison to other immigrant visa applicants, and I agree
with that assessment. In many cases, the United States Government may
not have the same amount of information about Diversity Visa applicants
compared with other categories of immigrant visa applicants because
Diversity Visa applicants, with limited exceptions, do not have the
burden to show certain family ties to or employment in the United
States, or particular service to the United States Government, as
required for other immigrant visa categories.
Consistent with the January 2020 proposal, I have decided not to impose
any restrictions on certain Special Immigrant Visas for nationals of the
six newly identified countries. Applicants under Special Immigrant
programs generally do not need to demonstrate the same work or familial
ties as other immigrant visas, but do need to show other unique
qualifications. This exception is intended to cover those Special
Immigrants who have advanced United States interests (and their eligible
family members), such as foreign nationals who have worked for a United
States Embassy for 15 years or more and are especially deserving of a
visa.
As President, I must continue to act to protect the security and
interests of the United States and its people. I remain committed to our
ongoing efforts to engage those countries willing to cooperate, to
improve information-sharing and identity-management protocols and
procedures, and to address both terrorism-related and public-safety
risks. And I believe that the assessment process, including enhancements
made to that process, leads to new partnerships that strengthen our
immigration screening and vetting capabilities. Until the countries
identified in this proclamation satisfactorily address the identified
deficiencies, I have determined, on the basis of a recommendation from
the Acting Secretary of Homeland Security and other members of my
Cabinet, to impose certain conditional restrictions and limitations on
entry into the United States of nationals of the countries identified in
section 1 of this proclamation, as set forth more fully below.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws
of the United States of America, including sections 212(f) and 215(a) of
the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a), and section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, hereby find that, absent the measures set forth in
this proclamation, the immigrant entry into the United States of persons
described in section 1 of this proclamation would be detrimental to the
interests of the United States, and that their entry should be subject
to certain restrictions, limitations, and exceptions. I therefore hereby
proclaim the following:
Section 1. Suspension of Entry for Nationals of Countries of Identified
Concern. The entry into the United States of nationals of the following
countries is hereby suspended and limited, as follows, subject to
section 2 of this proclamation.
(a) The entry suspensions and limitations enacted by section 2 of
Proclamation 9645 are not altered by this proclamation, and they remain
in force by their terms, except as modified by Proclamation 9723.
(b) Burma (Myanmar)
(i) Although Burma has begun to engage with the United States on a
variety of identity-management and information-sharing issues, it


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does not comply with the established identity-management and information-
sharing criteria assessed by the performance metrics. Burma does not
issue electronic passports nor does it adequately share several types of
information, including public-safety and terrorism-related information,
that are necessary for the protection of the national security and
public safety of the United States. Burma is in the process of mod
ernizing its domestic identity-management and criminal-records systems
and has worked with the United States to develop some of those systems.
It has also recognized the need to make improvements. As its
capabilities improve, the prospect for further bilateral cooperation
will likely also increase. Despite these encouraging prospects, Burma's
identified deficiencies create vulnerabilities that terrorists,
criminals, and fraudulent entrants could exploit to harm United States
national security and public safety.
(ii) The entry into the United States of nationals of Burma as
immigrants, except as Special Immigrants whose eligibility is based on
having provided assistance to the United States Government, is hereby
suspended.
(c) Eritrea
(i) Eritrea does not comply with the established identity-management
and information-sharing criteria assessed by the performance metrics.
Eritrea does not issue electronic passports or adequately share several
types of information, including public-safety and terrorism-related
information, that are necessary for the protection of the national
security and public safety of the United States. Further, Eritrea is
currently subject to several nonimmigrant visa restrictions. Eritrea
does not accept return of its nationals subject to final orders of
removal from the United States, which further magnifies the challenges
of removing its nationals who have entered with immigrant visas. Eritrea
has engaged with the United States about its deficiencies, but it also
requires significant reforms to its border security, travel-document
security, and information-sharing infrastructure. Improvements in these
areas will increase its opportunities to come into compliance with the
United States Government's identity-management and information-sharing
criteria.
(ii) The entry into the United States of nationals of Eritrea as
immigrants, except as Special Immigrants whose eligibility is based on
having provided assistance to the United States Government, is hereby
suspended.
(d) Kyrgyzstan
(i) Kyrgyzstan does not comply with the established identity-
management and information-sharing criteria assessed by the performance
metrics. Kyrgyzstan does not issue electronic passports or adequately
share several types of information, including public-safety and
terrorism-related information, that are necessary for the protection of
the national security and public safety of the United States. Kyrgyzstan
also presents an elevated risk, relative to other countries in the
world, of terrorist travel to the United States, though it has been
responsive to United States diplomatic engagement on the need to make
improvements.
(ii) The entry into the United States of nationals of Kyrgyzstan as
immigrants, except as Special Immigrants whose eligibility is based on
having provided assistance to the United States Government, is hereby
suspended.


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(e) Nigeria
(i) Nigeria does not comply with the established identity-management
and information-sharing criteria assessed by the performance
metrics. Nigeria does not adequately share public-safety and terrorism-
related information, which is necessary for the protection of the
national security and public safety of the United States. Nigeria also
presents a high risk, relative to other countries in the world, of
terrorist travel to the United States. Nigeria is an important strategic
partner in the global fight against terrorism, and the United States
continues to engage with Nigeria on these and other issues. The
Department of State has provided significant assistance to Nigeria as it
modernizes its border management capabilities, and the Government of
Nigeria recognizes the importance of improving its information sharing
with the United States. Nevertheless, these investments have not yet
resulted in sufficient improvements in Nigeria's information sharing
with the United States for border and immigration screening and vetting.
(ii) The entry into the United States of nationals of Nigeria as
immigrants, except as Special Immigrants whose eligibility is based on
having provided assistance to the United States Government, is hereby
suspended.
(f) Sudan
(i) Sudan generally does not comply with our identity-management
performance metrics and presents a high risk, relative to other
countries in the world, of terrorist travel to the United States. Sudan
is, however, transitioning to civilian rule, a process which should
improve opportunities for cooperation in the future, and it has already
made progress in addressing its deficiencies in several areas. For
example, Sudan now issues electronic passports and has improved its
coordination with INTERPOL in several respects. Sudan has also shared
exemplars of its passports with the United States and now permanently
invalidates lost and stolen passports and fraudulently obtained travel
documents. Because Sudan performed somewhat better than the countries
listed earlier in this proclamation and is making important reforms to
its system of government, different travel restrictions are warranted.
(ii) The entry into the United States of nationals of Sudan as
Diversity Immigrants, as described in section 203(c) of the INA, 8
U.S.C. 1153(c), is hereby suspended.
(g) Tanzania
(i) Tanzania does not comply with the established identity-
management and information-sharing criteria assessed by the performance
metrics. Tanzania does not adequately share several types of
information, including public-safety and terrorism-related information,
that is necessary for the protection of the national security and public
safety of the United States. The Government of Tanzania's significant
failures to adequately share information with the United States and
other countries about possible Ebola cases in its territory detract from
my confidence in its ability to resolve these deficiencies. Tanzania
also presents an elevated risk, relative to other countries in the
world, of terrorist travel to the United States. Tanzania does, however,
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tronic passports for all major passport classes, reports lost
and stolen travel documents to INTERPOL at least once a month, and has
provided exemplars of its current passports to the United States.
Further, Tanzania does share some information with the United States,
although its processes can be slow, overly bureaucratic, and complicated
by limited technical capability. In light of these considerations, different
travel restrictions are warranted.
(ii) The entry into the United States of nationals of Tanzania as
Diversity Immigrants, as described in section 203(c) of the INA, 8
U.S.C. 1153(c), is hereby suspended.
Sec. 2. Scope and Implementation of Suspensions and Limitations. (a)
Subject to the exceptions set forth in section 3(b) of Proclamation
9645, any waiver under section 3(c) of Proclamation 9645, and any
enforcement provision of section 6(b) through (e) of Proclamation 9645,
the suspensions of and limitations on entry pursuant to section 1(b) of
this proclamation shall apply to foreign nationals of the designated
countries who:
(i) are outside the United States on the applicable effective date
of this proclamation;
(ii) do not have a valid visa on the applicable effective date of
this proclamation; and
(iii) do not qualify for a visa or other valid travel document under
section 6(d) of Proclamation 9645.
(b) The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall coordinate to update guidance, if necessary, to implement this
proclamation as to nationals of the six countries identified in section
1(b) of this proclamation, consistent with the provisions of this
section.
(c) For purposes of this proclamation, the phrase ``Special
Immigrants whose eligibility is based on having provided assistance to
the United States Government''; means those aliens described in section
101(a)(27)(D) through (G) and (K) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(D)
through (G) and (K), any alien seeking to enter the United States
pursuant to a Special Immigrant Visa in the SI or SQ classification, and
any spouse and children of any such individual.
Sec. 3. Reporting Requirements. (a) Section 4 of Proclamation 9645 is
amended to read as follows:
``Sec. 4. Adjustments to Removal of Suspensions and Limitations.
``(a) The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, shall on October 1, 2020, and annually thereafter,
submit to the President the results of an evaluation as to whether to
continue, terminate, modify, or supplement any suspensions of, or
limitations on, the entry on certain classes of nationals of countries
identified in section 2 of this proclamation and section 1(b) of the
Proclamation ``Improving Enhanced Vetting Capabilities and Processes for
Detecting Attempted Entry into the United States by Terrorists or Other
Public-Safety Threats,''; signed on January 31, 2020.
``(b) The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the
Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, shall not
less than every 2 years evaluate whether each country in the world
sufficiently shares relevant information and maintains adequate
identity-management and information-sharing practices to mitigate the
risk that

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its citizens or residents may travel to the United States in
furtherance of criminal or terrorist objectives, or otherwise seek to
violate any law of the United States through travel or immigration. In
doing so, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall:
``(i) in consultation with the Secretary of State, Attorney General,
and the Director of National Intelligence, report to the President,
through the appropriate Assistants to the President, any instance in
which, based on a review conducted under subsection (b) of this section,
the Secretary of Homeland Security believes it is in the interests of
the United States to suspend or limit the entry of certain classes of
nationals of a country; and
``(ii) in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Director
of National Intelligence, regularly review and update as necessary the
criteria and methodology by which such evaluations are implemented to
ensure they continue to protect the national interests of the United
States.
``(c) Notwithstanding the requirements set forth in subsections (a)
and (b) of this section, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, Attorney General, and the
Director of National Intelligence, may, at any time, recommend that the
President impose, modify, or terminate a suspension or limitation on
entry on certain classes of foreign nationals to protect the national
interests of the United States.'';
(b) Section 5 of Proclamation 9645 is revoked.
Sec. 4. Effective Date. This proclamation is effective at 12:01 a.m.
eastern standard time on February 21, 2020. With respect to the
application of those provisions of Proclamation 9645 that are
incorporated here through section 2 for countries designated in section
1(b), and that contained their own effective dates, those dates are
correspondingly updated to be January 31, 2020, or February 21, 2020, as
appropriate.
Sec. 5. Severability. It is the policy of the United States to enforce
this proclamation to the maximum extent possible to advance the national
security, foreign policy, and counterterrorism interests of the United
States. Accordingly:
(a) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the
remainder of this proclamation and the application of its other
provisions to any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected
thereby; and
(b) if any provision of this proclamation, or the application of any
provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid because
of the lack of certain procedural requirements, the relevant executive
branch officials shall implement those procedural requirements to
conform with existing law and with any applicable court orders.
Sec. 6. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this proclamation shall be
construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) United States Government obligations under applicable
international agreements;
(ii) the authority granted by law to an executive department or
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(iii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This proclamation shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other
person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirty-first day of
January, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-
fourth.
DONALD J. TRUMP