[House Document 115-98]
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115th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 115-98
 
    CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO VENEZUELA

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                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION 
  IN VENEZUELA THAT WAS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13692 OF MARCH 8, 
  2015, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MARCH 8, 2018, PURSUANT TO 50 
    U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)






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   March 5, 2018.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                         
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                         U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

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                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, March 2, 2018.
Hon. Paul D. Ryan,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: Section 202(d) of the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic 
termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days 
before the anniversary date of its declaration, the President 
publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress 
a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect 
beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, 
I have sent to the Federal Register for publication the 
enclosed notice stating that the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 13692 of March 8, 2015, with respect to the 
situation in Venezuela, is to continue in effect beyond March 
8, 2018.
    The situation in Venezuela, including the Government of 
Venezuela's erosion of human rights guarantees, persecution of 
political opponents, curtailment of press freedoms, use of 
violence and human rights violations and abuses in response to 
antigovernment protests, and arbitrary arrest and detention of 
antigovernment protestors, as well as the exacerbating presence 
of significant government corruption, continues to pose an 
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and 
foreign policy of the United States. For this reason, I have 
determined that it is necessary to continue the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13692 with respect to the 
situation in Venezuela.
            Sincerely,
                                                   Donald J. Trump.












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    Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Venezuela

    On March 8, 2015, the President issued Executive Order 
13692, declaring a national emergency with respect to the 
situation in Venezuela based on the Government of Venezuela's 
erosion of human rights guarantees, persecution of political 
opponents, curtailment of press freedoms, use of violence and 
human rights violations and abuses in response to 
antigovernment protests, and arbitrary arrest and detention of 
antigovernment protestors, as well as the exacerbating presence 
of significant government corruption.
    On August 24, 2017, I issued Executive Order 13808 to take 
additional steps with respect to the national emergency 
declared in Executive Order 13692, particularly in light of 
recent actions and policies of the Government of Venezuela, 
including serious abuses of human rights and fundamental 
freedoms; responsibility for the deepening humanitarian crisis 
in Venezuela; establishment of an illegitimate Constituent 
Assembly, which usurped the power of the democratically elected 
National Assembly and other branches of the Government of 
Venezuela; rampant public corruption; and ongoing repression 
and persecution of, and violence toward, the political 
opposition.
    The circumstances described in Executive Order 13692 and 
Executive Order 13808 have not improved, and they continue to 
pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 
security and foreign policy of the United States. Therefore, in 
accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13692.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, March 2, 2018.

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