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115th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 115–98 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO VENEZUELA 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

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) 

MARCH 5, 2018.—Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

ordered to be printed 


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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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NOTICE

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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