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89–011 2019

116th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 116–53 

AN EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY AND 

SUSPENDING ENTRY OF CERTAIN PERSONS CONTRIBUTING TO THE SITUATION IN MALI 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

AN EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY AND SUSPENDING 

ENTRY OF CERTAIN PERSONS CONTRIBUTING TO THE SITUATION IN MALI, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1703(b); PUBLIC LAW 95– 

223 SEC. 204(b); (91 STAT. 1627) AND 50 U.S.C. 1621(a); PUBLIC 

LAW 94–412, SEC. 201(a); (90 STAT. 1255) 

JULY 30, 2019.—Referred jointly to the Committees on Foreign Affairs 

and the Judiciary, and ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, July 26, 2019. 

Hon. NANCY PELOSI, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR MADAM SPEAKER: Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National 

Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287c), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 

301 of title 3, United States Code, and in view of United Nations 

Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2374 of September 5, 2017, 

and UNSCR 2432 of August 30, 2018, I hereby report that I have 

issued an Executive Order declaring a national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the situation 

in Mali. 

The security situation in Mali has steadily declined over the last 

year, including repeated violations of ceasefire arrangements imposed by the 2015 Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali 

(‘‘2015 Agreement’’); the expansion of terrorist activities into southern and central Mali; the intensification of drug trafficking and 

trafficking in persons, human rights abuses, and hostage-taking; 

and the intensification of attacks against civilians, the Malian defense and security forces, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), and international security presences. Since 2012, the United States has 

backed the 12,300-strong MINUSMA force, which has brought 

some security to northern Mali. However, MINUSMA has also become the deadliest peacekeeping mission in United Nations history 

with more than 140 peacekeepers killed to date. While the overall 

security situation worsens, stakeholders in the peace process have 

made little progress toward implementing the political objectives 

agreed to in the 2015 Agreement. 

Consequently, the situation in Mali constitutes an unusual and 

extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of 

the United States. The order will demonstrate to the Government 

of Mali that the United States supports bringing peace to Mali, isolating spoilers, and discouraging others from joining in their obstruction of the 2015 agreement. 

I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued. 

Sincerely, 

DONALD J. TRUMP. 


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EXECUTIVE ORDER

BLOCKING PROPERTY AND SUSPENDING ENTRY OF CERTAIN PERSONS

CONTRIBUTING TO THE SITUATION IN MALI

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution 

and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) 

(IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 

(NEA), the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 

287c) (UNPA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality 

Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, United 

States Code, and in view of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2374 of September 5, 2017, and UNSCR 2432 of 

August 30, 2018, 

I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that the situation in Mali, including repeated violations of 

ceasefire arrangements made pursuant to the 2015 Agreement on 

Peace and Reconciliation in Mali; the expansion of terrorist activities into southern and central Mali; the intensification of drug trafficking and trafficking in persons, human rights abuses, and hostage-taking; and the intensification of attacks against civilians, the 

Malian defense and security forces, the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilizations Mission in Mali 

(MINUSMA), and international security presences, constitutes an 

unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national 

emergency to deal with that threat. I hereby order: 

Section 1. (a) All property and interests in property that are in 

the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, 

or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of 

any United States person of the following persons are blocked and 

may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise 

dealt in: any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

in consultation with the Secretary of State: 

(i) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly 

or indirectly engaged in, any of the following in or in relation 

to Mali: 

(A) actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, 

or stability of Mali; 

(B) actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions in Mali; 

(C) a hostile act in violation of, or an act that obstructs, 

including by prolonged delay, or threatens the implementation of, the 2015 Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation 

in Mali; 


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(D) planning, directing, sponsoring, or conducting attacks against local, regional, or state institutions, the Malian defense and security forces, any international security 

presences, MINUSMA peacekeepers, other United Nations 

or associated personnel, or any other peacekeeping operations; 

(E) obstructing the delivery or distribution of, or access 

to, humanitarian assistance; 

(F) planning, directing, or committing an act that violates international humanitarian law or that constitutes a 

serious human rights abuse or violation, including an act 

involving the targeting of civilians through the commission 

of an act of violence, abduction or enforced disappearance, 

forced displacement, or an attack on a school, hospital, religious site, or location where civilians are seeking refuge; 

(G) the use or recruitment of children by armed groups 

or armed forces in the context of the armed conflict in 

Mali; 

(H) the illicit production or trafficking of narcotics or 

their precursors originating or transiting through Mali; 

(I) trafficking in persons, smuggling migrants, or trafficking or smuggling arms or illicitly acquired cultural 

property; or 

(J) any transaction or series of transactions involving 

bribery or other corruption, such as the misappropriation 

of Malian public assets or expropriation of private assets 

for personal gain or political purposes; 

(ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services 

in support of, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or 

(iii) 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 this order. 

(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except 

to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and 

notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit 

granted prior to the date of this order. 

Sec. 2. The unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into 

the United States of aliens determined to meet one or more of the 

criteria in section 1 of this order would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and the entry of such persons into the 

United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, is hereby suspended, except where the Secretary of State determines that the 

person’s entry is in the national interest of the United States, including when the Secretary so determines based on a recommendation of the Attorney General, that the person’s entry would further 

important United States law enforcement objectives. Such persons 

shall be treated as persons covered by section 1 of Proclamation 

8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject to 

United Nations Security Council Travel Bans and International 

Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions). 


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Sec. 3. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the 

types of articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 

1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property 

and interests in property are blocked pursuant to section 1 of this 

order would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national 

emergency declared in this order, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of this order. 

Sec. 4. The prohibitions in section 1 of this order include but are 

not limited to: 

(a) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, 

or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property 

and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; and 

(b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, 

or services from any such person. 

Sec. 5. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the purpose 

of evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate 

any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited. 

(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set 

forth in this order is prohibited. 

Sec. 6. For the purposes of this order: 

(a) the term ‘‘person’’ means an individual or entity; 

(b) the term ‘‘entity’’ means a partnership, association, trust, 

joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; 

and 

(c) the term ‘‘United States person’’ means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of 

the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States. 

Sec. 7. For those persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence in the United States, I find that because of the ability to transfer funds or other assets instantaneously, prior notice 

to such persons of measures to be taken pursuant to this order 

would render those measures ineffectual. I therefore determine 

that for these measures to be effective in addressing the national 

emergency declared in this order, there need be no prior notice of 

a listing or determination made pursuant to section 1 of this order. 

Sec. 8. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 

Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including promulgating rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA and the UNPA as may be 

necessary to implement this order. The Secretary of the Treasury 

may, consistent with applicable law, redelegate any of these functions within the Department of the Treasury. All agencies of the 

United States Government shall take all appropriate measures 

within their authority to carry out the provisions of this order. 

Sec. 9. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 

Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to submit the recurring 

and final reports to the Congress on the national emergency declared in this order, consistent with section 401(c) of the NEA (50 

U.S.C. 1641(c)) and section 204(c) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)). 

Sec. 10. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or 

otherwise affect: 


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(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department 

or agency, or the head thereof; or 

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management 

and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative 

proposals. 

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable 

law and subject to the availability of appropriations. 

(c) This order 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. 

DONALD J. TRUMP. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, July 26, 2019. 

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