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79–011 2018

115th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 115–129 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO VENEZUELA 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

AN EXECUTIVE ORDER WITH RESPECT TO VENEZUELA THAT 

TAKES ADDITIONAL STEPS WITH RESPECT TO THE NATIONAL 

EMERGENCY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13692 OF MARCH 

8, 2015, AND RELIED UPON FOR ADDITIONAL STEPS TAKEN IN 

EXECUTIVE ORDER 13808 OF AUGUST 24, 2017, AND EXECUTIVE 

ORDER 13827 OF MARCH 19, 2018, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 

1703(b); PUBLIC LAW 95–223 SEC. 204(b); (91 STAT. 1627) 

MAY 22, 2018.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed 


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To the Congress of the United States: 

Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 

(IEEPA) (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), I hereby report that I have issued 

an Executive Order with respect to Venezuela that takes additional 

steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive 

Order 13692 of March 8, 2015, and relied upon for additional steps 

taken in Executive Order 13808 of August 24, 2017, and Executive 

Order 13827 of March 19, 2018. 

The Executive Order I have issued today prohibits transactions 

related to, provision of financing for, and other dealings in (i) the 

purchase of any debt owed to the Government of Venezuela, including accounts receivable; (ii) any debt owed to the Government of 

Venezuela that is pledged as collateral after the effective date of 

the Executive Order, including accounts receivable; and (iii) the 

sale, transfer, assignment, or pledging as collateral by the Government of Venezuela of any equity interest in any entity in which the 

Government of Venezuela has a 50 percent or greater ownership 

interest. 

I have authorized the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 

with the Secretary of State, to take such actions, including promulgating rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to 

the President by IEEPA as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the Executive Order. 

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

DONALD J. TRUMP. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, May 21, 2018. 

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EXECUTIVE ORDER

PROHIBITING CERTAIN ADDITIONAL TRANSACTIONS WITH RESPECT

TO VENEZUELA

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.), 

and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I, DONALD J. 

TRUMP, President of the United States of America, in order to 

take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13692 of March 8, 2015, and relied upon 

for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13808 of August 24, 

2017 and Executive Order 13827 of March 19, 2018, particularly in 

light of the recent activities of the Maduro regime, including endemic economic mismanagement and public corruption at the expense of the Venezuelan people and their prosperity, and ongoing 

repression of the political opposition; attempts to undermine democratic order by holding snap elections that are neither free nor fair; 

and the regime’s responsibility for the deepening humanitarian and 

public health crisis in Venezuela, hereby order as follows: 

Section 1. (a) All transactions related to, provision of financing 

for, and other dealings in the following by a United States person 

or within the United States are prohibited: 

(i) the purchase of any debt owed to the Government of Venezuela, including accounts receivable; 

(ii) any debt owed to the Government of Venezuela that is 

pledged as collateral after the effective date of this order, including accounts receivable; and 

(iii) the sale, transfer, assignment, or pledging as collateral 

by the Government of Venezuela of any equity interest in any 

entity in which the Government of Venezuela has a 50 percent 

or greater ownership interest. 

(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 before the effective date of this order. 

Sec. 2. (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. 3. For the purposes of this order: 

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

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

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

(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 of such entities), or any person within the 

United States; and 

(d) the term ‘‘Government of Venezuela’’ means the Government 

of Venezuela, any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality 

thereof, including the Central Bank of Venezuela and Petroleos de 

Venezuela, S.A. (PdVSA), and any person owned or controlled by, 

or acting for or on behalf of, the Government of Venezuela. 

Sec. 4. 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 as may be necessary to implement this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may, consistent 

with applicable law, re-delegate any of these functions to other officers and executive departments and agencies of the United States 

Government. All agencies of the United States Government shall 

take all appropriate measures within their authority to carry out 

the provisions of this order. 

Sec. 5. 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. 

Sec. 6. This order is effective at 12:30 p.m. eastern daylight time 

on May 21, 2018. 

DONALD J. TRUMP. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, May 21, 2018. 

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