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89–011 2019

116th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 116–21 

TAKING ADDITIONAL STEPS TO ADDRESS THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SIGNIFICANT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

AN EXECUTIVE ORDER WITH RESPECT TO TRANSNATIONAL 

CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT TAKES ADDITIONAL STEPS TO 

DEAL WITH THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO 

TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13581 ON JULY 24, 2011, IN VIEW OF THE EVOLUTION OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS AS WELL AS THE INCREASING SOPHISTICATION OF THEIR ACTIVITIES, PURSUANT TO 50 

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

MARCH 18, 2019.—Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, March 15, 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.) (IEEPA), I 

hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order (the ‘‘order’’) 

with respect to transnational criminal organizations that takes additional steps to deal with the national emergency with respect to 

significant transnational criminal organizations declared in Executive Order 13581 of July 24, 2011, in view of the evolution of these 

organizations as well as the increasing sophistication of their activities. 

The authorities in Executive Order 13581 are delegated to the 

Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Attorney General and Secretary of State, and the Secretary of the Treasury is 

authorized to take such actions, including adopting rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President by 

IEEPA, as may be necessary to implement the order. All executive 

departments and agencies are directed to take all appropriate 

measures within their authority to implement the order. 

I am enclosing a copy of the order I have issued. 

Sincerely, 

DONALD J. TRUMP. 

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EXECUTIVE ORDER

TAKING ADDITIONAL STEPS TO ADDRESS THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY

WITH RESPECT TO SIGNIFICANT TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS

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.), 

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 to deal with the national 

emergency with respect to significant transnational criminal organizations declared in Executive Order 13581 of July 24, 2011 

(Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations), in 

view of the evolution of these organizations as well as the increasing sophistication of their activities, which threaten international 

political and economic systems and pose a direct threat to the safety and welfare of the United States and its citizens, and given the 

ability of these organizations to derive revenue through widespread 

illegal conduct, including acts of violence and abuse that exhibit a 

wanton disregard for human life as well as many other crimes enriching and empowering these organizations, hereby order: 

Section 1. Subsection (e) of section 3 of Executive Order 13581 

is hereby amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(e) the term ‘‘significant transnational criminal organization’’ 

means a group of persons that includes one or more foreign persons; that engages in or facilitates an ongoing pattern of serious 

criminal activity involving the jurisdictions of at least two foreign 

states, or one foreign state and the United States; and that threatens the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United 

States.’’ 

Sec. 2. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or 

otherwise affect: 

(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, agenVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:10 Mar 19, 2019 Jkt 089011 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 6601 E:\HR\OC\HD021.XXX HD021
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cies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person. 

DONALD J. TRUMP. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, March 15, 2019. 

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