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89–011 2019

116th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 116–8 

TAKING ADDITIONAL STEPS TO ADDRESS THE 

SITUATION IN 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, EXECUTIVE 

ORDER 13827 OF MARCH 19, 2018, EXECUTIVE ORDER 13835 OF 

MAY 21, 2018, AND EXECUTIVE ORDER 13850 OF NOVEMBER 1, 

2018, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1703(b); PUBLIC LAW 95–223 SEC. 

204(b); (91 STAT. 1627) 

JANUARY 29, 2019.—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, Executive 

Order 13827 of March 19, 2018, Executive Order 13835 of May 21, 

2018, and Executive Order 13850 of November 1, 2018. 

The Executive Order I have issued accounts for the swearing in 

of a legitimate Interim President of Venezuela, and addresses actions by persons affiliated with the illegitimate Maduro regime, including human rights violations and abuses in response to antiMaduro protests, arbitrary arrest and detention of anti-Maduro 

protestors, curtailment of press freedom, harassment of political opponents, and continued attempts to undermine the Interim President of Venezuela and undermine the Venezuelan National Assembly. The Executive Order amends subsection (d) of section 6 of Executive Order 13692, subsection (d) of section 3 of Executive Order 

13808, subsection (d) of section 3 of Executive Order 13827, subsection (d) of section 3 of Executive Order 13835, and subsection (d) 

of section 6 of Executive Order 13850, to read: 

‘‘(d) the term ‘‘Government of Venezuela’’ includes the state 

and Government of Venezuela, any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, including the Central Bank of 

Venezuela and Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), any person owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the foregoing, 

and any person who has acted or purported to act directly or 

indirectly for or on behalf of, any of the foregoing, including as 

a member of the Maduro regime.’’ 

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

DONALD J. TRUMP. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, January 25, 2019. 


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EXECUTIVE ORDER

TAKING ADDITIONAL STEPS TO ADDRESS THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY

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.), 

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, Executive Order 13827 of March 19, 

2018, Executive Order 13835 of May 21, 2018, and Executive Order 

13850 of November 1, 2018, particularly in light of actions by persons affiliated with the illegitimate Maduro regime, including 

human rights violations and abuses in response to anti-Maduro 

protests, arbitrary arrest and detention of anti-Maduro protestors, 

curtailment of press freedom, harassment of political opponents, 

and continued attempts to undermine the Interim President of 

Venezuela and undermine the National Assembly, the only legitimate branch of government duly elected by the Venezuelan people, 

and to prevent the Interim President and the National Assembly 

from exercising legitimate authority in Venezuela, hereby order: 

Section 1. (a) Subsection (d) of section 6 of Executive Order 

13692, subsection (d) of section 3 of Executive Order 13808, subsection (d) of section 3 of Executive Order 13827, subsection (d) of 

section 3 of Executive Order 13835, and subsection (d) of section 6 

of Executive Order 13850, are hereby amended to read as follows: 

‘‘(d) the term ‘‘Government of Venezuela’’ includes the state and 

Government of Venezuela, any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, including the Central Bank of Venezuela 

and Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), any person owned or 

controlled, directly or indirectly, by the foregoing, and any person 

who has acted or purported to act directly or indirectly for or on 

behalf of, any of the foregoing, including as a member of the 

Madura regime.’’ 

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. 


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(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, January 25, 2019. 

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