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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 26 (Monday, February 10, 2025)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 9185-9186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02479]



                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 26 / Monday, February 10, 2025 / 
Presidential Documents

[[Page 9185]]

                Executive Order 14198 of February 3, 2025

                
Progress on the Situation at Our Southern Border

                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.), 
                section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 
                U.S.C. 2483), and section 301 of title 3, United States 
                Code, it is hereby ordered:

                Section 1. Background. On February 1, 2025, I 
                determined that the failure of Mexico to arrest, seize, 
                detain, or otherwise intercept Mexican drug trafficking 
                organizations, other drug and human traffickers, 
                criminals at large, and illicit drugs constitutes an 
                unusual and extraordinary threat, which has its source 
                in substantial part outside the United States, to the 
                national security, foreign policy, and economy of the 
                United States. To address that threat, I invoked my 
                authority under section 1702(a)(1)(B) of IEEPA to 
                impose ad valorem tariffs on articles that are products 
                of Mexico.

                Sec. 2. Immediate Steps. Pursuant to section 3 of my 
                Executive Order of February 1, 2025, titled ``Imposing 
                Duties to Address the Situation at Our Southern 
                Border'' (``the Executive Order of February 1, 2025''), 
                I have determined that the Government of Mexico has 
                taken immediate steps designed to alleviate the illegal 
                migration and illicit drug crisis through cooperative 
                actions. Further time is needed, however, to assess 
                whether these steps constitute sufficient action to 
                alleviate the crisis and resolve the unusual and 
                extraordinary threat beyond our southern border.

                Sec. 3. Pause. (a) In recognition of the steps taken by 
                the Government of Mexico, and in order to assess 
                whether the threat described in section 1 of this order 
                has abated, the additional 25 percent ad valorem rate 
                of duty shall be paused and will not take effect until 
                March 4, 2025, at 12:01 a.m. eastern time. Accordingly, 
                sections 2(a), section 2(d), and section 2(e) of the 
                Executive Order of February 1, 2025, are amended by 
                striking the term ``February 4, 2025,'' where it 
                appears in those sections and inserting in lieu thereof 
                the term ``March, 4, 2025.'' The exceptions set forth 
                in section 2(a) of the Executive Order of February 1, 
                2025, related to covered goods loaded onto a vessel at 
                a port of entry or in transit on the final mode of 
                transport prior to entry into the United States are, 
                hereby, withdrawn.

                    (b) During this pause, the Secretary of Homeland 
                Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
                the Attorney General, the Assistant to the President 
                for National Security Affairs, and the Assistant to the 
                President for Homeland Security, shall continue to 
                assess the situation at our southern border, as 
                provided in section 3 of the Executive Order of 
                February 1, 2025.
                    (c) If the illegal migration and illicit drug 
                crises worsen, and if the Government of Mexico fails to 
                take sufficient steps to alleviate these crises, the 
                President shall take necessary steps to address the 
                situation, including by immediate implementation of the 
                tariffs described in the Executive Order of February 1, 
                2025.

                Sec. 4. Severability. If any provision of this order, 
                or the application of any provision to any person or 
                circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of 
                this order and the application of its provisions to any 
                other persons or circumstances shall not be affected 
                thereby.

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                Sec. 5. General Provisions. (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, agencies, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    February 3, 2025.

[FR Doc. 2025-02479
Filed 2-7-25; 8:45 am]
Billing code 3395-F4-P
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