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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE
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REPORT RELATIVE TO THE ISSUANCE OF AN EXECUTIVE ORDER DECLARING A
NATIONAL EMERGENCY TO DEAL WITH THE THREAT POSED BY THE UNRESTRICTED
ACQUISITION OR USE IN THE UNITED STATES OF INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY OR SERVICES DESIGNED, DEVELOPED,
MANUFACTURED, OR SUPPLIED BY PERSONS OWNED BY, CONTROLLED BY, OR
SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OR DIRECTION OF FOREIGN ADVERSARIES--PM 17
The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying
report; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs:
To the Congress of the United States:
Pursuant to 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 hereby
report that I have issued an Executive Order declaring a national
emergency to deal with the threat posed by the unrestricted acquisition
or use in the United States of information and communications
technology or services designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied
by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or
direction of foreign adversaries.
Foreign adversaries are increasingly creating and exploiting
vulnerabilities in information and communications technology and
services, which store and communicate vast amounts of sensitive
information, facilitate the digital economy, and support critical
infrastructure and vital emergency services, in order to commit
malicious cyber-enabled actions, including economic and industrial
espionage against
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the United States and its people. Although maintaining an open
investment climate in information and communications technology, and in
the United States economy more generally, is important for the overall
growth and prosperity of the United States, such openness must be
balanced by the need to protect our country against critical national
security threats. To deal with this threat, additional steps are
required to protect the security, integrity, and reliability of
information and communications technology and services provided and
used in the United States.
The Executive Order prohibits certain transactions involving
information and communications technology or services where the
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary), in consultation with the Secretary
of the Treasury, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the
Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, the United States
Trade Representative, the Director of National Intelligence, the
Administrator of General Services, the Chairman of the Federal
Communications Commission, and, as appropriate, the heads of other
executive departments and agencies (agencies), has determined that:
(i) the transaction involves information and communications
technology or services designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied,
by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or
direction of a foreign adversary; and
(ii) the transaction:
(A) poses an undue risk of sabotage to or subversion of the design,
integrity, manufacturing, production, distribution, installation,
operation, or maintenance of information and communications technology
or services in the United States;
(B) poses an undue risk of catastrophic effects on the security or
resiliency of United States critical infrastructure or the digital
economy of the United States; or
(C) otherwise poses an unacceptable risk to the national security of
the United States or the security and safety of United States persons.
I have delegated to the Secretary the authority to, in consultation
with, or upon referral of a particular transaction from, the heads of
other agencies as appropriate, take such actions, including directing
the timing and manner of the cessation of transactions prohibited
pursuant to the Executive Order, adopting appropriate rules and
regulations, and employing all other powers granted to the President by
IEEPA, as may be necessary to implement the Executive Order. All
agencies of the United States Government are directed to take all
appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the provisions
of the Executive Order.
I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
Donald J. Trump.
The White House, May 15, 2019.
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