September 10, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 144 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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 REPORT RELATIVE TO THE ISSUANCE OF AN EXECUTIVE ORDER WITH RESPECT TO 
  EXECUTIVE ORDER 12947 OF JANUARY 23, 1995, EXECUTIVE ORDER 13099 OF 
 AUGUST 20, 1998, AND EXECUTIVE ORDER 13224 OF SEPTEMBER 23, 2001 WITH 
RESPECT TO PERSONS WHO COMMIT, THREATEN TO COMMIT, OR SUPPORT TERRORISM 
            THAT CONSOLIDATES AND ENHANCES SANCTIONS--PM 27

  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.), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et 
seq.), the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287c), 
and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and in view of multiple 
United Nations Security Council resolutions, including Resolution 1373 
of September 28, 2001, Resolution 1526 of January 30, 2004, Resolution 
1988 of June 17, 2011, Resolution 1989 of June 17, 2011, Resolution 
2253 of December 17, 2015, Resolution 2255 of December 21, 2015, 
Resolution 2368 of July 20, 2017, and Resolution 2462 of March 28, 
2019, I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order (the 
``order'') modernizing sanctions to combat terrorism.
  I have determined that it is necessary to consolidate and enhance 
sanctions to combat acts of terrorism and threats of terrorism by 
foreign terrorists, acts that are recognized and condemned in the 
above-referenced United Nations Security Council resolutions. I have 
terminated the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12947 of 
January 23, 1995, and revoked Executive Order 12947, as amended by 
Executive Order 13099 of August 20, 1998. The order builds upon the 
initial steps taken in Executive Order 12947 and takes additional steps 
to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13224 
of September 23, 2001, with respect to the continuing and immediate 
threat of grave acts of terrorism and threats of terrorism committed by 
foreign terrorists, which include acts of terrorism that threaten the 
Middle East peace process.
  I am enclosing a copy of the order I have issued.
                                                     Donald J. Trump.  
The White House, September 9, 2019.

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