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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 WITH RESPECT TO
IRAN THAT TAKES ADDITIONAL STEPS WITH RESPECT TO THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY
DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 12957 OF MARCH 15, 1995--PM 58
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 Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions
Act (Public Law 115-44), 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 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, United
States Code, I hereby report I have issued an Executive Order (the
``order'') that affirms that it remains the policy of the United States
to counter Iran's malign influence in the Middle East, including
transfers from Iran of destabilizing conventional weapons and
acquisition of arms and related materiel by Iran. Transfers to and from
Iran of arms or related materiel or military equipment represent a
continuing threat to regional and international security. Iran benefits
from engaging in the conventional arms trade by strengthening its
relationships with other outlier regimes, lessening its international
isolation, and deriving revenue that it uses to support terror groups
and fund malign activities.
In light of these findings and in order to take additional steps with
respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957 of
March 15, 1995 (Prohibiting Certain Transactions with Respect to the
Development of Iranian Petroleum Resources), the order blocks property
and interests in property of persons determined by the Secretary of
State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, or the
Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State:
To engage in any activity that materially contributes to the
supply, sale, or transfer, directly or indirectly, to or from Iran, or
for the use in or benefit of Iran, of arms or related materiel,
including spare parts;
To provide to Iran any technical training, financial
resources or services, advice, other services, or assistance related to
the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms
and related materiel described above;
To have engaged, or attempted to engage, in any activity
that materially contributes to, or poses a risk of materially
contributing to, the proliferation of arms or related materiel or items
intended for military end-uses or military end-users, including any
efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, transport, transfer,
or use such items, by the Government of Iran (including persons owned
or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of the Government of Iran)
or paramilitary organizations financially or militarily supported by
the Government of Iran;
To have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided
financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services
to or in support of, any person whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to the order; or
To be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported
to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose
property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the order.
Under section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), the order also suspends the immigrant and
nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens determined to meet
one or more of the criteria above for the blocking of property and
interests in property.
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I am enclosing a copy of the order I have issued.
Donald J. Trump.
The White House, September 21, 2020.
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