Executive Order 14373

… <p class="has-text-align-left">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&nbsp;U.S.C. 1701 <em>et seq.</em>) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 <em>et seq.</em>) (NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is hereby ordered:</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">Section</span> <span style="text-decoration: underline">1</span>. &nbsp;<span style="text-decoration: underline">Findings</span>.&nbsp; As Chief Executive and Commander in&nbsp;Chief, I find that the threat of attachment or the imposition of&nbsp;other judicial process against the Foreign Government Deposit Funds, as defined in section 2 of this order, will materially harm the national security and foreign policy of the United&nbsp;States.</p> <p>Specifically, the attachment or the imposition of other judicial process against the Foreign Government Deposit Funds will substantially interfere with our critical efforts to ensure economic and political stability in Venezuela. &nbsp;The failure of these critical efforts would jeopardize major foreign policy objectives of the United States, including: &nbsp;ending the dangerous influx of illegal immigrants and the flood of illicit narcotics, which has resulted in the death of countless thousands of American citizens; protecting American interests against malign actors such as Iran and Hezbollah; and bringing peace, prosperity, and stability to the Venezuelan people and to&nbsp;the Western Hemisphere more generally.&nbsp;</p> …