Executive Order No. 14198. Progress on the Situation at Our Southern Border

• Citation: 90 FR 9185
• Published date: 10 February 2025
• FR Document: 2025-02479
• Pages: 9185-9186
• Executive Order No.: 14198
• Date: 03 February 2025
• Issuer: Executive Office of the President
• Section: Presidential Documents

Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 26 (Monday, February 10, 2025)

[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 26 (Monday, February 10, 2025)]
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                 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.
                
                
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