[House Document 113-179]
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113th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 113-179
BLOCKING PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS AND PROHIBITING CERTAIN
TRANSACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE CRIMEA REGION OF UKRAINE
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FURTHER EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THE NATIONAL
EMERGENCY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13660 OF MARCH 6, 2014, AND
EXPANDED IN SCOPE BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 13661 OF MARCH 16, 2014, THAT
TAKES ADDITIONAL STEPS TO ADDRESS THE RUSSIAN OCCUPATION OF THE CRIMEA
REGION OF UKRAINE
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January 2, 2015.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and
ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
49-011 WASHINGTON : 2015
The White House,
Washington, December 19, 2014.
Hon. John Boehner,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Speaker: Pursuant to the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), I hereby
report that I have issued an Executive Order (the ``order'')
that takes additional steps to address the Russian occupation
of the Crimea region of Ukraine. These steps have been taken
with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive
Order 13660 of March 6, 2014, expanded in scope by Executive
Order 13661 of March 16, 2014, and further expanded in scope by
Executive Order 13662 of March 20, 2014.
The order prohibits new investment by United States persons
in the Crimea region of Ukraine; the importation of goods,
services, or technology into the United States from the Crimea
region of Ukraine; and the exportation, reexportation, sale, or
supply of goods, services, or technology from the United States
or by a United States person to the Crimea region of Ukraine.
It also prohibits the facilitation of any such transactions.
The order also blocks the property and interests in property of
any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State;
to operate in the Crimea region of Ukraine;
to be a leader of an entity operating in the
Crimea region of Ukraine;
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; or
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.
In addition, the order suspends entry into the United
States of any alien determined to meet one or more of the above
criteria.
I have delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury the
authority, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to take
such actions, including the promulgation of rules and
regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President
by IEEPA, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of the
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 order.
I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
Sincerely,
Barack Obama.
Executive Order
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Blocking Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting Certain
Transactions With Respect to the Crimea Region of Ukraine
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 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, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America,
in order to take additional steps to address the Russian
occupation of the Crimea region of Ukraine, and with respect to
the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13660 of
March 6, 2014, and expanded by Executive Order 13661 of March
16, 2014, and Executive Order 13662 of March 20, 2014, hereby
order:
Section 1. (a) The following are prohibited:
(i) new investment in the Crimea region of Ukraine by
a United States person, wherever located;
(ii) the importation into the United States, directly
or indirectly, of any goods, services, or technology
from the Crimea region of Ukraine;
(iii) the exportation, reexportation, sale, or
supply, directly or indirectly, from the United States,
or by a United States person, wherever located, of any
goods, services, or technology to the Crimea region of
Ukraine; and
(iv) any approval, financing, facilitation, or
guarantee by a United States person, wherever located,
of a transaction by a foreign person where the
transaction by that foreign person would be prohibited
by this section if performed by a United States person
or within the United States.
(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section
apply except to the extent provided by statutes, or in
regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued
pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract
entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the
effective date of this order.
Sec. 2. (a) All property and interests in property that are
in the United States, that hereafter come within the United
States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or
control of any United States person (including any foreign
branch) of the following persons are blocked and may not be
transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:
any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State:
(i) to operate in the Crimea region of Ukraine;
(ii) to be a leader of an entity operating in the
Crimea region of Ukraine;
(iii) 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 this order; or
(iv) 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 this order.
(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section
apply except to the extent provided by statutes, or in
regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued
pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract
entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the
effective date of this order.
Sec. 3. I hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant and
nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens determined
to meet one or more of the criteria in subsection 2(a) of this
order would be detrimental to the interests of the United
States, and I hereby suspend entry into the United States, as
immigrants or nonimmigrants, of such persons. Such persons
shall be treated as persons covered by section 1 of
Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of
Aliens Subject to United Nations Security Council Travel Bans
and International Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions).
Sec. 4. I hereby determine that the making of donations of
the type of articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA
(50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of any person
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant
to section 2 of this order would seriously impair my ability to
deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order
13660, and expanded in Executive Orders 13661 and 13662, and I
hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 2 of this
order.
Sec. 5. The prohibitions in section 2 of this order include
but are not limited to:
(a) the making of any contribution or provision of funds,
goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant
to this order; and
(b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds,
goods, or services from any such person.
Sec. 6. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the
purpose of evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or
attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this
order is prohibited.
(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the
prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
Sec. 7. Nothing in this order shall prohibit transactions
for the conduct of the official business of the United States
Government by employees, grantees, or contractors thereof.
Sec. 8. For the purposes of this order:
(a) the term ``person'' means an individual or entity;
(b) the term ``entity'' means a partnership, association,
trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other
organization;
(c) the term ``United States person'' means any United
States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized
under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within
the United States (including foreign branches), or any person
in the United States; and
(d) the term ``Crimea region of Ukraine'' includes the land
territory in that region as well as any maritime area over
which sovereignty, sovereign rights, or jurisdiction is claimed
based on purported sovereignty over that land territory.
Sec. 9. For those persons whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to this order who might have a
constitutional presence in the United States, I find that
because of the ability to transfer funds or other assets
instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to be
taken pursuant to this order would render those measures
ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these measures to
be effective in addressing the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13660 and expanded in Executive Orders 13661
and 13662, there need be no prior notice of a listing or
determination made pursuant to section 2 of this order.
Sec. 10. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such
actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations,
and to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA, as
may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. The
Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of these functions
to other officers and agencies of the United States Government
consistent with applicable law. All agencies of the United
States Government are hereby directed to take all appropriate
measures within their authority to carry out the provisions of
this order.
Sec. 11. 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.
Sec. 12. This order is effective at 3:30 p.m. eastern
standard time on December 19, 2014.
Barack Obama.
The White House, December 19, 2014.
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