Blocking Property of the Government of Syria and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Syria, 52209-52211 [2011-21505]

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 162 (Monday, August 22, 2011)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 52209-52211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21505]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 162 / Monday, August 22, 2011 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Executive Order 13582 of August 17, 2011

                
Blocking Property of the Government of Syria and 
                Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Syria

                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.), 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 with respect 
                to the Government of Syria's continuing escalation of 
                violence against the people of Syria and with respect 
                to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
                13338 of May 11, 2004, as modified in scope and relied 
                upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 
                13399 of April 25, 2006, Executive Order 13460 of 
                February 13, 2008, Executive Order 13572 of April 29, 
                2011, and Executive Order 13573 of May 18, 2011, hereby 
                order:

                Section 1. (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 overseas branch, of the 
                Government of Syria are blocked and may not be 
                transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise 
                dealt in.

                (b) 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 overseas 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 have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided 
                financial, material, or technological support for, or 
                goods or services in support of, any person whose 
                property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 
                to this order; or

                (ii) 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.

                Sec. 2. The following are prohibited:

                (a) new investment in Syria by a United States person, 
                wherever located;

                (b) the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply, 
                directly or indirectly, from the United States, or by a 
                United States person, wherever located, of any services 
                to Syria;

                (c) the importation into the United States of petroleum 
                or petroleum products of Syrian origin;

                (d) any transaction or dealing by a United States 
                person, wherever located, including purchasing, 
                selling, transporting, swapping, brokering, approving, 
                financing, facilitating, or guaranteeing, in or related 
                to petroleum or petroleum products of Syrian origin; 
                and

                (e) any approval, financing, facilitation, or guarantee 
                by a United States person, wherever located, of a 
                transaction by a foreign person where the

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                transaction by that foreign person would be prohibited 
                by this section if performed by a United States person 
                or within the United States.

                Sec. 3. 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 1 of this 
                order would seriously impair my ability to deal with 
                the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
                13338 and expanded in scope in Executive Order 13572, 
                and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by 
                section 1 of this order.

                Sec. 4. The prohibitions in section 1 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. 5. The prohibitions in sections 1 and 2 of this 
                order 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. 6. (a) Any transaction by a United States person 
                or within the United States 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 sections 1 or 2 of this order shall 
                prohibit transactions for the conduct of the official 
                business of the Federal 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 ``Government of Syria'' means the 
                Government of the Syrian Arab Republic, its agencies, 
                instrumentalities, and controlled entities.

                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 13338 and expanded in scope in 
                Executive Order 13572, there need be no prior notice of 
                a listing or determination made pursuant to section 1 
                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

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                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 12:01 a.m. eastern 
                daylight time on August 18, 2011.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    August 17, 2011.

[FR Doc. 2011-21505
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