Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to South Sudan, 19281-19285 [2014-07895]

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 2014)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 19281-19285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-07895]



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Vol. 79

Monday,

No. 66

April 7, 2014

Part IV





The President





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Executive Order 13664--Blocking Property of Certain Persons With 
Respect to South Sudan


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 66 / Monday, April 7, 2014 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Executive Order 13664 of April 3, 2014

                
Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect 
                to South Sudan

                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.) 
                (NEA), 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, find that the situation in and in relation to 
                South Sudan, which has been marked by activities that 
                threaten the peace, security, or stability of South 
                Sudan and the surrounding region, including widespread 
                violence and atrocities, human rights abuses, 
                recruitment and use of child soldiers, attacks on 
                peacekeepers, and obstruction of humanitarian 
                operations, poses an unusual and extraordinary threat 
                to the national security and foreign policy of the 
                United States, and I hereby declare a national 
                emergency to deal with that threat. I 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 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 be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged in, directly 
or indirectly, any of the following in or in relation to South Sudan:

(A) actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, or stability of 
South Sudan;

(B) actions or policies that threaten transitional agreements or undermine 
democratic processes or institutions in South Sudan;

(C) actions or policies that have the purpose or effect of expanding or 
extending the conflict in South Sudan or obstructing reconciliation or 
peace talks or processes;

(D) the commission of human rights abuses against persons in South Sudan;

(E) the targeting of women, children, or any civilians through the 
commission of acts of violence (including killing, maiming, torture, or 
rape or other sexual violence), abduction, forced displacement, or attacks 
on schools, hospitals, religious sites, or locations where civilians are 
seeking refuge, or through conduct that would constitute a serious abuse or 
violation of human rights or a violation of international humanitarian law;

(F) the use or recruitment of children by armed groups or armed forces in 
the context of the conflict in South Sudan;

(G) the obstruction of the activities of international peacekeeping, 
diplomatic, or humanitarian missions in South Sudan, or of the delivery or 
distribution of, or access to, humanitarian assistance; or

(H) attacks against United Nations missions, international security 
presences, or other peacekeeping operations;

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(ii) to be a leader of (A) an entity, including any government, rebel 
militia, or other group, that has, or whose members have, engaged in any of 
the activities described in subsection (a)(i) of this section or (B) an 
entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 
this order;

(iii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, 
material, logistical, or technological support for, or goods or services in 
support of (A) any of the activities described in subsection (a)(i) of this 
section or (B) any person whose property and interests in property are 
blocked pursuant to this order; or

(iv) 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.

                    (b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this 
                section apply except to the extent provided in this 
                order and 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 date 
                of this order.

                Sec. 2. 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 
                this national emergency, and I hereby prohibit such 
                donations as provided by section 1 of this order.

                Sec. 3. 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. 4. 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 
                section 1(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. 5. (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. 6. 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; and
                    (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.

                Sec. 7. 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.

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                I therefore determine that for these measures to be 
                effective in addressing this national emergency, there 
                need be no prior notice of a listing or determination 
                made pursuant to section 1 of this order.

                Sec. 8. 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. 9. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
                with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to 
                submit the recurring and final reports to the Congress 
                on the national emergency declared in the order, 
                consistent with section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 
                1641(c)) and section 204(c) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 
                1703(c)).

                Sec. 10. 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.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    April 3, 2014.

[FR Doc. 2014-07895
Filed 4-4-14; 11:15 am]
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