Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 39947-39951 [2014-16360]

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 132 (Thursday, July 10, 2014)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 39947-39951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-16360]



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Vol. 79

Thursday,

No. 132

July 10, 2014

Part VI





The President





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Executive Order 13671--Taking Additional Steps to Address the National 
Emergency With Respect to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of 
the Congo


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 79 , No. 132 / Thursday, July 10, 2014 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Executive Order 13671 of July 8, 2014

                
Taking Additional Steps to Address the National 
                Emergency With Respect to the Conflict in the 
                Democratic Republic of the Congo

                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 5 of the United Nations Participation Act (22 
                U.S.C. 287c) (UNPA), 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 deal with 
                the national emergency with respect to the situation in 
                or in relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo 
                declared in Executive Order 13413 of October 27, 2006, 
                in view of multiple United Nations Security Council 
                Resolutions including, most recently, Resolution 2136 
                of January 30, 2014, and in light of the continuation 
                of activities that threaten the peace, security, or 
                stability of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and 
                the surrounding region, including operations by armed 
                groups, widespread violence and atrocities, human 
                rights abuses, recruitment and use of child soldiers, 
                attacks on peacekeepers, obstruction of humanitarian 
                operations, and exploitation of natural resources to 
                finance persons engaged in these activities, hereby 
                order:

                Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 1 of Executive 
                Order 13413 is hereby amended to read as follows:

                    ``(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:

(i) the persons listed in the Annex to this order; and

(ii) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State:

  (A) to be a political or military leader of a foreign armed group 
operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that impedes the 
disarmament, demobilization, voluntary repatriation, resettlement, or 
reintegration of combatants;

  (B) to be a political or military leader of a Congolese armed group that 
impedes the disarmament, demobilization, voluntary repatriation, 
resettlement, or reintegration of combatants;

  (C) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged in, 
directly or indirectly, any of the following in or in relation to the 
Democratic Republic of the Congo:

(1) actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, or stability of 
the Democratic Republic of the Congo;

(2) actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions 
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;

(3) 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

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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;

(4) the use or recruitment of children by armed groups or armed forces in 
the context of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;

(5) the obstruction of the delivery or distribution of, or access to, 
humanitarian assistance;

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

(7) support to persons, including armed groups, involved in activities that 
threaten the peace, security, or stability of the Democratic Republic of 
the Congo or that undermine democratic processes or institutions in the 
Democratic Republic of the Congo, through the illicit trade in natural 
resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo;

  (D) except where intended for the authorized support of humanitarian 
activities or the authorized use by or support of peacekeeping, 
international, or government forces, to have directly or indirectly 
supplied, sold, or transferred to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or 
been the recipient in the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 
of, arms and related materiel, including military aircraft and equipment, 
or advice, training, or assistance, including financing and financial 
assistance, related to military activities;

  (E) to be a leader of (i) an entity, including any armed group, that has, 
or whose members have, engaged in any of the activities described in 
subsections (a)(ii)(A) through (a)(ii)(D) of this section or (ii) an entity 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this 
order;

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

  (G) 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. New subsection (d) is hereby added to section 1 
                of Executive Order 13413 to read as follows:

                    ``(d) 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. Section 2 of Executive Order 13413 is hereby 
                amended to read as follows:

                    ``Sec. 2. (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. 4. 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 and the UNPA, as may be 
                necessary to carry out the purposes of this order and 
                Executive Order 13413, as amended by 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.

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                Sec. 5. 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 and Executive Order 13413, as amended by 
                this order.

                Sec. 6. 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,

                    July 8, 2014.

[FR Doc. 2014-16360
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