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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
31 CFR Part 594
Global Terrorism Sanctions
Regulations
Office of Foreign Assets
Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is amending the Global
Terrorism Sanctions Regulations
pursuant to a provision of the
Countering America’s Adversaries
Through Sanctions Act of 2017. This
provision requires the imposition of
certain terrorism-related sanctions with
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respect to foreign persons that are
officials, agents, or affiliates of Iran’s
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
DATES: Effective: October 31, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The
Department of the Treasury’s Office of
Foreign Assets Control: Assistant
Director for Licensing, tel.: 202–622–
2480, Assistant Director for Regulatory
Affairs, tel.: 202–622–4855, Assistant
Director for Sanctions Compliance &
Evaluation, tel.: 202–622–2490; or the
Department of the Treasury’s Office of
the Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets
Control), Office of the General Counsel,
tel.: 202–622–2410.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
This document and additional
information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC’s Web site
(www.treasury.gov/ofac).
Background
On June 6, 2003, OFAC issued the
Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations,
31 CFR part 594 (the ‘‘Regulations’’) (68
FR 34196, June 6, 2003), to implement
Executive Order 13224 of September 23,
2001 (66 FR 49079, September 25, 2001)
(E.O. 13224). OFAC has amended the
Regulations on several occasions.
Today, OFAC is amending the
Regulations pursuant to section 105 of
the Countering America’s Adversaries
Through Sanctions Act of 2017, Public
Law 115–44, Aug. 2, 2017, 131 Stat. 886
(22 U.S.C. 9401 et seq.) (CAATSA).
CAATSA. The President signed
CAATSA into law on August 2, 2017.
Section 105 of CAATSA requires the
President to impose the sanctions
applicable with respect to a foreign
person pursuant to E.O. 13224 on Iran’s
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
(IRGC) and foreign persons that are
officials, agents, or affiliates of the IRGC.
Such sanctions must be imposed
beginning on the date that is 90 days
after enactment of CAATSA, which is
October 31, 2017. Section 111(b) of
CAATSA provides that the President
may exercise all authorities provided
under sections 203 and 205 of the
International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1702 and 1704)
to carry out the purposes of CAATSA.
Pursuant to Presidential
Memorandum of October 11, 2017:
Delegation of Certain Functions and
Authorities under the Countering
America’s Adversaries Through
Sanctions Act of 2017, the President
delegated to the Secretary of State and
the Secretary of the Treasury the
functions and authorities vested in the
President by section 105(b) of CAATSA
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to be exercised in consultation with
each other and commensurate with their
respective areas of responsibility set
forth in previous Presidential actions
under the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et
seq.), including E.O. 13224, and the
functions and authorities set forth in
section 111(b) of CAATSA to be
exercised commensurate with their
respective areas of responsibility set
forth in the delegation memorandum.
Sanctions applicable with respect to a
foreign person pursuant to E.O. 13224.
E.O. 13224 blocks and prohibits all
transactions in, with certain exceptions,
all property and interests in property of
foreign persons listed in the Annex to
E.O. 13224 or persons designated
pursuant to criteria set forth in that
order by the Secretary of State or the
Secretary of the Treasury. On October
13, 2017, OFAC designated the IRGC
pursuant to E.O. 13224 and consistent
with the CAATSA for its activities in
support of the IRGC-Qods Force (82 FR
48591, October 18, 2017), which was
designated pursuant to E.O. 13224 on
October 25, 2007 (72 FR 65837,
November 23, 2007).
Regulatory action. OFAC is taking this
regulatory action pursuant to section
105(b) of CAATSA to extend the
sanctions applicable pursuant to E.O.
13224 to foreign persons that are
officials, agents, or affiliates of the IRGC.
Subpart B of the Regulations currently
implements the prohibitions contained
in E.O. 13224. See, e.g., §§ 594.201 and
594.204. With this rule, OFAC is adding
§ 594.201(a)(5) to Subpart B of the
Regulations to include the following as
persons whose property and interests in
property are blocked pursuant to the
Regulations: Foreign persons that are
identified on the Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons List
(SDN List) maintained by OFAC as
officials, agents, or affiliates of the IRGC.
The names of persons whose property
and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to § 594.201(a) are published
in the Federal Register and
incorporated into OFAC’s SDN List with
the identifier ‘‘[SDGT].’’ Persons who
have been identified by OFAC as
officials, agents, or affiliates of the IRGC
are identified by a special reference to
the ‘‘IRGC’’ at the end of their entries on
the SDN List, in addition to the
reference to this part. For example, an
affiliate of the IRGC whose property and
interests in property are blocked
pursuant to this part will have the
program tags ‘‘[SDGT][IRGC]’’ at the end
of its entry on the SDN List. In addition,
OFAC is amending the delegation
provision in § 594.802.
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Public Participation
Because the Regulations involve a
foreign affairs function, the provisions
of Executive Order 12866 and the
Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.
553) requiring notice of proposed
rulemaking, opportunity for public
participation, and delay in effective
date, as well as the provisions of
Executive Order 13771, are
inapplicable. Because no notice of
proposed rulemaking is required for this
rule, the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601–612) does not apply.
Paperwork Reduction Act
The collections of information related
to the Regulations are contained in 31
CFR part 501 (the ‘‘Reporting,
Procedures and Penalties Regulations’’).
Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3507), those
collections of information have been
approved by the Office of Management
and Budget under control number 1505–
0164. An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information
unless the collection of information
displays a valid control number.
List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 594
Administrative practice and
procedure, Banks, Banking, Blocking of
assets, Credit, Penalties, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, Terrorism.
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, the Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
Control amends part 31 CFR part 594 to
read as follows:
PART 594—GLOBAL TERRORISM
SANCTIONS REGULATIONS
1. The authority citation for part 594
is revised to read as follows:
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Authority: 3 U.S.C. 301; 22 U.S.C. 287c;
31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50 U.S.C. 1601–1651, 1701–
1706; Pub. L. 101–410, 104 Stat. 890 (28
U.S.C. 2461 note); Pub. L. 110–96, 121 Stat.
1011; Pub. L. 115–44, 131 Stat. 886 (22 U.S.C.
9401 et seq.), E.O. 13224, 66 FR 49079, 3
CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 786; E.O. 13268, 67 FR
44751, 3 CFR, 2002 Comp., p. 240; E.O.
13284, 68 FR 4075, 3 CFR, 2003 Comp., p.
161; E.O. 13372, 70 FR 8499, 3 CFR, 2006
Comp., p. 159.
Subpart B—Prohibitions
2. Remove the word ‘‘or’’ at the end
of paragraph (a)(3); remove the period at
the end of paragraph (a)(4)(ii) and add
the text ‘‘; or’’ in its place; add new
paragraph (a)(5); and revise Note 2 to
paragraph (a) of § 594.201 to read as
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§ 594.201 Prohibited transactions
involving blocked property.
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(5) Foreign persons that are identified
on the Specially Designated Nationals
and Blocked Persons List (SDN List)
maintained by the Office of Foreign
Assets Control as officials, agents, or
affiliates of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary
Guard Corps (IRGC).
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Note 2 to paragraph (a) of § 594.201: The
names of persons whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to
§ 594.201(a) are published in the Federal
Register and incorporated into the Office of
Foreign Assets Control’s SDN List with the
identifier ‘‘[SDGT].’’ Persons who have been
identified by the Office of Foreign Assets
Control as officials, agents, or affiliates of the
IRGC are identified by a special reference to
the ‘‘IRGC’’ at the end of their entries on the
SDN List, in addition to the reference to this
part. For example, an affiliate of the IRGC
whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to this part will have the
program tags ‘‘[SDGT] [IRGC]’’ at the end of
its entry on the SDN List. The SDN List is
accessible through the following page on the
Office of Foreign Assets Control’s Web site:
https://www.treasury.gov/sdn. Additional
information pertaining to the SDN List can be
found in appendix A to this chapter. See
§ 594.412 concerning entities that may not be
listed on the SDN List but whose property
and interests in property are nevertheless
blocked pursuant to paragraph (a) of this
section.
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Subpart H—Procedures
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3. Revise § 594.802 to read as follows:
§ 594.802 Delegation by the Secretary of
the Treasury.
Any action that the Secretary of the
Treasury is authorized to take pursuant
to Executive Order 13224 of September
23, 2001, and any further Executive
orders relating to the national
emergency declared therein, and any
action that the Secretary of the Treasury
is authorized to take pursuant to
Presidential Memorandum of October
11, 2017: Delegation of Certain
Functions and Authorities under the
Countering America’s Adversaries
Through Sanctions Act of 2017 or any
further Presidential action relating to
Title I of the Countering America’s
Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of
2017 (Pub. L. 115–44), may be taken by
the Director of the Office of Foreign
Assets Control or by any other person to
whom the Secretary of the Treasury has
delegated authority so to act.
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Dated: October 23, 2017.
John E. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: October 24, 2017.
Sigal P. Mandelker,
Under Secretary, Office of Terrorism and
Financial Intelligence, Department of the
Treasury.
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SECURITY
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[Docket No. USCG–2017–1012]
Drawbridge Operation Regulation;
China Basin, San Francisco, CA
Coast Guard, DHS.
ACTION: Notice of deviation from
drawbridge regulation.
AGENCY:
The Coast Guard has issued a
temporary deviation from the operating
schedule that governs the 3rd Street
Drawbridge across China Basin, mile 0.0
at San Francisco, CA. The deviation is
necessary to allow participants to cross
the bridge during the Leukemia
Lymphoma Society Light the Night
Walk. This deviation allows the bridge
to remain in the closed-to-navigation
position during the deviation period.
DATES: This deviation is effective from
6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on November 16, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The docket for this
deviation, USCG–2017–1012, is
available at https://www.regulations.gov.
Type the docket number in the
‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click ‘‘SEARCH.’’
Click on Open Docket Folder on the line
associated with this deviation.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on this temporary
deviation, call or email Carl T. Hausner,
Chief, Bridge Section, Eleventh Coast
Guard District; telephone 510–437–
3516; email Carl.T.Hausner@uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The City
of San Francisco has requested a
temporary change to the operation of the
3rd Street Drawbridge over China Basin,
mile 0.0, at San Francisco, CA. The
drawbridge navigation span provides a
vertical clearance of 3 feet above Mean
High Water in the closed-to-navigation
position. The draw opens on signal if at
least one hour notice is given, as
required by 33 CFR 117.149. Navigation
on the waterway is recreational.
The drawspan will be secured in the
closed-to-navigation position from 6
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p.m. to 9 p.m. on November 16, 2017,
to allow participants to cross the bridge
during the Leukemia Lymphoma
Society Light the Night Walk. This
temporary deviation has been
coordinated with the waterway users.
No objections to the proposed
temporary deviation were raised.
Vessels able to pass through the
bridge in the closed position may do so
at anytime. The bridge will be able to
open for emergencies and there is no
immediate alternate route for vessels to
pass. The Coast Guard will also inform
the users of the waterway through our
Local and Broadcast Notices to Mariners
of the change in operating schedule for
the bridge so that vessel operators can
arrange their transits to minimize any
impact caused by the temporary
deviation.
In accordance with 33 CFR 117.35(e),
the drawbridge must return to its regular
operating schedule immediately at the
end of the effective period of this
temporary deviation. This deviation
from the operating regulations is
authorized under 33 CFR 117.35.
Dated: October 25, 2017.
Carl T. Hausner,
District Bridge Chief, Eleventh Coast Guard
District.
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Safety Zone, Savannah River,
Savannah, GA
Coast Guard, DHS.
Temporary final rule.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Coast Guard is
establishing a temporary safety zone for
navigable waters on the Savannah River
in Savannah, GA from statute mile 13 to
statute mile 15. The safety zone is
needed to protect personnel, vessels,
and the marine environment from
potential hazards created by a boat
parade. Entry of vessels or persons into
this zone is prohibited unless
specifically authorized by the Captain of
the Port (COTP) Savannah or a
designated representative.
DATES: This rule is effective from 4 p.m.
to 11 p.m. on November 25, 2017.
ADDRESSES: To view documents
mentioned in this preamble as being
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available in the docket, go to https://
www.regulations.gov, type USCG–2017–
0973 in the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and click
‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on Open Docket
Folder on the line associated with this
rule.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on this rule, call or
email MST2 Adam White, Marine Safety
Unit Savannah Office of Waterways
Management, Coast Guard; telephone
912–652–4353, extension 233, or email
Adam.C.White@uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Table of Abbreviations
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
DHS Department of Homeland Security
FR Federal Register
NPRM Notice of proposed rulemaking
§ Section
U.S.C. United States Code
II. Background Information and
Regulatory History
The Coast Guard is issuing this
temporary rule without prior notice and
opportunity to comment pursuant to
authority under section 4(a) of the
Administrative Procedure Act (APA) (5
U.S.C. 553(b)). This provision
authorizes an agency to issue a rule
without prior notice and opportunity to
comment when the agency for good
cause finds that those procedures are
‘‘impracticable, unnecessary, or contrary
to the public interest.’’ Under 5 U.S.C.
553(b)(B), the Coast Guard finds that
good cause exists for not publishing a
notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)
with respect to this rule because doing
so would be impracticable and contrary
to the public interest. Immediate action
is needed to respond to the potential
safety hazards associated with a boat
parade. The Coast Guard received
information on October 5, 2017
regarding the operations beginning on
November 25, 2017. The operation
would begin before the rulemaking
process would be completed. Because of
the dangers posed by the parade, the
safety zone is necessary to provide for
the safety of persons, vessels, and the
marine environment in the event area.
Therefore, it is impracticable and
contrary to the public interest to delay
promulgating this rule, as it is necessary
to protect the safety of waterway users.
Under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), the Coast
Guard finds that good cause exists for
making this rule effective less than 30
days after publication in the Federal
Register. Delaying the effective date of
this rule would be impracticable
because immediate action is needed to
respond to the potential safety hazards
associated with the boat parade.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
31 CFR Part 594
Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) is amending the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations
pursuant to a provision of the Countering America's Adversaries Through
Sanctions Act of 2017. This provision requires the imposition of
certain terrorism-related sanctions with respect to foreign persons
that are officials, agents, or affiliates of Iran's Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps.
DATES: Effective: October 31, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Department of the Treasury's
Office of Foreign Assets Control: Assistant Director for Licensing,
tel.: 202-622-2480, Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel.:
202-622-4855, Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation,
tel.: 202-622-2490; or the Department of the Treasury's Office of the
Chief Counsel (Foreign Assets Control), Office of the General Counsel,
tel.: 202-622-2410.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
This document and additional information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC's Web site (www.treasury.gov/ofac).
Background
On June 6, 2003, OFAC issued the Global Terrorism Sanctions
Regulations, 31 CFR part 594 (the ``Regulations'') (68 FR 34196, June
6, 2003), to implement Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 (66
FR 49079, September 25, 2001) (E.O. 13224). OFAC has amended the
Regulations on several occasions. Today, OFAC is amending the
Regulations pursuant to section 105 of the Countering America's
Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017, Public Law 115-44, Aug. 2,
2017, 131 Stat. 886 (22 U.S.C. 9401 et seq.) (CAATSA).
CAATSA. The President signed CAATSA into law on August 2, 2017.
Section 105 of CAATSA requires the President to impose the sanctions
applicable with respect to a foreign person pursuant to E.O. 13224 on
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and foreign persons
that are officials, agents, or affiliates of the IRGC. Such sanctions
must be imposed beginning on the date that is 90 days after enactment
of CAATSA, which is October 31, 2017. Section 111(b) of CAATSA provides
that the President may exercise all authorities provided under sections
203 and 205 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1702 and 1704) to carry out the purposes of CAATSA.
Pursuant to Presidential Memorandum of October 11, 2017: Delegation
of Certain Functions and Authorities under the Countering America's
Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017, the President delegated to
the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury the functions
and authorities vested in the President by section 105(b) of CAATSA
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to be exercised in consultation with each other and commensurate with
their respective areas of responsibility set forth in previous
Presidential actions under the International Emergency Economic Powers
Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), including E.O. 13224, and the functions
and authorities set forth in section 111(b) of CAATSA to be exercised
commensurate with their respective areas of responsibility set forth in
the delegation memorandum.
Sanctions applicable with respect to a foreign person pursuant to
E.O. 13224. E.O. 13224 blocks and prohibits all transactions in, with
certain exceptions, all property and interests in property of foreign
persons listed in the Annex to E.O. 13224 or persons designated
pursuant to criteria set forth in that order by the Secretary of State
or the Secretary of the Treasury. On October 13, 2017, OFAC designated
the IRGC pursuant to E.O. 13224 and consistent with the CAATSA for its
activities in support of the IRGC-Qods Force (82 FR 48591, October 18,
2017), which was designated pursuant to E.O. 13224 on October 25, 2007
(72 FR 65837, November 23, 2007).
Regulatory action. OFAC is taking this regulatory action pursuant
to section 105(b) of CAATSA to extend the sanctions applicable pursuant
to E.O. 13224 to foreign persons that are officials, agents, or
affiliates of the IRGC. Subpart B of the Regulations currently
implements the prohibitions contained in E.O. 13224. See, e.g.,
Sec. Sec. 594.201 and 594.204. With this rule, OFAC is adding Sec.
594.201(a)(5) to Subpart B of the Regulations to include the following
as persons whose property and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to the Regulations: Foreign persons that are identified on the
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List)
maintained by OFAC as officials, agents, or affiliates of the IRGC.
The names of persons whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to Sec. 594.201(a) are published in the Federal
Register and incorporated into OFAC's SDN List with the identifier
``[SDGT].'' Persons who have been identified by OFAC as officials,
agents, or affiliates of the IRGC are identified by a special reference
to the ``IRGC'' at the end of their entries on the SDN List, in
addition to the reference to this part. For example, an affiliate of
the IRGC whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant
to this part will have the program tags ``[SDGT][IRGC]'' at the end of
its entry on the SDN List. In addition, OFAC is amending the delegation
provision in Sec. 594.802.
Public Participation
Because the Regulations involve a foreign affairs function, the
provisions of Executive Order 12866 and the Administrative Procedure
Act (5 U.S.C. 553) requiring notice of proposed rulemaking, opportunity
for public participation, and delay in effective date, as well as the
provisions of Executive Order 13771, are inapplicable. Because no
notice of proposed rulemaking is required for this rule, the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601-612) does not apply.
Paperwork Reduction Act
The collections of information related to the Regulations are
contained in 31 CFR part 501 (the ``Reporting, Procedures and Penalties
Regulations''). Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3507), those collections of information have been approved by
the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1505-0164. An
agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to
respond to, a collection of information unless the collection of
information displays a valid control number.
List of Subjects in 31 CFR Part 594
Administrative practice and procedure, Banks, Banking, Blocking of
assets, Credit, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements,
Terrorism.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Department of the
Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control amends part 31 CFR part 594
to read as follows:
PART 594--GLOBAL TERRORISM SANCTIONS REGULATIONS
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1. The authority citation for part 594 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 3 U.S.C. 301; 22 U.S.C. 287c; 31 U.S.C. 321(b); 50
U.S.C. 1601-1651, 1701-1706; Pub. L. 101-410, 104 Stat. 890 (28
U.S.C. 2461 note); Pub. L. 110-96, 121 Stat. 1011; Pub. L. 115-44,
131 Stat. 886 (22 U.S.C. 9401 et seq.), E.O. 13224, 66 FR 49079, 3
CFR, 2001 Comp., p. 786; E.O. 13268, 67 FR 44751, 3 CFR, 2002 Comp.,
p. 240; E.O. 13284, 68 FR 4075, 3 CFR, 2003 Comp., p. 161; E.O.
13372, 70 FR 8499, 3 CFR, 2006 Comp., p. 159.
Subpart B--Prohibitions
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2. Remove the word ``or'' at the end of paragraph (a)(3); remove the
period at the end of paragraph (a)(4)(ii) and add the text ``; or'' in
its place; add new paragraph (a)(5); and revise Note 2 to paragraph (a)
of Sec. 594.201 to read as follows:
Sec. 594.201 Prohibited transactions involving blocked property.
(a) * * *
(5) Foreign persons that are identified on the Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) maintained by the Office
of Foreign Assets Control as officials, agents, or affiliates of Iran's
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
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Note 2 to paragraph (a) of Sec. 594.201: The names of persons
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to
Sec. 594.201(a) are published in the Federal Register and
incorporated into the Office of Foreign Assets Control's SDN List
with the identifier ``[SDGT].'' Persons who have been identified by
the Office of Foreign Assets Control as officials, agents, or
affiliates of the IRGC are identified by a special reference to the
``IRGC'' at the end of their entries on the SDN List, in addition to
the reference to this part. For example, an affiliate of the IRGC
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to
this part will have the program tags ``[SDGT] [IRGC]'' at the end of
its entry on the SDN List. The SDN List is accessible through the
following page on the Office of Foreign Assets Control's Web site:
https://www.treasury.gov/sdn. Additional information pertaining to
the SDN List can be found in appendix A to this chapter. See Sec.
594.412 concerning entities that may not be listed on the SDN List
but whose property and interests in property are nevertheless
blocked pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section.
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Subpart H--Procedures
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3. Revise Sec. 594.802 to read as follows:
Sec. 594.802 Delegation by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Any action that the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to take
pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, and any
further Executive orders relating to the national emergency declared
therein, and any action that the Secretary of the Treasury is
authorized to take pursuant to Presidential Memorandum of October 11,
2017: Delegation of Certain Functions and Authorities under the
Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 or any
further Presidential action relating to Title I of the Countering
America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 (Pub. L. 115-44),
may be taken by the Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control or
by any other person to whom the Secretary of the Treasury has delegated
authority so to act.
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Dated: October 23, 2017.
John E. Smith,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
Dated: October 24, 2017.
Sigal P. Mandelker,
Under Secretary, Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence,
Department of the Treasury.
[FR Doc. 2017-23433 Filed 10-30-17; 8:45 am]
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