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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
This document contains
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9613, which was published in the
Federal Register on Wednesday,
February 27, 2013. Treasury Decision
9623 contains final regulations under
section 6654 of the Internal Revenue
Code relating to reduced estimated
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individuals with small business income
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beginning before or after 2009.
DATES: This correction is effective on
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or after February 27, 2013.
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Administration), (202) 317–3600 (not a
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31 CFR Part 591
AGENCY:
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 3801–3813; 7 CFR
2.22, 2.80, and 371.4.
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SUMMARY:
Background
The final regulations (TD 9613) that
are the subject of this correction are
issued under section 6654 of the
Internal Revenue Code.
Need for Correction
As published February 27, 2013 (78
FR 13221), the final regulations (TD
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Venezuela 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
Venezuela Sanctions Regulations to
incorporate additional Executive orders,
add a general license authorizing U.S.
Government activities, and add an
interpretive provision.
DATES: Effective Date: November 22,
2019.
SUMMARY:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OFAC: Assistant Director for Licensing,
202–622–2480; Assistant Director for
Regulatory Affairs, 202–622–4855; or
Assistant Director for Sanctions
Compliance & Evaluation, 202–622–
2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
This document and additional
information concerning OFAC are
available on OFAC’s website
(www.treasury.gov/ofac).
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Background
On July 10, 2015, OFAC issued the
Venezuela Sanctions Regulations, 31
CFR part 591 (the ‘‘Regulations’’) (80 FR
39676, July 10, 2015) to implement the
Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and
Civil Society Act of 2014 (Pub. L. 113–
278) and Executive Order 13692 of
March 8, 2015 (‘‘Blocking Property and
Suspending Entry of Certain Persons
Contributing to the Situation in
Venezuela’’) (E.O. 13692). The
Regulations were published in
abbreviated form for the purpose of
providing immediate guidance to the
public. Since then, the President has
issued six additional Executive orders
pursuant to the national emergency
declared in E.O. 13692: Executive Order
13808 of August 24, 2017 (‘‘Imposing
Additional Sanctions With Respect to
the Situation in Venezuela’’) (82 FR
41155, August 29, 2017); Executive
Order 13827 of March 19, 2018 (‘‘Taking
Additional Steps to Address the
Situation in Venezuela’’) (83 FR 12469,
March 21, 2018); Executive Order 13835
of May 21, 2018 (‘‘Prohibiting Certain
Additional Transactions With Respect
to Venezuela’’) (83 FR 24001, May 24,
2018); Executive Order 13850 of
November 1, 2018 (‘‘Blocking Property
of Additional Persons Contributing to
the Situation in Venezuela’’) (83 FR
55243, November 2, 2018); Executive
Order 13857 of January 25, 2019
(‘‘Taking Additional Steps To Address
the National Emergency With Respect to
Venezuela’’) (84 FR 509, January 30,
2019); and Executive Order 13884 of
August 5, 2019 (‘‘Blocking Property of
the Government of Venezuela’’) (84 FR
38843, August 7, 2019).
In subpart B of the Regulations, OFAC
is expanding existing § 591.201 to
specify that the prohibitions in that
section include all transactions
prohibited pursuant to E.O. 13692 of
March 8, 2015 or any further Executive
order issued pursuant to the national
emergency declared in E.O. 13692. In
subpart C of the Regulations, OFAC is
making a technical amendment to the
definition of financial, material, or
technological support at § 591.304 to
reflect the changes being made to
§ 591.201.
OFAC also is incorporating a general
license into subpart E that was
previously posted only on OFAC’s
website. This general license, which is
being added as new § 591.509,
authorizes the U.S. Government to
engage in certain activities related to
Venezuela. OFAC is adding a new
interpretative provision at § 591.407
regarding settlement agreements and the
enforcement of liens, judgments, arbitral
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awards, decrees, or other orders through
execution, garnishment, or other
judicial process. This interpretive
provision clarifies that, notwithstanding
the existence of any general license
issued under 31 CFR part 591, or issued
under any Executive order issued
pursuant to the national emergency
declared in E.O. 13692, the entry into a
settlement agreement or the
enforcement of any lien, judgment,
arbitral award, decree, or other order
through execution, garnishment, or
other judicial process purporting to
transfer or otherwise alter or affect
property or interests in property blocked
pursuant to § 591.201 is prohibited
unless authorized pursuant to a specific
license issued by OFAC. Finally, OFAC
is making certain technical and
conforming edits.
OFAC intends to supplement part 591
with a more comprehensive set of
regulations, which may include
additional interpretive and definitional
guidance and additional general
licenses and statements of licensing
policy.
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 591
Administrative practice and
procedure, Banks, Banking, Blocking of
assets, Legal services, Penalties,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sanctions.
For the reasons set forth in the
preamble, the Department of the
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
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Control amends 31 CFR chapter V as
follows:
PART 591—VENEZUELA SANCTIONS
REGULATIONS
1. The authority citation for part 591
is revised to read as follows:
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Authority: 3 U.S.C. 301; 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 (50 U.S.C.
1705 note); Pub. L. 113–278, 128 Stat. 3011
(50 U.S.C. 1701 note); E.O. 13692, 80 FR
12747, March 11, 2015, 3 CFR, 2015 Comp.,
p. 276; E.O. 13808, 82 FR 41155, August 29,
2017, 3 CFR, 2017 Comp., p. 377; E.O. 13827,
83 FR 12469, March 21, 2018, 3 CFR, 2018
Comp., p. 794; E.O. 13835, 83 FR 24001, May
24, 2018, 3 CFR, 2018 Comp., p. 817; E.O.
13850, 83 FR 55243, November 2, 2018, 3
CFR, 2018 Comp., p. 881; E.O. 13857, 84 FR
509, January 30, 2019; E.O. 13884, 84 FR
38843, August 7, 2019.
Subpart B—Prohibitions
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2. Revise § 591.201 to read as follows:
§ 591.201
Prohibited transactions.
All transactions prohibited pursuant
to Executive Order 13692 of March 8,
2015, or any further Executive orders
issued pursuant to the national
emergency declared in Executive Order
13692, are prohibited pursuant to this
part.
Note 1 to § 591.201: The names of persons
designated pursuant to Executive Order
13692, or pursuant to any further Executive
orders issued pursuant to the national
emergency declared in Executive Order
13692, whose property and interests in
property therefore are blocked pursuant to
this section, are published in the Federal
Register and incorporated into OFAC’s
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked
Persons List (SDN List) using the identifier
formulation ‘‘[VENEZEULA–E.O. [E.O.
number pursuant to which the person’s
property and interests in property are
blocked]].’’ The SDN List is accessible
through the following page on OFAC’s
website: www.treasury.gov/sdn. Additional
information pertaining to the SDN List can be
found in appendix A to this chapter. See
§ 591.406 concerning entities that may not be
listed on the SDN List but whose property
and interests in property are nevertheless
blocked pursuant to this section.
Note 2 to § 591.201: The International
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
1701–1706), in Section 203 (50 U.S.C. 1702),
authorizes the blocking of property and
interests in property of a person during the
pendency of an investigation. The names of
persons whose property and interests in
property are blocked pending investigation
pursuant to this section also are published in
the Federal Register and incorporated into
the SDN List using the identifier formulation
‘‘[BPI–VENEZEULA–E.O. [E.O. number
pursuant to which the person’s property and
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interests in property are blocked pending
investigation]].’’
§ 591.509 Official business of the United
States Government.
Note 3 to § 591.201: Sections 501.806 and
501.807 of this chapter describe the
procedures to be followed by persons
seeking, respectively, the unblocking of
funds that they believe were blocked due to
mistaken identity, or administrative
reconsideration of their status as persons
whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to this section.
Subpart C—General Definitions
§ 591.304
[Amended]
3. In § 591.304, remove the text ‘‘, as
used in Executive Order 13692 of March
8, 2015,’’.
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Subpart D—Interpretations
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All transactions that are for the
conduct of the official business of the
United States Government by
employees, grantees, or contractors
thereof are authorized.
Note 1 to § 591.509: For additional
information regarding requirements relating
to the entry into a settlement agreement or
the enforcement of any lien, judgment,
arbitral award, decree, or other order through
execution, garnishment, or other judicial
process purporting to transfer or otherwise
alter or affect property or interests in
property blocked pursuant to § 591.201, see
§ 591.407.
Subpart H—Procedures
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9. Revise § 591.802 to read as follows:
§ 591.802 Delegation of certain authorities
of the Secretary of the Treasury.
4. Add § 591.407 to read as follows:
§ 591.407 Settlement agreements and
enforcement of certain orders through
judicial process.
Notwithstanding the existence of any
general license issued under this part, or
issued under any Executive order issued
pursuant to the national emergency
declared in E.O. 13692, the entry into a
settlement agreement or the
enforcement of any lien, judgment,
arbitral award, decree, or other order
through execution, garnishment, or
other judicial process purporting to
transfer or otherwise alter or affect
property or interests in property blocked
pursuant to § 591.201, as referenced in
§ 591.506(c), is prohibited unless
authorized pursuant to a specific license
issued by OFAC pursuant to this part.
Subpart E—Licenses, Authorizations,
and Statements of Licensing Policy
Any action that the Secretary of the
Treasury is authorized to take pursuant
to Executive Order 13692 of March 8,
2015, Executive Order 13808 of August
24, 2017, Executive Order 13827 of
March 19, 2018, Executive Order 13835
of May 21, 2018, Executive Order 13850
of November 1, 2018, Executive Order
13857 of January 25, 2019, Executive
Order 13884 of August 5, 2019, and any
further Executive orders issued
pursuant to the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13692 of
March 8, 2015, may be taken by the
Director of OFAC or by any other person
to whom the Secretary of the Treasury
has delegated authority so to act.
Dated: November 18, 2019.
Andrea Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
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§ 591.506
[Amended]
5. In § 591.506(a), (b), and (c), remove
the text ‘‘or any further Executive orders
relating to the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13692 of
March 8, 2015.’’
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§ 591.507
Coast Guard
33 CFR Part 117
[Amended]
6. In § 591.507(a) and the note to
paragraph (a), remove the text ‘‘or any
further Executive orders relating to the
national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13692 of March 8,
2015.’’
[Docket No. USCG–2019–0120]
§ 591.508
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7. In § 591.508, remove the text ‘‘or
any further Executive orders relating to
the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13692 of March 8,
2015.’’
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8. Add § 591.509 to read as follows:
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Drawbridge Operation Regulation;
River Rouge, Detroit, MI
Coast Guard, DHS.
Final rule.
AGENCY:
The Coast Guard is
authorizing the Conrail Railroad Bridge,
mile 1.48, across the River Rouge, to be
operated remotely.
DATES: This rule is effective December
23, 2019.
SUMMARY:
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To view documents
mentioned in this preamble as being
available in the docket, go to https://
www.regulations.gov. Type USCG–
2019–0120 in the ‘‘SEARCH’’ box and
click ‘‘SEARCH.’’ Click on Open Docket
Folder on the line associated with this
rulemaking.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If
you have questions on this rule, call or
email Mr. Lee D. Soule, Bridge
Management Specialist, Ninth Coast
Guard District; telephone 216–902–
6085, email Lee.D.Soule@uscg.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
I. Table of Abbreviations
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
DHS Department of Homeland Security
FR Federal Register
IGLD85 International Great Lakes Datum of
1985
LWD Low Water Datum based on IGLD 85
OMB Office of Management and Budget
NPRM Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
(Advance, Supplemental)
§ Section
U.S.C. United States Code
II. Background Information and
Regulatory History
On March 28, 2019, we published a
NPRM entitled ‘‘Drawbridge Operation
Regulation; River Rouge, Detroit, MI’’ in
the Federal Register (84 FR 11694). We
received no comments on this rule.
III. Legal Authority and Need for Rule
The Coast Guard is issuing this rule
under authority 33 U.S.C. 499.
Conrail Railroad Bridge, mile 1.48,
across the River Rouge is a single leaf
bascule bridge. A horizontal navigation
clearance of 123 feet is available. Eight
feet of vertical clearance, referred to
LWD is available in the closed position.
The Conrail Bridge is advertised as
having unlimited clearance in the open
position; however, the tip of the bridge
leaf does encroach slightly into the
northern boundary of the navigation
channel. The Federal Channel has a
bend in the river immediately west of
the Conrail Bridge. Because of this bend
most large commercial vessels will not
enter the river unless they have
conformation that this bridge is opened.
The Rouge River is primarily used by
commercial vessels.
IV. Discussion of Comments, Changes
and the Final Rule
The Coast Guard provided a comment
period of 180 days and no comments
were received. We did not make any
changes to regulatory language.
V. Regulatory Analyses
We developed this rule after
considering numerous statutes and
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
31 CFR Part 591
Venezuela 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 Venezuela Sanctions Regulations to
incorporate additional Executive orders, add a general license
authorizing U.S. Government activities, and add an interpretive
provision.
DATES: Effective Date: November 22, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Assistant Director for
Licensing, 202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs,
202-622-4855; or Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance &
Evaluation, 202-622-2490.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic Availability
This document and additional information concerning OFAC are
available on OFAC's website (www.treasury.gov/ofac).
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Background
On July 10, 2015, OFAC issued the Venezuela Sanctions Regulations,
31 CFR part 591 (the ``Regulations'') (80 FR 39676, July 10, 2015) to
implement the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act
of 2014 (Pub. L. 113-278) and Executive Order 13692 of March 8, 2015
(``Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons
Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela'') (E.O. 13692). The
Regulations were published in abbreviated form for the purpose of
providing immediate guidance to the public. Since then, the President
has issued six additional Executive orders pursuant to the national
emergency declared in E.O. 13692: Executive Order 13808 of August 24,
2017 (``Imposing Additional Sanctions With Respect to the Situation in
Venezuela'') (82 FR 41155, August 29, 2017); Executive Order 13827 of
March 19, 2018 (``Taking Additional Steps to Address the Situation in
Venezuela'') (83 FR 12469, March 21, 2018); Executive Order 13835 of
May 21, 2018 (``Prohibiting Certain Additional Transactions With
Respect to Venezuela'') (83 FR 24001, May 24, 2018); Executive Order
13850 of November 1, 2018 (``Blocking Property of Additional Persons
Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela'') (83 FR 55243, November 2,
2018); Executive Order 13857 of January 25, 2019 (``Taking Additional
Steps To Address the National Emergency With Respect to Venezuela'')
(84 FR 509, January 30, 2019); and Executive Order 13884 of August 5,
2019 (``Blocking Property of the Government of Venezuela'') (84 FR
38843, August 7, 2019).
In subpart B of the Regulations, OFAC is expanding existing Sec.
591.201 to specify that the prohibitions in that section include all
transactions prohibited pursuant to E.O. 13692 of March 8, 2015 or any
further Executive order issued pursuant to the national emergency
declared in E.O. 13692. In subpart C of the Regulations, OFAC is making
a technical amendment to the definition of financial, material, or
technological support at Sec. 591.304 to reflect the changes being
made to Sec. 591.201.
OFAC also is incorporating a general license into subpart E that
was previously posted only on OFAC's website. This general license,
which is being added as new Sec. 591.509, authorizes the U.S.
Government to engage in certain activities related to Venezuela. OFAC
is adding a new interpretative provision at Sec. 591.407 regarding
settlement agreements and the enforcement of liens, judgments, arbitral
awards, decrees, or other orders through execution, garnishment, or
other judicial process. This interpretive provision clarifies that,
notwithstanding the existence of any general license issued under 31
CFR part 591, or issued under any Executive order issued pursuant to
the national emergency declared in E.O. 13692, the entry into a
settlement agreement or the enforcement of any lien, judgment, arbitral
award, decree, or other order through execution, garnishment, or other
judicial process purporting to transfer or otherwise alter or affect
property or interests in property blocked pursuant to Sec. 591.201 is
prohibited unless authorized pursuant to a specific license issued by
OFAC. Finally, OFAC is making certain technical and conforming edits.
OFAC intends to supplement part 591 with a more comprehensive set
of regulations, which may include additional interpretive and
definitional guidance and additional general licenses and statements of
licensing policy.
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 591
Administrative practice and procedure, Banks, Banking, Blocking of
assets, Legal services, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sanctions.
For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Department of the
Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control amends 31 CFR chapter V as
follows:
PART 591--VENEZUELA SANCTIONS REGULATIONS
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1. The authority citation for part 591 is revised to read as follows:
Authority: 3 U.S.C. 301; 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 (50 U.S.C. 1705 note); Pub. L. 113-
278, 128 Stat. 3011 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note); E.O. 13692, 80 FR 12747,
March 11, 2015, 3 CFR, 2015 Comp., p. 276; E.O. 13808, 82 FR 41155,
August 29, 2017, 3 CFR, 2017 Comp., p. 377; E.O. 13827, 83 FR 12469,
March 21, 2018, 3 CFR, 2018 Comp., p. 794; E.O. 13835, 83 FR 24001,
May 24, 2018, 3 CFR, 2018 Comp., p. 817; E.O. 13850, 83 FR 55243,
November 2, 2018, 3 CFR, 2018 Comp., p. 881; E.O. 13857, 84 FR 509,
January 30, 2019; E.O. 13884, 84 FR 38843, August 7, 2019.
Subpart B--Prohibitions
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2. Revise Sec. 591.201 to read as follows:
Sec. 591.201 Prohibited transactions.
All transactions prohibited pursuant to Executive Order 13692 of
March 8, 2015, or any further Executive orders issued pursuant to the
national emergency declared in Executive Order 13692, are prohibited
pursuant to this part.
Note 1 to Sec. 591.201: The names of persons designated
pursuant to Executive Order 13692, or pursuant to any further
Executive orders issued pursuant to the national emergency declared
in Executive Order 13692, whose property and interests in property
therefore are blocked pursuant to this section, are published in the
Federal Register and incorporated into OFAC's Specially Designated
Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List) using the identifier
formulation ``[VENEZEULA-E.O. [E.O. number pursuant to which the
person's property and interests in property are blocked]].'' The SDN
List is accessible through the following page on OFAC's website:
www.treasury.gov/sdn. Additional information pertaining to the SDN
List can be found in appendix A to this chapter. See Sec. 591.406
concerning entities that may not be listed on the SDN List but whose
property and interests in property are nevertheless blocked pursuant
to this section.
Note 2 to Sec. 591.201: The International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706), in Section 203 (50 U.S.C. 1702),
authorizes the blocking of property and interests in property of a
person during the pendency of an investigation. The names of persons
whose property and interests in property are blocked pending
investigation pursuant to this section also are published in the
Federal Register and incorporated into the SDN List using the
identifier formulation ``[BPI-VENEZEULA-E.O. [E.O. number pursuant
to which the person's property and
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interests in property are blocked pending investigation]].''
Note 3 to Sec. 591.201: Sections 501.806 and 501.807 of this
chapter describe the procedures to be followed by persons seeking,
respectively, the unblocking of funds that they believe were blocked
due to mistaken identity, or administrative reconsideration of their
status as persons whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to this section.
Subpart C--General Definitions
Sec. 591.304 [Amended]
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3. In Sec. 591.304, remove the text ``, as used in Executive Order
13692 of March 8, 2015,''.
Subpart D--Interpretations
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4. Add Sec. 591.407 to read as follows:
Sec. 591.407 Settlement agreements and enforcement of certain orders
through judicial process.
Notwithstanding the existence of any general license issued under
this part, or issued under any Executive order issued pursuant to the
national emergency declared in E.O. 13692, the entry into a settlement
agreement or the enforcement of any lien, judgment, arbitral award,
decree, or other order through execution, garnishment, or other
judicial process purporting to transfer or otherwise alter or affect
property or interests in property blocked pursuant to Sec. 591.201, as
referenced in Sec. 591.506(c), is prohibited unless authorized
pursuant to a specific license issued by OFAC pursuant to this part.
Subpart E--Licenses, Authorizations, and Statements of Licensing
Policy
Sec. 591.506 [Amended]
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5. In Sec. 591.506(a), (b), and (c), remove the text ``or any further
Executive orders relating to the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13692 of March 8, 2015.''
Sec. 591.507 [Amended]
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6. In Sec. 591.507(a) and the note to paragraph (a), remove the text
``or any further Executive orders relating to the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13692 of March 8, 2015.''
Sec. 591.508 [Amended]
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7. In Sec. 591.508, remove the text ``or any further Executive orders
relating to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13692 of
March 8, 2015.''
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8. Add Sec. 591.509 to read as follows:
Sec. 591.509 Official business of the United States Government.
All transactions that are for the conduct of the official business
of the United States Government by employees, grantees, or contractors
thereof are authorized.
Note 1 to Sec. 591.509: For additional information regarding
requirements relating to the entry into a settlement agreement or
the enforcement of any lien, judgment, arbitral award, decree, or
other order through execution, garnishment, or other judicial
process purporting to transfer or otherwise alter or affect property
or interests in property blocked pursuant to Sec. 591.201, see
Sec. 591.407.
Subpart H--Procedures
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9. Revise Sec. 591.802 to read as follows:
Sec. 591.802 Delegation of certain authorities of the Secretary of
the Treasury.
Any action that the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to take
pursuant to Executive Order 13692 of March 8, 2015, Executive Order
13808 of August 24, 2017, Executive Order 13827 of March 19, 2018,
Executive Order 13835 of May 21, 2018, Executive Order 13850 of
November 1, 2018, Executive Order 13857 of January 25, 2019, Executive
Order 13884 of August 5, 2019, and any further Executive orders issued
pursuant to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13692 of
March 8, 2015, may be taken by the Director of OFAC or by any other
person to whom the Secretary of the Treasury has delegated authority so
to act.
Dated: November 18, 2019.
Andrea Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2019-25343 Filed 11-21-19; 8:45 am]
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