Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations and Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, 61823-61825 [2020-21734]

Download as PDF jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 191 / Thursday, October 1, 2020 / Rules and Regulations criteria in section 1(a) of this order, as well as immediate family members of such aliens, or aliens determined by the Secretary of State to be employed by, or acting as an agent of, the ICC, would be detrimental to the interests of the United States, and the entry of such persons into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, is hereby suspended, except where the Secretary of State determines that the entry of the person into the United States would not be contrary to the interests of the United States, including when the Secretary so determines, based on a recommendation of the Attorney General, that the person’s entry would further important United States law enforcement objectives. In exercising this responsibility, the Secretary of State shall consult the Secretary of Homeland Security on matters related to admissibility or inadmissibility within the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security. 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). The Secretary of State shall have the responsibility for implementing this section pursuant to such conditions and procedures as the Secretary has established or may establish pursuant to Proclamation 8693. 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. Nothing in this order shall prohibit transactions for the conduct of the official business of the Federal Government by employees, grantees, or contractors thereof. Sec. 7. For the purposes of this order: (a) the term ‘‘person’’ means an individual or entity; (b) the term ‘‘entity’’ means a government or instrumentality of such government, partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization, including an international 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; (d) the term ‘‘United States personnel’’ means any current or former members of the Armed Forces of the United States, any current or former elected or appointed official of the United States Government, and any other person currently or formerly employed by or working on behalf of the United States Government; (e) the term ‘‘personnel of a country that is an ally of the United States’’ means any current or former military personnel, current or former elected or appointed official, or other person currently or formerly employed by or working on behalf of a government of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member country or a ‘‘major non-NATO VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:58 Sep 30, 2020 Jkt 253001 ally’’, as that term is defined by section 2013(7) of the American Service-Members’ Protection Act (22 U.S.C. 7432(7)); and (f) the term ‘‘immediate family member’’ means spouses and children. Sec. 8. 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 section 1 of this order would render those measures ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency declared in this order, there need be no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 1 of this order. Sec. 9. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including adopting rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to me by IEEPA as may be necessary to implement this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may, consistent with applicable law, redelegate any of these functions within the Department of the Treasury. All departments and agencies of the United States shall take all appropriate measures within their authority to implement this order. Sec. 10. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to submit recurring and final reports to the Congress on the national emergency declared in this 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. 11. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect: (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations. (c) 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. DONALD J. TRUMP THE WHITE HOUSE, June 11, 2020. [FR Doc. 2020–21688 Filed 9–30–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P Frm 00019 Fmt 4700 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Office of Foreign Assets Control 31 CFR Parts 544 and 560 Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations and Iranian Transactions and 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 Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations (WMD Regulations) to update a note to describe how persons designated pursuant to the WMD Regulations for North Korea-related activities are identified on OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List). Specifically, OFAC is amending the note to explain that SDN List entries for these designated persons will include additional information regarding certain risks associated with dealings with such persons. Separately, OFAC is amending the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations to refine the list of organizations whose activities are authorized under the general license for the official business of certain international organizations, and to make a technical correction. OFAC is also making technical edits to the authority citations in both sets of regulations to conform to Federal Register guidance. DATES: This rule is effective October 1, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Assistant Director for Licensing, tel.: 202–622–2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202–622– 4855; or Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202–622– 2490. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: Electronic Availability This document and additional information concerning OFAC are available on OFAC’s website (www.treasury.gov/ofac). Background Andrea Gacki, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. PO 00000 61823 Sfmt 4700 Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations On April 13, 2009, OFAC issued the Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 544 (74 FR 16771, April 13, 2009) (‘‘WMD Regulations’’), to implement Executive Order 13382 of E:\FR\FM\01OCR1.SGM 01OCR1 jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES 61824 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 191 / Thursday, October 1, 2020 / Rules and Regulations June 28, 2005 (‘‘Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters’’) (E.O. 13382). Note 1 to paragraph (a) of § 544.201 of the WMD Regulations states that the names of persons listed in or designated pursuant to E.O. 13382 will be incorporated into OFAC’s SDN List with the identifier ‘‘[NPWMD].’’ OFAC is amending this note to add text to explain that certain persons who are incorporated into OFAC’s SDN List pursuant to § 544.201(a) of the WMD Regulations for engaging in North Korea-related WMD activities will have additional information in their SDN List entries about relevant provisions under the North Korea Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 510 (NKSR). Specifically, engaging in certain transactions with persons blocked pursuant to § 544.201(a) in connection with North Korea-related WMD activities may result in the imposition of secondary sanctions, and therefore such blocked persons’ entries on the SDN List will also include the descriptive prefix text ‘‘Secondary sanctions risk:’’, followed by information about the applicable secondary sanctions authority. Additionally, pursuant to § 510.214 of the NKSR, persons owned or controlled by a U.S. financial institution are subject to certain prohibitions under the NKSR; as a result, the entries of certain persons blocked pursuant to § 544.201(a) of the WMD Regulations in connection with North-Korea related activities will also include the descriptive prefix text ‘‘Transactions Prohibited For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S. Financial Institutions:’’, followed by information about the applicable sanctions authority. Additionally, OFAC is amending the authority citation of the WMD Regulations to shorten citations to conform to Federal Register guidance. to the World Bank as the ‘‘World Bank Group.’’ OFAC is also correcting a sequencing error of two identically numbered paragraphs in the ITSR, at § 560.701(a)(3), by redesignating the second occurrence of § 560.701(a)(3) as § 560.701(a)(4), and modifying a crossreference accordingly. Finally, OFAC is amending the authority citation in the ITSR to shorten citations to conform to Federal Register guidance. Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations On October 22, 2012, OFAC published a final rule in the Federal Register reissuing the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 560 in their entirety (77 FR 64664, October 22, 2012) (‘‘ITSR’’). Since then, OFAC has amended the ITSR on several occasions. This rule amends the general license at § 560.539 of the ITSR, which authorizes transactions for the conduct of the official business of several international organizations. OFAC is amending the list of organizations whose activities are authorized under the general license to include the United Nations’ Specialized Agencies, Programmes, Funds, and Related Organizations, as well as to refer Administrative practice and procedure, Banks, banking, Blocking of assets, Foreign trade, Penalties, Proliferation, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sanctions, Securities, Services, Weapons of mass destruction. VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:58 Sep 30, 2020 Jkt 253001 Public Participation Because the amendment of the WMD Regulations and the ITSR involves 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 WMD Regulations and the ITSR 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 31 CFR Part 544 31 CFR Part 560 Administrative practice and procedure, Banks, banking, Blocking of assets, Credit, Foreign trade, Iran, Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Sanctions, Securities, Services. For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control amends 31 CFR parts 544 and 560 as follows: PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 PART 544—WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROLIFERATORS SANCTIONS REGULATIONS 1. The authority citation for part 544 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); E.O. 12938, 59 FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; E.O. 13094, 63 FR 40803, 3 CFR, 1998 Comp., p. 200; E.O. 13382, 70 FR 38567, 3 CFR, 2005 Comp., p. 170. Subpart B—Prohibitions 2. Revise Note 1 to paragraph (a) of § 544.201 to read as follows: ■ § 544.201 Prohibited transactions involving blocked property. (a) * * * Note 1 to paragraph (a): The names of persons listed in or designated pursuant to Executive Order 13382, whose property and interests in property therefore are blocked pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section, are published in the Federal Register and incorporated into the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (‘‘SDN List’’) with the identifier ‘‘[NPWMD].’’ Certain transactions with persons blocked pursuant to E.O. 13382 for activities involving North Korea or for activities involving persons designated pursuant to a North Korea sanctions authority may result in the imposition of secondary sanctions, and therefore such blocked persons’ entries on the SDN List will include the descriptive prefix text ‘‘Secondary sanctions risk:’’, followed by information about the applicable secondary sanctions authority. Pursuant to 31 CFR 510.214 (the North Korea Sanctions Regulations (NKSR)), persons owned or controlled by a U.S. financial institution are subject to certain prohibitions under the NKSR; as a result, the entries of persons blocked pursuant to E.O. 13382 in connection with North Korea-related activities will also include the descriptive prefix text ‘‘Transactions Prohibited For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S. Financial Institutions:’’, followed by information about the applicable sanctions authority. The SDN List is accessible through the following page on OFAC’s website: https://www.treasury.gov/sdn. Additional information pertaining to the SDN List can be found in appendix A to this chapter. See § 544.411 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. * * * * * PART 560—IRANIAN TRANSACTIONS AND SANCTIONS REGULATIONS 3. The authority citation for part 560 is revised to read as follows: ■ Authority: 3 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 2339B, 2332d; 22 U.S.C. 2349aa–9; 22 U.S.C. 7201– E:\FR\FM\01OCR1.SGM 01OCR1 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 191 / Thursday, October 1, 2020 / Rules and Regulations 7211; 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); 22 U.S.C. 8501–8551; 22 U.S.C. 8513a; 22 U.S.C. 8701–8795; E.O. 12613, 52 FR 41940, 3 CFR, 1987 Comp., p. 256; E.O. 12957, 60 FR 14615, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 332; E.O. 12959, 60 FR 24757, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 356; E.O. 13059, 62 FR 44531, 3 CFR, 1997 Comp., p. 217; E.O. 13599, 77 FR 6659, 3 CFR, 2012 Comp., p. 215; E.O. 13846, 83 FR 38939, 3 CFR, 2018 Comp., p. 854. § 560.215 [Amended] 4. In § 560.215: a. Remove ‘‘Note to paragraph (a) of § 560.215’’ and add ‘‘Note 1 to paragraph (a)’’ in its place. ■ b. Remove ‘‘Note to paragraph (b) of § 560.215’’ and add ‘‘Note 2 to paragraph (b)’’ in its place. ■ c. Remove ‘‘Note to paragraph (c) of § 560.215’’ and add ‘‘Note 3 to paragraph (c)’’ in its place. ■ d. Remove ‘‘Note to § 560.215’’ and add ‘‘Note 4 to § 560.215’’ in its place. ■ e. In newly designated note 4, remove ‘‘§ 560.701(a)(3) of this part’’ and add in its place ‘‘§ 560.701(a)(4)’’. ■ ■ 5. Amend § 560.539 as follows: ■ a. In paragraph (a) introductory text, remove ‘‘United Nations,’’ and add ‘‘United Nations and its Specialized Agencies, Programmes, Funds, and Related Organizations, including’’ in its place and add ‘‘Group’’ after ‘‘the World Bank’’. ■ b. Add Note 1 to paragraph (a). The addition reads as follows: ■ § 560.539 Official activities of certain international organizations. (a) * * * Note 1 to paragraph (a): For an organizational chart listing the Specialized Agencies, Programmes, Funds, and Related Organizations of the United Nations, see the following page on the United Nations website: https://www.unsceb.org/directory. * * § 560.701 * * * [Amended] 6. Amend § 560.701 by redesignating the second occurrence of paragraph (a)(3) as paragraph (a)(4). ■ jbell on DSKJLSW7X2PROD with RULES Dated: September 28, 2020. Andrea Gacki, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control. [FR Doc. 2020–21734 Filed 9–30–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4810–AL–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 21:58 Sep 30, 2020 Jkt 253001 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Coast Guard 46 CFR Part 16 Chemical Drug Testing CFR Correction In Title 46 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 1 to 40, revised as of October 1, 2019, on page 321, in § 16.113, paragraph (a), second sentence, remove the terms ‘‘documented and licensed’’ and add the term ‘‘credentialed’’ in their place. [FR Doc. 2020–21805 Filed 9–30–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 1301–00–D FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 47 CFR Part 2 [ET Docket No. 19–289, WT Docket No. 17– 200; DA 19–1326; FCC 20–67; FRS 17094] Table of Frequency Allocations Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment. AGENCY: The Federal Communications Commission (Commission) previously published two documents revising portions of the Table of Frequency Allocations (Allocation Table). Because of the way the Allocation Table pages were printed in the Federal Register, they cannot be displayed in the CFR. This technical amendment corrects that printing error by republishing the affected pages. There is no new regulatory action involved; this is only a correction of a previous misprinting. DATES: This technical amendment is effective October 1, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tom Mooring, Office of Engineering and Technology, Policy and Rules Division, (202) 418–2450 or Tom.Mooring@ fcc.gov. SUMMARY: The Federal Communications Commission recently published two documents in the Federal Register, each of which made revisions to the Table of Frequency Allocations (Allocation Table). The first publication, on June 26, 2020 (85 FR 38630), made nonsubstantive, editorial revisions to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 61825 Table of Frequency Allocations (Allocation Table) and to various other Commission rules. Within that document, the following pages of the Allocation Table were published in a way that they could not be accurately displayed in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR): 7–9, 19, 22–27, 29– 34, and 38–68. Pages 52 and 53 were subsequently overwritten by a publication on July 24, 2020 (85 FR 44772) and published in a way that they could be accurately displayed in the CFR. The second publication, on July 16, 2020 (85 FR 43124), adopted rules for broadband license operations in the 897.5–900.5/936.5–939.5 MHz segment of the 900 MHz band (896–901/935–940 MHz), which necessitated a change to the Allocation Table. Within that document, pages 31 and 32 of the Allocation Table were published in a way that they could not be accurately displayed in the CFR. These pages replaced pages 31 and 32 that had been modified by 85 FR 38630. Finally, we correct the placement of footnote US64 in the 456–459 MHz band within the Federal Table, i.e., we place US64 in ascending numerical order. There is no new regulatory action involved in these revisions; the technical amendment only changes how the affected Allocation Table pages (7–9, 19, 22–27, 29–34, 38–51, and 54–68) are displayed. List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 2 Telecommunications. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene Dortch, Secretary. Final Rules For the reasons discussed in the preamble, the Federal Communications Commission amends 47 CFR part 2 as follows: PART 2—FREQUENCY ALLOCATIONS AND RADIO TREATY MATTERS; GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS 1. The authority citation for part 2 continues to read as follows: ■ Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 302a, 303, and 336, unless otherwise noted. 2. Section 2.106 is amended by revising pages 7 through 9, 19, 22 through 27, 29 through 34, 38 through 51, and 54 through 68 to read as follows: ■ § 2.106 * * Table of Frequency Allocations. * * BILLING CODE 6712–01–P E:\FR\FM\01OCR1.SGM 01OCR1 *

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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control

31 CFR Parts 544 and 560


Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations 
and Iranian Transactions and 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 Weapons of Mass Destruction 
Proliferators Sanctions Regulations (WMD Regulations) to update a note 
to describe how persons designated pursuant to the WMD Regulations for 
North Korea-related activities are identified on OFAC's Specially 
Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (SDN List). Specifically, 
OFAC is amending the note to explain that SDN List entries for these 
designated persons will include additional information regarding 
certain risks associated with dealings with such persons. Separately, 
OFAC is amending the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations to 
refine the list of organizations whose activities are authorized under 
the general license for the official business of certain international 
organizations, and to make a technical correction. OFAC is also making 
technical edits to the authority citations in both sets of regulations 
to conform to Federal Register guidance.

DATES: This rule is effective October 1, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: OFAC: Assistant Director for 
Licensing, tel.: 202-622-2480; Assistant Director for Regulatory 
Affairs, tel.: 202-622-4855; or Assistant Director for Sanctions 
Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability

    This document and additional information concerning OFAC are 
available on OFAC's website (www.treasury.gov/ofac).

Background

Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations

    On April 13, 2009, OFAC issued the Weapons of Mass Destruction 
Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 544 (74 FR 16771, 
April 13, 2009) (``WMD Regulations''), to implement Executive Order 
13382 of

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June 28, 2005 (``Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction 
Proliferators and Their Supporters'') (E.O. 13382). Note 1 to paragraph 
(a) of Sec.  544.201 of the WMD Regulations states that the names of 
persons listed in or designated pursuant to E.O. 13382 will be 
incorporated into OFAC's SDN List with the identifier ``[NPWMD].'' OFAC 
is amending this note to add text to explain that certain persons who 
are incorporated into OFAC's SDN List pursuant to Sec.  544.201(a) of 
the WMD Regulations for engaging in North Korea-related WMD activities 
will have additional information in their SDN List entries about 
relevant provisions under the North Korea Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR 
part 510 (NKSR). Specifically, engaging in certain transactions with 
persons blocked pursuant to Sec.  544.201(a) in connection with North 
Korea-related WMD activities may result in the imposition of secondary 
sanctions, and therefore such blocked persons' entries on the SDN List 
will also include the descriptive prefix text ``Secondary sanctions 
risk:'', followed by information about the applicable secondary 
sanctions authority. Additionally, pursuant to Sec.  510.214 of the 
NKSR, persons owned or controlled by a U.S. financial institution are 
subject to certain prohibitions under the NKSR; as a result, the 
entries of certain persons blocked pursuant to Sec.  544.201(a) of the 
WMD Regulations in connection with North-Korea related activities will 
also include the descriptive prefix text ``Transactions Prohibited For 
Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S. Financial Institutions:'', followed 
by information about the applicable sanctions authority. Additionally, 
OFAC is amending the authority citation of the WMD Regulations to 
shorten citations to conform to Federal Register guidance.

Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations

    On October 22, 2012, OFAC published a final rule in the Federal 
Register reissuing the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, 
31 CFR part 560 in their entirety (77 FR 64664, October 22, 2012) 
(``ITSR''). Since then, OFAC has amended the ITSR on several occasions. 
This rule amends the general license at Sec.  560.539 of the ITSR, 
which authorizes transactions for the conduct of the official business 
of several international organizations. OFAC is amending the list of 
organizations whose activities are authorized under the general license 
to include the United Nations' Specialized Agencies, Programmes, Funds, 
and Related Organizations, as well as to refer to the World Bank as the 
``World Bank Group.'' OFAC is also correcting a sequencing error of two 
identically numbered paragraphs in the ITSR, at Sec.  560.701(a)(3), by 
redesignating the second occurrence of Sec.  560.701(a)(3) as Sec.  
560.701(a)(4), and modifying a cross-reference accordingly. Finally, 
OFAC is amending the authority citation in the ITSR to shorten 
citations to conform to Federal Register guidance.

Public Participation

    Because the amendment of the WMD Regulations and the ITSR involves 
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 WMD Regulations and 
the ITSR 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

31 CFR Part 544

    Administrative practice and procedure, Banks, banking, Blocking of 
assets, Foreign trade, Penalties, Proliferation, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Sanctions, Securities, Services, Weapons of 
mass destruction.

31 CFR Part 560

    Administrative practice and procedure, Banks, banking, Blocking of 
assets, Credit, Foreign trade, Iran, Penalties, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Sanctions, Securities, Services.

    For the reasons set forth in the preamble, the Department of the 
Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control amends 31 CFR parts 544 and 
560 as follows:

PART 544--WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION PROLIFERATORS SANCTIONS 
REGULATIONS

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1. The authority citation for part 544 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); 
E.O. 12938, 59 FR 59099, 3 CFR, 1994 Comp., p. 950; E.O. 13094, 63 
FR 40803, 3 CFR, 1998 Comp., p. 200; E.O. 13382, 70 FR 38567, 3 CFR, 
2005 Comp., p. 170.

Subpart B--Prohibitions

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2. Revise Note 1 to paragraph (a) of Sec.  544.201 to read as follows:


Sec.  544.201  Prohibited transactions involving blocked property.

    (a) * * *

    Note 1 to paragraph (a):  The names of persons listed in or 
designated pursuant to Executive Order 13382, whose property and 
interests in property therefore are blocked pursuant to paragraph 
(a) of this section, are published in the Federal Register and 
incorporated into the Office of Foreign Assets Control's (OFAC) 
Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (``SDN 
List'') with the identifier ``[NPWMD].'' Certain transactions with 
persons blocked pursuant to E.O. 13382 for activities involving 
North Korea or for activities involving persons designated pursuant 
to a North Korea sanctions authority may result in the imposition of 
secondary sanctions, and therefore such blocked persons' entries on 
the SDN List will include the descriptive prefix text ``Secondary 
sanctions risk:'', followed by information about the applicable 
secondary sanctions authority. Pursuant to 31 CFR 510.214 (the North 
Korea Sanctions Regulations (NKSR)), persons owned or controlled by 
a U.S. financial institution are subject to certain prohibitions 
under the NKSR; as a result, the entries of persons blocked pursuant 
to E.O. 13382 in connection with North Korea-related activities will 
also include the descriptive prefix text ``Transactions Prohibited 
For Persons Owned or Controlled By U.S. Financial Institutions:'', 
followed by information about the applicable sanctions authority. 
The SDN List is accessible through the following page on OFAC's 
website: https://www.treasury.gov/sdn. Additional information 
pertaining to the SDN List can be found in appendix A to this 
chapter. See Sec.  544.411 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.

* * * * *

PART 560--IRANIAN TRANSACTIONS AND SANCTIONS REGULATIONS

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3. The authority citation for part 560 is revised to read as follows:

    Authority:  3 U.S.C. 301; 18 U.S.C. 2339B, 2332d; 22 U.S.C. 
2349aa-9; 22 U.S.C. 7201-

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7211; 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); 22 U.S.C. 8501-8551; 22 
U.S.C. 8513a; 22 U.S.C. 8701-8795; E.O. 12613, 52 FR 41940, 3 CFR, 
1987 Comp., p. 256; E.O. 12957, 60 FR 14615, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 
332; E.O. 12959, 60 FR 24757, 3 CFR, 1995 Comp., p. 356; E.O. 13059, 
62 FR 44531, 3 CFR, 1997 Comp., p. 217; E.O. 13599, 77 FR 6659, 3 
CFR, 2012 Comp., p. 215; E.O. 13846, 83 FR 38939, 3 CFR, 2018 Comp., 
p. 854.


Sec.  560.215  [Amended]

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4. In Sec.  560.215:
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a. Remove ``Note to paragraph (a) of Sec.  560.215'' and add ``Note 1 
to paragraph (a)'' in its place.
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b. Remove ``Note to paragraph (b) of Sec.  560.215'' and add ``Note 2 
to paragraph (b)'' in its place.
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c. Remove ``Note to paragraph (c) of Sec.  560.215'' and add ``Note 3 
to paragraph (c)'' in its place.
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d. Remove ``Note to Sec.  560.215'' and add ``Note 4 to Sec.  560.215'' 
in its place.
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e. In newly designated note 4, remove ``Sec.  560.701(a)(3) of this 
part'' and add in its place ``Sec.  560.701(a)(4)''.

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5. Amend Sec.  560.539 as follows:
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a. In paragraph (a) introductory text, remove ``United Nations,'' and 
add ``United Nations and its Specialized Agencies, Programmes, Funds, 
and Related Organizations, including'' in its place and add ``Group'' 
after ``the World Bank''.
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b. Add Note 1 to paragraph (a).
    The addition reads as follows:


Sec.  560.539  Official activities of certain international 
organizations.

    (a) * * *

    Note 1 to paragraph (a):  For an organizational chart listing 
the Specialized Agencies, Programmes, Funds, and Related 
Organizations of the United Nations, see the following page on the 
United Nations website: https://www.unsceb.org/directory.

* * * * *


Sec.  560.701  [Amended]

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6. Amend Sec.  560.701 by redesignating the second occurrence of 
paragraph (a)(3) as paragraph (a)(4).

    Dated: September 28, 2020.
Andrea Gacki,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2020-21734 Filed 9-30-20; 8:45 am]
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