Blocking Property With Respect To Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation, 20249-20252 [2021-08098]

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 73 (Monday, April 19, 2021)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 20249-20252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08098]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 73 / Monday, April 19, 2021 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Executive Order 14024 of April 15, 2021

                
Blocking Property With Respect To Specified 
                Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the 
                Russian Federation

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including the International Emergency Economic 
                Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the 
                National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 
                (NEA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 
                301 of title 3, United States Code,

                I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States 
                of America, find that specified harmful foreign 
                activities of the Government of the Russian 
                Federation--in particular, efforts to undermine the 
                conduct of free and fair democratic elections and 
                democratic institutions in the United States and its 
                allies and partners; to engage in and facilitate 
                malicious cyber-enabled activities against the United 
                States and its allies and partners; to foster and use 
                transnational corruption to influence foreign 
                governments; to pursue extraterritorial activities 
                targeting dissidents or journalists; to undermine 
                security in countries and regions important to United 
                States national security; and to violate well-
                established principles of international law, including 
                respect for the territorial integrity of states--
                constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
                national security, foreign policy, and economy of the 
                United States. I hereby declare a national emergency to 
                deal with that threat.

                Accordingly, I hereby order:

                Section 1. 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 
                of the following persons are blocked and may not be 
                transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise 
                dealt in:

                    (a) any person determined by the Secretary of the 
                Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
                and, with respect to subsection (a)(ii) of this 
                section, in consultation with the Attorney General, or 
                by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
                Secretary of the Treasury, and, with respect to 
                subsection (a)(ii) of this section, in consultation 
                with the Attorney General:

(i) to operate or have operated in the technology sector or the defense and 
related materiel sector of the Russian Federation economy, or any other 
sector of the Russian Federation economy as may be determined by the 
Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State;

(ii) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or 
indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in, any of the following for or 
on behalf of, or for the benefit of, directly or indirectly, the Government 
of the Russian Federation:

  (A) malicious cyber-enabled activities;

  (B) interference in a United States or other foreign government election;

  (C) actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or 
institutions in the United States or abroad;

  (D) transnational corruption;

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  (E) assassination, murder, or other unlawful killing of, or infliction of 
other bodily harm against, a United States person or a citizen or national 
of a United States ally or partner;

  (F) activities that undermine the peace, security, political stability, 
or territorial integrity of the United States, its allies, or its partners; 
or

  (G) deceptive or structured transactions or dealings to circumvent any 
United States sanctions, including through the use of digital currencies or 
assets or the use of physical assets;

(iii) to be or have been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or 
member of the board of directors of:

  (A) the Government of the Russian Federation;

  (B) an entity that has, or whose members have, engaged in any activity 
described in subsection (a)(ii) of this section; or

  (C) an entity whose property and interests in property are blocked 
pursuant to this order;

(iv) to be a political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of the 
Government of the Russian Federation;

(v) to be a spouse or adult child of any person whose property and 
interests in property are blocked pursuant to subsection (a)(ii) or (iii) 
of this section;

(vi) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, 
material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in 
support of:

  (A) any activity described in subsection (a)(ii) of this section; or

  (B) any person whose property and interests in property are blocked 
pursuant to this order; or

(vii) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act 
for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Government of the Russian 
Federation or any person whose property and interests in property are 
blocked pursuant to this order.

                    (b) any person determined by the Secretary of the 
                Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
                to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided 
                financial, material, or technological support for, or 
                goods or services to or in support of, a government 
                whose property and interests in property are blocked 
                pursuant to chapter V of title 31 of the Code of 
                Federal Regulations or another Executive Order, and to 
                be:

(i) a citizen or national of the Russian Federation;

(ii) an entity organized under the laws of the Russian Federation or any 
jurisdiction within the Russian Federation (including foreign branches); or

(iii) a person ordinarily resident in the Russian Federation.

                    (c) any person determined by the Secretary of 
                State, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
                Treasury, to be responsible for or complicit in, or to 
                have directly or indirectly engaged in or attempted to 
                engage in, cutting or disrupting gas or energy supplies 
                to Europe, the Caucasus, or Asia, and to be:

(i) an individual who is a citizen or national of the Russian Federation; 
or

(ii) an entity organized under the laws of the Russian Federation or any 
jurisdiction within the Russian Federation (including foreign branches).

                    (d) The prohibitions in subsections (a), (b), and 
                (c) 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 before the date of this 
                order.

                Sec. 2. The prohibitions in section 1 of this order 
                include:

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                    (a) the making of any contribution or provision of 
                funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of 
                any person whose property and interests in property are 
                blocked pursuant to this order; and
                    (b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of 
                funds, goods, or services from any such person.

                Sec. 3. (a) The unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant 
                entry into the United States of noncitizens determined 
                to meet one or more of the criteria in section 1 of 
                this order 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 when the Secretary of State or 
                the Secretary of Homeland Security, as appropriate, 
                determines that the person's entry would not be 
                contrary to the interests of the United States, 
                including when the Secretary of State or the Secretary 
                of Homeland Security, as appropriate, so determines, 
                based on a recommendation of the Attorney General, that 
                the person's entry would further important United 
                States law enforcement objectives.

                    (b) The Secretary of State shall implement this 
                authority as it applies to visas pursuant to such 
                procedures as the Secretary of State, in consultation 
                with the Secretary of Homeland Security, may establish.
                    (c) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
                implement this order as it applies to the entry of 
                noncitizens pursuant to such procedures as the 
                Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with 
                the Secretary of State, may establish.
                    (d) Such persons shall be treated by this section 
                in the same manner as persons covered by section 1 of 
                Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry 
                of Aliens Subject to United Nations Security Council 
                Travel Bans and International Emergency Economic Powers 
                Act Sanctions).

                Sec. 4. (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. 5. I hereby determine that the making of donations 
                of the types of articles specified in section 203(b)(2) 
                of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the 
                benefit of any person whose property and interests in 
                property are blocked pursuant to this order would 
                seriously impair my ability to deal with the national 
                emergency declared in this order, and I hereby prohibit 
                such donations as provided by section 1 of this order.

                Sec. 6. For the purposes of this order:

                    (a) the term ``entity'' means a partnership, 
                association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, 
                subgroup, or other organization;
                    (b) the term ``Government of the Russian 
                Federation'' means the Government of the Russian 
                Federation, any political subdivision, agency, or 
                instrumentality thereof, including the Central Bank of 
                the Russian Federation, and any person owned, 
                controlled, or directed by, or acting for or on behalf 
                of, the Government of the Russian Federation;
                    (c) the term ``noncitizen'' means any person who is 
                not a citizen or noncitizen national of the United 
                States;
                    (d) the term ``person'' means an individual or 
                entity; and
                    (e) the term ``United States person'' means any 
                United States citizen, lawful permanent resident, 
                entity organized under the laws of the United States or 
                any jurisdiction within the United States (including 
                foreign branches), or any person in the United States.

                Sec. 7. For those persons whose property and interests 
                in property are blocked pursuant to this order who 
                might have a constitutional presence in the United 
                States, I find that because of the ability to transfer 
                funds or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to 
                such persons of measures to be taken pursuant to this 
                order would render those measures ineffectual.

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                I therefore determine that for these measures to be 
                effective in addressing 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. 8. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
                with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to 
                take such actions, including the promulgation of rules 
                and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to 
                the President by IEEPA, as may be necessary to carry 
                out the purposes of this order. The Secretary of the 
                Treasury may, 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 carry out the provisions of 
                this order.

                Sec. 9. Nothing in this order shall prohibit 
                transactions for the conduct of the official business 
                of the Federal Government or the United Nations 
                (including its specialized agencies, programs, funds, 
                and related organizations) by employees, grantees, and 
                contractors thereof.

                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.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    April 15, 2021.

[FR Doc. 2021-08098
Filed 4-16-21; 8:45 am]
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