Office of Foreign Assets Control September 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is adopting a final rule amending the Western Balkans Stabilization Regulations and reissuing them in their entirety to further implement a June 26, 2001 Executive order and a May 28, 2003 Executive order related to the Western Balkans, and to implement a June 8, 2021 Western Balkans-related Executive order. This final rule replaces the regulations that were amended and reissued on June 29, 2011, and includes additional interpretive guidance and definitions, general licenses, and other regulatory provisions that will provide further guidance to the public. Due to the number of regulatory sections being updated or added, OFAC is reissuing the Western Balkans Stabilization Regulations in their entirety.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing an update to the identifying information of one vessel currently included on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List. The vessel remains the blocked property of a person who has an interest under the relevant sanctions authority listed below.

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing three general licenses (GLs) issued in the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions program: GLs M, M-1, and M-2, each of which was previously made available on OFAC's website.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of these persons are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing the names of one or more persons that have been placed on OFAC's Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List based on OFAC's determination that one or more applicable legal criteria were satisfied. All property and interests in property subject to U.S. jurisdiction of this person are blocked, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing an update to the identifying information of one individual currently included on OFAC's list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons.

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing ten general licenses (GLs) issued in the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions program: GLs 9, 9A, 9B, 9C, 10, 10A, 10B, 10C, 11, and 12, each of which was previously made available on OFAC's website.

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing eight general licenses (GLs) issued in the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions program: GLs 14, 15, 16, 17, 17A, 18, 19, and 20, each of which was previously made available on OFAC's website.

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing three general licenses (GLs) issued in the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations: GLs 40B, 47A, and 48A, each of which was previously made available on OFAC's website.

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is publishing four general licenses (GLs) issued in the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions program: GLs 8, 8A, and 8B, which were previously issued on OFAC's website and are now expired, and GL 8C, which was also issued on OFAC's website and expires December 5, 2022.

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is amending the Cyber-Related Sanctions Regulations and reissuing them in their entirety to further implement an April 1, 2015 cyber-related Executive order, as amended by a December 28, 2016 cyber- related Executive order, as well as certain provisions of the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act. This final rule replaces the regulations that were published in abbreviated form on December 31, 2015, and includes additional interpretive guidance and definitions, general licenses, and other regulatory provisions that will provide further guidance to the public. Due to the number of regulatory sections being updated or added, OFAC is reissuing the Cyber-Related Sanctions Regulations in their entirety.