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

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of eight individuals whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of nine individuals and seven entities whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (``Kingpin Act'') (21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is issuing regulations with respect to Iran to implement Executive Order 13553 of September 28, 2010. OFAC intends to supplement this part 562 with a more comprehensive set of regulations, which may include additional interpretive and definitional guidance and additional general licenses and statements of licensing policy.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of 4 individuals and 1 entity whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (``Kingpin Act'') (21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of 1 individual and 12 entities whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (``Kingpin Act'') (21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is amending the Cuban Assets Control Regulations to continue efforts to reach out to the Cuban people in support of their desire to freely determine their country's future. These amendments implement policy changes announced by the President on January 14, 2011, designed to increase people-to-people contact, support civil society in Cuba, enhance the free flow of information to, from, and among the Cuban people, and help promote their independence from Cuban authorities. To implement these policy changes, OFAC is taking steps that build upon the President's April 2009 initiative to, among other things, allow for greater licensing of travel to Cuba for educational, cultural, religious, and journalistic activities and expand licensing of remittances to Cuba. These amendments also modify regulations regarding authorization of transactions with Cuban national individuals who have taken up permanent residence outside of Cuba, as well as implement certain technical and conforming changes.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the name of five individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13396 of February 7, 2006, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in C[ocirc]te d'Ivoire'' (the ``Order'').

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of 10 newly-designated entities and 5 newly-designated individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13382 of June 28, 2005, ``Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters.''

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of ten newly designated individuals and entities whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism.''

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of three individuals whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 13288 of March 6, 2003, ``Blocking Property of Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe,'' as amended by Executive Order 13391 of November 22, 2005, ``Blocking Property of Additional Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe.''

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of 20 individuals and 25 entities whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (``Kingpin Act'') (21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182). In addition, OFAC is publishing additions to the identifying information associated with three individuals previously designated pursuant to the Kingpin Act.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of four individuals whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13413 of October 27, 2006, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.''

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') of the U.S. Department of the Treasury is amending the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations (``GTSR'') and the Terrorism Sanctions Regulations (``TSR'') to expand the scope of authorizations in each of those programs for the provision of certain legal services. In addition, OFAC is adding new general licenses under the GTSR, the TSR, and the Foreign Terrorist Organizations Sanctions Regulations to authorize U.S. persons to receive specified types of payment for certain authorized legal services.

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is amending the Belarus Sanctions Regulations (``BSR'') in the Code of Federal Regulations to authorize U.S. persons to engage in otherwise prohibited transactions with two blocked entities, Lakokraska OAO and/or Polotsk Steklovolokno OAO, until May 31, 2011. In addition, OFAC is amending the BSR to make a technical correction to the authority citation.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of 37 newly-designated entities and 5 newly-designated individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13382 of June 28, 2005, ``Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters.''

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is issuing regulations with respect to North Korea to implement Executive Order 13466 of June 26, 2008, and Executive Order 13551 of August 30, 2010. OFAC intends to supplement this part 510 with a more comprehensive set of regulations, which may include additional interpretive and definitional guidance and additional general licenses and statements of licensing policy.

The Department of the Treasury published a document in the Federal Register of October 25, 2010, concerning the designation of two individuals pursuant to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, ``Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism.'' The document contained incorrect dates.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the name of one individual whose property and interests in property has been blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (``Kingpin Act'') (21 U.S.C. 1901- 1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the name of one individual whose property and interests in property has been unblocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (``Kingpin Act'') (21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of 12 entities and 17 individuals whose property and interests in property have been blocked pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (``Kingpin Act'') (21 U.S.C. 1901-1908, 8 U.S.C. 1182).

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of four newly-designated individuals and twelve newly-designated entities whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13382 of June 28, 2005, ``Blocking Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and Their Supporters.'' OFAC also is publishing the names of 27 vessels identified as property blocked because of their connection to IRISL and is updating the entries of 71 already-blocked vessels to identify new names.

The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing additional identifying information associated with the eight individuals listed in the Annex to the Executive Order of September 28, 2010, ``Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to Serious Human Rights Abuses by the Government of Iran and Taking Certain Other Actions,'' whose property and interests in property are therefore blocked.

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is publishing the names of seven individuals whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978 of October 21, 1995, Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers.

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is amending the Iranian Transactions Regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations to remove general licenses authorizing the importation into the United States of, and dealings in, certain foodstuffs and carpets of Iranian origin and related services, and to implement the import and export prohibitions in section 103 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010.

The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') is implementing Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, which terminated the national emergency declared with respect to Iraq in Executive Order 12722 of August 2, 1990, and revoked that and subsequent Executive orders, by removing the Iraqi Sanctions Regulations from the Code of Federal Regulations.