Prohibiting Transactions With Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process

Executive Order 12947 of January 23, 1995

Prohibiting Transactions With Terrorists Who
Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process

 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.), and
section 301 of title 3, United States Code,

I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United States
of America, find that grave acts of violence committed
by foreign terrorists that disrupt the Middle East
peace process constitute an unusual and extraordinary
threat to the national security, foreign policy, and
economy of the United States, and hereby declare a
national emergency to deal with that threat.

I hereby order:

 Section 1. Except to the extent provided in section
203(b)(3) and (4) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(3) and
(4)) and 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 prior to the effective date:
(a) all property and interests in property of:

(i) the persons listed in the Annex to this order;

(ii) foreign persons designated by the Secretary of
State, in coordination with the Secretary of the
Treasury and the Attorney General, because they are
found:

(A) to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of
committing, acts of violence that have the purpose or
effect of disrupting the Middle East peace process, or

(B) to assist in, sponsor, or provide financial,
material, or technological support for, or services in
support of, such acts of violence; and

(iii) persons determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in coordination with the Secretary of State
and the Attorney General, to be owned or controlled by,
or to act for or on behalf of, any of the foregoing
persons, that are in the United States, that hereafter
come within the United States, or that hereafter come
within the possession or control of United States
persons, are blocked;

    (b) any transaction or dealing by United States
persons or within the United States in property or
interests in property of the persons designated in or
pursuant to this order is prohibited, including the
making or receiving of any contribution of funds,
goods, or services to or for the benefit of such
persons;
    (c) any transaction by any United States person or
within the United States that evades or avoids, or has
the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to
violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in this
order, is prohibited.

Sec. 2. For the purposes of this order: (a) the term
“person” means an individual or entity;

    (b) the term “entity” means a partnership,
association, corporation, or other organization, group,
or subgroup;
    (c) the term “United States person” means any
United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity
organized under the laws of the United States
(including foreign branches), or any person in the
United States; and
    (d) the term “foreign person” means any citizen
or national of a foreign state (including any such
individual who is also a citizen or national of the
United States) or any entity not organized solely under
the laws of the United States or existing solely in the
United States, but does not include a foreign state.

Sec. 3. I hereby determine that the making of donations
of the type specified in section 203(b)(2)(A) of IEEPA
(50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)(A)) by United States persons to
persons designated in or pursuant to this order would
seriously impair my ability to deal with the national
emergency declared in this order, and hereby prohibit
such donations as provided by section 1 of this order.

 Sec. 4. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State and, as
appropriate, the Attorney General, is hereby authorized
to take such actions, including the promulgation of
rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted
to me by IEEPA as may be necessary to carry out the
purposes of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury
may redelegate any of these functions to other officers
and agencies of the United States Government. All
agencies of the United States Government are hereby
directed to take all appropriate measures within their
authority to carry out the provisions of this order.

    (b) Any investigation emanating from a possible
violation of this order, or of any license, order, or
regulation issued pursuant to this order, shall first
be coordinated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI), and any matter involving evidence of a criminal
violation shall be referred to the FBI for further
investigation. The FBI shall timely notify the
Department of the Treasury of any action it takes on
such referrals.

 Sec. 5. Nothing contained in this order shall create
any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable by any party against the United States, its
agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or
employees, or any other person.

Sec. 6. (a) This order is effective at 12:01 a.m.,
eastern standard time on January 24, 1995.

    (b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress
and published in the Federal Register.

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THE WHITE HOUSE,

    January 23, 1995.