Blocking Property of the Government of Syria and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Syria

Executive Order 13582 of August 17, 2011

Blocking Property of the Government of Syria and
Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Syria

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, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of
America, in order to take additional steps with respect
to the Government of Syria's continuing escalation of
violence against the people of Syria and with respect
to the national emergency declared in Executive Order
13338 of May 11, 2004, as modified in scope and relied
upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order
13399 of April 25, 2006, Executive Order 13460 of
February 13, 2008, Executive Order 13572 of April 29,
2011, and Executive Order 13573 of May 18, 2011, hereby
order:

Section 1. (a) 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, including any overseas branch, of the
Government of Syria are blocked and may not be
transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise
dealt in.

(b) 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,
including any overseas branch, of the following persons
are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported,
withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any person determined
by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with
the Secretary of State:

(i) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided
financial, material, or technological support for, or
goods or services in support of, any person whose
property and interests in property are blocked pursuant
to this order; or

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

Sec. 2. The following are prohibited:

(a) new investment in Syria by a United States person,
wherever located;

(b) the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply,
directly or indirectly, from the United States, or by a
United States person, wherever located, of any services
to Syria;

(c) the importation into the United States of petroleum
or petroleum products of Syrian origin;

(d) any transaction or dealing by a United States
person, wherever located, including purchasing,
selling, transporting, swapping, brokering, approving,
financing, facilitating, or guaranteeing, in or related
to petroleum or petroleum products of Syrian origin;
and

(e) any approval, financing, facilitation, or guarantee
by a United States person, wherever located, of a
transaction by a foreign person where the

transaction by that foreign person would be prohibited
by this section if performed by a United States person
or within the United States.

Sec. 3. I hereby determine that the making of donations
of the type 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 section 1 of this
order would seriously impair my ability to deal with
the national emergency declared in Executive Order
13338 and expanded in scope in Executive Order 13572,
and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by
section 1 of this order.

Sec. 4. The prohibitions in section 1 of this order
include but are not limited to:

(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. 5. The prohibitions in sections 1 and 2 of this
order 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 prior to the effective date
of this order.

Sec. 6. (a) Any transaction by a United States person
or within the United States 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. 7. Nothing in sections 1 or 2 of this order shall
prohibit transactions for the conduct of the official
business of the Federal Government by employees,
grantees, or contractors thereof.

Sec. 8. For the purposes of this order:

(a) the term “person” means an individual or entity;

(b) the term “entity” means a partnership,
association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group,
subgroup, or other 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;
and

(d) the term “Government of Syria” means the
Government of the Syrian Arab Republic, its agencies,
instrumentalities, and controlled entities.

Sec. 9. 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. I
therefore determine that for these measures to be
effective in addressing the national emergency declared
in Executive Order 13338 and expanded in scope in
Executive Order 13572, there need be no prior notice of
a listing or determination made pursuant to section 1
of this order.

Sec. 10. 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 redelegate any of these functions to other
officers and agencies of the United States Government
consistent with applicable law. 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.

Sec. 11. 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.

Sec. 12. This order is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern
daylight time on August 18, 2011.

    (Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

    August 17, 2011.