Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, Security, or Stability of Yemen

Executive Order 13611 of May 16, 2012

Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the
Peace, Security, or Stability of Yemen

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

I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of
America, find that the actions and policies of certain
members of the Government of Yemen and others threaten
Yemen's peace, security, and stability, including by
obstructing the implementation of the agreement of
November 23, 2011, between the Government of Yemen and
those in opposition to it, which provides for a
peaceful transition of power that meets the legitimate
demands and aspirations of the Yemeni people for
change, and by obstructing the political process in
Yemen. I further find that these actions constitute an
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national
security and foreign policy of the United States, and I
hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that
threat. 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,
including any foreign 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withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any person determined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, to:

    (a) have engaged in acts that directly or
indirectly threaten the peace, security, or stability
of Yemen, such as acts that obstruct the implementation
of the agreement of November 23, 2011, between the
Government of Yemen and those in opposition to it,
which provides for a peaceful transition of power in
Yemen, or that obstruct the political process in Yemen;
    (b) be a political or military leader of an entity
that has engaged in the acts described in subsection
(a) of this section;
    (c) have materially assisted, sponsored, or
provided financial, material, or technological support
for, or goods or services to or in support of, the acts
described in subsection (a) of this section or any
person whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to this order; or
    (d) 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. 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 this order, and I
hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1
of this order.

Sec. 3. 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. 4. The prohibitions in section 1 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. 5. Nothing in section 1 of this order shall
prohibit transactions for the conduct of the official
business of the United States Government by employees,
grantees, or contractors thereof.

Sec. 6. (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. 7. 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; and
    (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.

Sec. 8. 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 this order, there need be no prior notice of a
listing or determination made pursuant to section 1 of
this order.

Sec. 9. 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. 10. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to
submit the 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. 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,

    May 16, 2012.