Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine
Signed March 20, 2014·Barack Obama·79 FR 16169
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Expands the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13660 and continued in Executive Order 13661 regarding Russia's actions in Ukraine, including its annexation of Crimea. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to block the property and assets of persons operating in specified sectors of the Russian economy, such as financial services, energy, metals and mining, engineering, and defense, or who materially support or act on behalf of already-blocked persons. Bars U.S. entry of such individuals, treating them under an existing 2011 sanctions proclamation. Prohibits donations, contributions, or transactions benefiting blocked persons, and bars any attempt to evade these restrictions. States that affected persons need not receive advance notice before being listed. Directs all federal agencies to take appropriate measures to implement the order and empowers Treasury to issue implementing rules and delegate authority.
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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), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code
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Disposition
See: EO 13660, March 6, 2014; EO 13661, March 16, 2014; EO 13685, December 19, 2014; Notice of February 18, 2026 (91 FR 8355)
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Executive Order 13662 of March 20, 2014
Blocking Property of Additional Persons
Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine
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), section 212(f) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section
301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of
America, hereby expand the scope of the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13660 of March 6,
2014, and expanded by Executive Order 13661 of March
16, 2014, finding that the actions and policies of the
Government of the Russian Federation, including its
purported annexation of Crimea and its use of force in
Ukraine, continue to undermine democratic processes and
institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security,
stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and
contribute to the misappropriation of its assets, and
thereby constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat
to the national security and foreign policy of the
United States. Accordingly, I 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 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:
(i) to operate in such sectors of the Russian Federation economy as may be
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, such as financial services, energy, metals and mining,
engineering, and defense and related materiel;
(ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial,
material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in
support of, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to this order; or
(iii) 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.
(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this
section 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. 2. I hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant
and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens
determined to meet one or more of the criteria in
section 1(a) of this order would be detrimental to the
interests of the United States, and I hereby suspend
entry into the United States, as immigrants or
nonimmigrants, of such persons. Such persons shall be
treated as persons covered by section 1 of Proclamation
8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of Aliens
Subject to United Nations Security Council Travel Bans
and International Emergency Economic Powers Act
Sanctions).
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
13660, and expanded in Executive Order 13661 and this
order, 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. (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. 6. 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 the “Government of the Russian
Federation” means the Government of the Russian
Federation, any political subdivision, agency, or
instrumentality thereof, including the Central Bank of
the Russian Federation, and any person owned or
controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, the
Government of the Russian Federation.
Sec. 7. 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 13660, and expanded in Executive
Order 13661 and this order, there need be no prior
notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to
section 1 of this order.
Sec. 8. 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. 9. 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,
March 20, 2014.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed March 20, 2014. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.