Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Executive Order 13671 of July 8, 2014

Taking Additional Steps to Address the National
Emergency With Respect to the Conflict in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo

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.),
section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act (22
U.S.C. 287c) (UNPA), 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 to deal with
the national emergency with respect to the situation in
or in relation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
declared in Executive Order 13413 of October 27, 2006,
in view of multiple United Nations Security Council
Resolutions including, most recently, Resolution 2136
of January 30, 2014, and in light of the continuation
of activities that threaten the peace, security, or
stability of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and
the surrounding region, including operations by armed
groups, widespread violence and atrocities, human
rights abuses, recruitment and use of child soldiers,
attacks on peacekeepers, obstruction of humanitarian
operations, and exploitation of natural resources to
finance persons engaged in these activities, hereby
order:

Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 1 of Executive
Order 13413 is hereby amended to read as follows:

    “(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withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:

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

(ii) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State:

(A) to be a political or military leader of a foreign armed group
operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that impedes the
disarmament, demobilization, voluntary repatriation, resettlement, or
reintegration of combatants;

(B) to be a political or military leader of a Congolese armed group that
impedes the disarmament, demobilization, voluntary repatriation,
resettlement, or reintegration of combatants;

(C) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged in,
directly or indirectly, any of the following in or in relation to the
Democratic Republic of the Congo:

(1) actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, or stability of
the Democratic Republic of the Congo;

(2) actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions
in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;

(3) the targeting of women, children, or any civilians through the
commission of acts of violence (including killing, maiming, torture, or
rape or other sexual violence), abduction, forced displacement, or

attacks on schools, hospitals, religious sites, or locations where
civilians are seeking refuge, or through conduct that would constitute a
serious abuse or violation of human rights or a violation of international
humanitarian law;

(4) the use or recruitment of children by armed groups or armed forces in
the context of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;

(5) the obstruction of the delivery or distribution of, or access to,
humanitarian assistance;

(6) attacks against United Nations missions, international security
presences, or other peacekeeping operations; or

(7) support to persons, including armed groups, involved in activities that
threaten the peace, security, or stability of the Democratic Republic of
the Congo or that undermine democratic processes or institutions in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, through the illicit trade in natural
resources of the Democratic Republic of the Congo;

(D) except where intended for the authorized support of humanitarian
activities or the authorized use by or support of peacekeeping,
international, or government forces, to have directly or indirectly
supplied, sold, or transferred to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or
been the recipient in the territory of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
of, arms and related materiel, including military aircraft and equipment,
or advice, training, or assistance, including financing and financial
assistance, related to military activities;

(E) to be a leader of (i) an entity, including any armed group, that has,
or whose members have, engaged in any of the activities described in
subsections (a)(ii)(A) through (a)(ii)(D) of this section or (ii) an entity
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this
order;

(F) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial,
material, logistical, or technological support for, or goods or services in
support of (i) any of the activities described in subsections (a)(ii)(A)
through (a)(ii)(D) of this section or (ii) any person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or

(G) 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. New subsection (d) is hereby added to section 1
of Executive Order 13413 to read as follows:

    “(d) 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. 3. Section 2 of Executive Order 13413 is hereby
amended to read as follows:

    “Sec. 2. (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. 4. 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 and the UNPA, as may be
necessary to carry out the purposes of this order and
Executive Order 13413, as amended by 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.

Sec. 5. 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 and Executive Order 13413, as amended by
this order.

Sec. 6. 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,

    July 8, 2014.