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Blocking Property and Suspending Entry Into the United States of Persons Contributing to the Situation in Libya
This executive order expands a 2011 national emergency to block property and suspend U.S. entry for persons contributing to instability in Libya, including those who threaten the Government of National Accord, misappropriate state assets, attack civilians or infrastructure, or illicitly exploit Libya's oil resources. It authorizes the Treasury and State Departments to designate targeted individuals and entities under existing sanctions authorities.
Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities
This executive order declares a national emergency over malicious cyber-enabled activities from abroad and authorizes the Treasury Secretary to block the property of and bar entry to foreign individuals and entities involved in significant cyberattacks on U.S. critical infrastructure, data theft, or commercial espionage. It establishes a sanctions framework targeting perpetrators, beneficiaries, and facilitators of such activities without requiring prior notice.
Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency With Respect to the Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
This executive order expands U.S. sanctions authority against individuals and entities fueling conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It amends Executive Order 13413 to block property of additional categories of actors, including armed group leaders, human rights abusers, child soldier recruiters, obstructors of humanitarian aid, attackers of peacekeepers, and those involved in illicit natural resource trading.
Ending Immunities Granted to the Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Other Iraqi Property and Interests in Property Pursuant to Executive Order 13303, as Amended
This executive order terminates legal immunities protecting the Development Fund for Iraq, Iraqi petroleum, and Central Bank of Iraq assets from U.S. judicial actions such as attachments, judgments, and liens. The action reflects the Obama administration's assessment that Iraq had made sufficient progress in managing debts and claims from the Saddam Hussein era. The underlying national emergency declared in 2003 remains in place, and immunities under other applicable law are unaffected.
Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine
This executive order declares a national emergency and authorizes the Treasury Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to block property and assets of individuals and entities deemed responsible for undermining Ukraine's democratic processes, threatening its territorial integrity, or asserting unauthorized governmental authority in Crimea. It also suspends U.S. entry for designated persons and prohibits transactions with or for the benefit of blocked parties.
Taking Additional Steps to Address the National Emergency With Respect to Somalia
This executive order expands U.S. sanctions against Somalia by amending Executive Order 13536 to block assets of individuals and entities involved in threatening Somalia's stability, misappropriating public assets, obstructing humanitarian aid, trafficking arms, committing violence against civilians, using child soldiers, or trading charcoal. It also prohibits the importation of charcoal from Somalia into the United States, targeting a key revenue source for the terrorist group al-Shabaab.
Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, Security, or Stability of Burma
This executive order modifies existing sanctions on Burma (Myanmar) by expanding the criteria for blocking property of individuals and entities that threaten peace and stability, including those undermining political reform, committing human rights abuses, or engaging in military trade with North Korea. It also amends two prior executive orders to replace 'logistical, or technical' with 'or technological' in their text.
Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, Security, or Stability of Yemen
This executive order declares a national emergency and blocks U.S.-based assets of individuals and entities determined to threaten Yemen's peace, security, or stability, particularly those obstructing the November 23, 2011 political transition agreement. It authorizes the Treasury and State Departments to designate targets and implement sanctions without prior notice.
Blocking Property of Transnational Criminal Organizations
This executive order declares a national emergency and blocks all U.S.-based assets of significant transnational criminal organizations, authorizing the Treasury Secretary to designate additional targets without prior notice. It prohibits any transactions with or support for designated entities and takes effect immediately upon signing.
Blocking Property of Senior Officials of the Government of Syria
This executive order freezes all U.S.-based assets of senior Syrian government officials and entities, prohibiting any transactions with them. It expands existing sanctions against Syria in response to escalating violence against protesters and repression of democratic change.
Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to North Korea
This executive order prohibits the importation of all goods, services, and technology from North Korea into the United States, effective immediately. It also bars U.S. persons from evading these sanctions and authorizes the Treasury Secretary to issue implementing regulations. The order builds on prior sanctions to enforce UN Security Council resolutions 1718 and 1874.
Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related to Libya
This executive order freezes all assets of the Libyan government, its central bank, and senior officials under Muammar Qadhafi held by U.S. persons or within the United States. It also authorizes the Treasury Secretary to designate additional individuals for sanctions based on their role in human rights abuses or ties to the regime, effective immediately upon signing.
Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to North Korea
This executive order expands existing sanctions against North Korea by blocking U.S.-based assets and prohibiting transactions with individuals and entities involved in arms trade, luxury goods imports, money laundering, counterfeiting, narcotics trafficking, and other activities supporting the North Korean government. It builds upon prior sanctions in Executive Order 13466 and implements obligations from UN Security Council Resolutions 1718 and 1874.
Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related to Burma
This executive order expands U.S. sanctions against Burma (Myanmar) by blocking property and prohibiting transactions with additional individuals and entities connected to the Burmese government, its military junta, and their supporters. It builds upon three prior executive orders (13047, 13310, 13448) targeting Burma's repression of democratic opposition, with immediate effect on May 1, 2008.
Blocking Property of Persons in Connection With the Conflict in Sudan's Darfur Region
This executive order expands a 1997 national emergency regarding Sudan to specifically target individuals and entities fueling the conflict in Darfur. It blocks all property and interests in property of designated persons within U.S. jurisdiction, prohibits transactions with them, and authorizes Treasury to designate additional parties threatening peace, stability, or human rights in the region.
Blocking Property of Additional Persons in Connection With the National Emergency With Respect to Syria
This executive order expands sanctions related to the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri by blocking U.S.-based assets of individuals and entities determined to be involved in that attack or related bombings in Lebanon, or who obstructed the UN investigation. It builds upon the existing national emergency declared in Executive Order 13338 concerning Syrian government actions.
Clarification of Certain Executive Orders Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions
This executive order amends two prior counterterrorism sanctions orders (EO 13224 and EO 12947) to clarify that charitable donations of food, clothing, and medicine to blocked persons are prohibited when they would impair the President's ability to deal with a national emergency or endanger U.S. Armed Forces facing imminent hostilities. It also specifies that the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 does not override agricultural or medical sanctions in such circumstances.
Protecting the Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Other Property in Which Iraq Has an Interest
This executive order shields Iraqi oil revenues and the Development Fund for Iraq from all U.S. legal judgments, liens, or court-ordered seizures, declaring them immune from judicial process to facilitate Iraq's reconstruction. It simultaneously lifts prior sanctions on these specific assets while maintaining other restrictions.
Prohibiting the Importation of Rough Diamonds From Sierra Leone
This executive order bans the importation of rough diamonds from Sierra Leone into the United States, effective January 19, 2001, to prevent the Revolutionary United Front from using illicit diamond trade to fund its civil war activities. The prohibition includes an exception for diamonds certified through Sierra Leone's official Certificate of Origin regime, and authorizes the Treasury Secretary to issue implementing regulations.
Blocking Property of UNITA and ProhibitingCertain Transactions With Respect to UNITA
This executive order blocks all U.S.-based property of UNITA (the Angolan rebel group) and designated senior officials and their families. It also prohibits U.S. persons from importing non-certified Angolan diamonds, and from selling or supplying mining equipment, vehicles, and related services to certain areas of Angola outside government control.
Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Rwanda and Delegating Authority With Respect to Other United Nations Arms Embargoes
This executive order implements a U.S. arms embargo against Rwanda mandated by UN Security Council Resolution 918, prohibiting the sale or supply of arms and related materiel to Rwanda by U.S. persons or from U.S. territory. It also delegates authority to the Secretaries of State and Commerce to enforce the embargo and to implement future UN-mandated arms embargoes.
Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Haiti
This executive order imposes comprehensive trade sanctions against Haiti, effective immediately on May 21, 1994, prohibiting the import of Haitian goods into the United States, banning U.S. exports to Haiti (with limited humanitarian exceptions for food, medicine, and informational materials), and blocking dealings by U.S. persons in Haitian exports. The sanctions implement UN Security Council Resolution 917 and expand upon prior emergency measures targeting Haiti's de facto military regime.
Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Haiti
This executive order imposes targeted financial sanctions and aviation restrictions against Haiti's de facto military regime following a UN Security Council resolution. It blocks assets of Haitian military officers, coup participants, and their immediate families within U.S. jurisdiction, and prohibits most flights between the U.S. and Haiti except regularly scheduled commercial passenger flights.
Prohibiting Imports From Iran
This executive order imposes a complete ban on imports of Iranian-origin goods and services into the United States, effective immediately upon signing, citing Iran's state-sponsored terrorism and attacks on shipping in the Persian Gulf. The Treasury Secretary is authorized to issue implementing regulations, with limited exceptions for news materials, third-country-refined petroleum, and goods already exported from Iran before the effective date.