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Federal Register 

Vol. 76, No. 41 

Wednesday, March 2, 2011 

Title 3— 

The President 

Executive Order 13566 of February 25, 2011 

Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions Related to Libya 

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 

Colonel Muammar Qadhafi, his government, and close associates have taken 

extreme measures against the people of Libya, including by using weapons 

of war, mercenaries, and wanton violence against unarmed civilians. I further 

find that there is a serious risk that Libyan state assets will be misappropriated by Qadhafi, members of his government, members of his family, 

or his close associates if those assets are not protected. The foregoing circumstances, the prolonged attacks, and the increased numbers of Libyans 

seeking refuge in other countries from the attacks, have caused a deterioration 

in the security of Libya and pose a serious risk to its stability, thereby 

constituting 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 overseas branch, of the following persons are blocked and may not 

be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: 

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

(b) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 

with the Secretary of State: 

(i) to be a senior official of the Government of Libya; 

(ii) to be a child of Colonel Muammar Qadhafi; 

(iii) to be responsible for or complicit in, or responsible for ordering, 

controlling, or otherwise directing, or to have participated in, the commission of human rights abuses related to political repression in Libya; 

(iv) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, 

logistical, or technical support for, or goods or services in support of 

the activities described in subsection (b)(iii) of this section or any person 

whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this 

order; 

(v) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act 

for or on behalf of, any person whose property and interests in property 

are blocked pursuant to this order; or 

(vi) to be a spouse or dependent child of any person whose property 

and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order. 

Sec. 2. 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 

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any overseas branch, of the Government of Libya, its agencies, instrumentalities, and controlled entities, and the Central Bank of Libya, are blocked 

and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt 

in. 

Sec. 3. 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. 4. I hereby determine that, to the extent section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA 

(50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) may apply, the making of donations of the type 

of articles specified in such section by, to, or for the benefit of any person 

whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to sections 

1 and 2 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 sections 1 and 2 of this order. 

Sec. 5. The prohibitions in sections 1 and 2 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. 6. 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. 7. (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. 8. Nothing in this order shall prohibit transactions for the conduct 

of the official business of the Federal Government by employees, grantees, 

or contractors thereof. 

Sec. 9. 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 or 

national, 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. 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. 

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Sec. 11. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 

of State, is hereby authorized to determine that circumstances no longer 

warrant the blocking of the property and interests in property of a person 

listed in the Annex to this order, and to take necessary action to give 

effect to that determination. 

Sec. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. This order is effective at 8:00 p.m. eastern standard time on February 

25, 2011. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

February 25, 2011. 

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