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49–011 2015

114th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 114–22 

BLOCKING PROPERTY AND SUSPENDING ENTRY OF 

CERTAIN PERSONS ENGAGING IN SIGNIFICANT MALICIOUS CYBER-ENABLED ACTIVITIES 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT AN EXECUTIVE ORDER WAS ISSUED DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE UNUSUAL AND EXTRAORDINARY THREAT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY, FOREIGN POLICY, AND ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES 

POSED BY THE INCREASING PREVALENCE AND SEVERITY OF 

MALICIOUS CYBER-ENABLED ACTIVITIES ORIGINATING FROM, 

OR DIRECTED BY PERSONS LOCATED, IN WHOLE OR IN SUBSTANTIAL PART, OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, PURSUANT TO 

50 U.S.C. 1701 ET SEQ. 

APRIL 13, 2015.—Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, April 1, 2015. 

Hon. JOHN BOEHNER, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the International Emergency 

Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order (the ‘‘order’’) declaring 

a national emergency with respect to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy 

of the United States posed by the increasing prevalence and severity of malicious cyber-enabled activities originating from, or directed by persons located, in whole or in substantial part, outside 

the United States. 

The order would block the property and interests in property of: 

• any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 

consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State, 

to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged in, directly 

or indirectly, cyber-enabled activities originating from, or directed 

by persons located, in whole or in substantial part, outside the 

United States that are reasonably likely to result in, or have materially contributed to, a significant threat to the national security, 

foreign policy, or economic health or financial stability of the 

United States and that have the purpose or effect of: 

» harming, or otherwise significantly compromising the provision of services by, a computer or network of computers that 

support one or more entities in a critical infrastructure sector; 

» significantly compromising the provision of services by one 

or more entities in a critical infrastructure sector; 

» causing a significant disruption to the availability of a 

computer or network of computers; or 

» causing a significant misappropriation of funds or economic resources, trade secrets, personal identifiers, or financial 

information for commercial or competitive advantage or private 

financial gain; or 

• any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 

consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of State: 

» to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged 

in, the receipt or use for commercial or competitive advantage 

or private financial gain, or by a commercial entity, outside the 

United States of trade secrets misappropriated through cyberenabled means, knowing they have been misappropriated, 

where the misappropriation of such trade secrets is reasonably 

likely to result in, or has materially contributed to, a significant threat to the national security, foreign policy, or economic 

health or financial stability of the United States; 


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» to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services 

in support of, certain malicious cyber-enabled activities described in the order or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the order; » 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 the order; or » to have attempted to engage in any of the malicious activities described in the order. 

In addition, the order suspends entry into the United States of 

any alien determined to meet one or more of the above criteria. 

I have delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury the authority, 

in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of 

State, 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 the order. 

All executive agencies are directed to take all appropriate measures 

within their authority to carry out the provisions of the order. 

I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued. 

Sincerely, 

BARACK OBAMA. 


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EXECUTIVE ORDER

BLOCKING THE PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS ENGAGING IN

SIGNIFICANT MALICIOUS CYBER-ENABLED ACTIVITIES

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, 

find that the increasing prevalence and severity of malicious cyberenabled activities originating from, or directed by persons located, 

in whole or in substantial part, outside the United States constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States. I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with this threat. 

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 of the following persons are blocked and 

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

dealt in: 

(i) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of 

State, to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged 

in, directly or indirectly, cyber-enabled activities originating 

from, or directed by persons located, in whole or in substantial 

part, outside the United States that are reasonably likely to result in, or have materially contributed to, a significant threat 

to the national security, foreign policy, or economic health or 

financial stability of the United States and that have the purpose or effect of: 

(A) harming, or otherwise significantly compromising the 

provision of services by, a computer or network of computers that support one or more entities in a critical infrastructure sector; 

(B) significantly compromising the provision of services 

by one or more entities in a critical infrastructure sector; 

(C) causing a significant disruption to the availability of 

a computer or network of computers; or 

(D) causing a significant misappropriation of funds or 

economic resources, trade secrets, personal identifiers, or 


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financial information for commercial or competitive advantage or private financial gain; or 

(ii) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

in consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary of 

State: 

(A) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged in, the receipt or use for commercial or competitive 

advantage or private financial gain, or by a commercial entity, outside the United States of trade secrets misappropriated through cyber-enabled means, knowing they have 

been misappropriated, where the misappropriation of such 

trade secrets is reasonably likely to result in, or has materially contributed to, a significant threat to the national 

security, foreign policy, or economic health or financial stability of the United States; 

(B) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or 

services in support of, any activity described in subsections 

(a)(i) or (a)(ii)(A) of this section or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this 

order; 

(C) 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; or 

(D) to have attempted to engage in any of the activities 

described in subsections (a)(i) and (a)(ii)(A)–(C) of this section. 

(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 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. 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 


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(Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject to United Nations Security 

Council Travel Bans and International Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions). 

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; 

(d) the term ‘‘critical infrastructure sector’’ means any of the designated critical infrastructure sectors identified in Presidential Policy Directive 21; and 

(e) the term ‘‘misappropriation’’ includes any taking or obtaining 

by improper means, without permission or consent, or under false 

pretenses. 

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 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 

Attorney General and 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. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 

Attorney General and 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)). 


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Sec. 10. 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. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, April 1, 2015. 

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