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49–011 2015

113th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 113–180 

IMPOSING ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT 

TO NORTH KOREA 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION OF AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ISSUED WITH RESPECT 

TO NORTH KOREA THAT EXPANDS THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13466 OF JUNE 26, 2008, AS 

AMENDED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 13551 OF AUGUST 30, 2010, 

AND EXECUTIVE ORDER 13570 OF APRIL 18, 2011, PURSUANT TO 

50 U.S.C. 1701 ET SEQ 

JANUARY 2, 2015.—Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, January 2, 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’’) with respect to North Korea that expands the national emergency declared 

in Executive Order 13466 of June 26, 2008, expanded in scope in 

Executive Order 13551 of August 30, 2010, and relied upon for additional steps in Executive Order 13570 of April 18, 2011. The 

order takes additional steps to address North Korea’s continued actions that threaten the United States and others. 

In 2008, upon terminating the exercise of certain authorities 

under the Trading With the Enemy Act (TWEA) with respect to 

North Korea, the President issued Executive Order 13466 and declared a national emergency pursuant to IEEPA to deal with the 

unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the existence and risk of 

the proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean 

Peninsula. Executive Order 13466 continued certain restrictions on 

North Korea and North Korean nationals that had been in place 

under TWEA. 

In 2010, I issued Executive Order 13551. In that order, I determined that the Government of North Korea’s continued provocative 

actions destabilized the Korean peninsula and imperiled U.S. 

Armed Forces, allies, and trading partners in the region and warranted the imposition of additional sanctions, and I expanded the 

national emergency declared in Executive Order 13466. In Executive Order 13551, I ordered blocked the property and interests in 

property of three North Korean entities and one individual listed 

in the Annex to that order and provided criteria under which the 

Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of 

State, may designate additional persons whose property and interests in property shall be blocked. 

In 2011, I issued Executive Order 13570 to further address the 

national emergency with respect to North Korea and to strengthen 

the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 

1718 and 1874. That Executive Order prohibited the direct or indirect importation of goods, services, and technology from North 

Korea. 

I have now determined that the provocative, destabilizing, and 

repressive actions and policies of the Government of North Korea, 

including its destructive, coercive cyber-related actions during November and December 2014, actions in violation of United Nations 

Security Council Resolutions 1718, 1874, 2087, and 2094, and comVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:22 Jan 11, 2015 Jkt 049011 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 E:\HR\OC\HD180.XXX HD180

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mission of serious human rights abuses, constitute a continuing 

threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the 

United States. 

The order is not targeted at the people of North Korea, but rather is aimed at the Government of North Korea and its activities 

that threaten the United States and others. The order leaves in 

place all existing sanctions imposed under Executive Orders 13466, 

13551, and 13570. It provides criteria for blocking the property and 

interests in property of any person determined by the Secretary of 

the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State: • to be an agency, instrumentality, or controlled entity of the 

Government of North Korea or the Workers’ Party of Korea; • to be an official of the Government of North Korea; • to be an official of the Workers’ Party of Korea; • to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services 

to or in support of, the Government of North Korea or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the order; or • to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported 

to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Government 

of North Korea or any person whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to 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 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

IMPOSING ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA

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 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; and 

in view of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 

1718 of October 14, 2006, UNSCR 1874 of June 12, 2009, UNSCR 

2087 of January 22, 2013, and UNSCR 2094 of March 7, 2013, 

I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, 

find that the provocative, destabilizing, and repressive actions and 

policies of the Government of North Korea, including its destructive, coercive cyber-related actions during November and December 

2014, actions in violation of UNSCRs 1718, 1874, 2087, and 2094, 

and commission of serious human rights abuses, constitute a continuing threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy 

of the United States, and hereby expand the scope of the national 

emergency declared in Executive Order 13466 of June 26, 2008, expanded in scope in Executive Order 13551 of August 30, 2010, and 

relied upon for additional steps in Executive Order 13570 of April 

18, 2011. To address this threat and to take further steps with respect to this national emergency, 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: any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

in consultation with the Secretary of State: 

(i) to be an agency, instrumentality, or controlled entity of 

the Government of North Korea or the Workers’ Party of 

Korea; 

(ii) to be an official of the Government of North Korea; 

(iii) to be an official of the Workers’ Party of Korea; 

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

to or in support of, the Government of North Korea or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or 

(v) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Government of North Korea or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order. 


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(b) The prohibitions in 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. 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 Executive Order 13466, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of this order. 

Sec. 3. The prohibitions in 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 

(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; and 

(d) the term ‘‘Government of North Korea’’ means the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and its agencies, 

instrumentalities, and controlled entities. 

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 13466, there need be no 


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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. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, January 2, 2015. 

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