U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 

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59–011 2006

109th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 109–139 

NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SUDAN 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL STEPS TAKEN WITH RESPECT TO 

THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 

13067 OF NOVEMBER 3, 1997, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1703(b) 

NOVEMBER 9, 2006.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the 

Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, October 13, 2006. 

Hon. J. DENNIS HASTERT, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Consistent with subsection 204(b) of the 

International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(b) 

(IEEPA), and section 301 of the National Emergencies Act, 50 

U.S.C. 1631 (NEA) , I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order (the ‘‘order’’) to take additional steps with respect to the 

national emergency declared in Executive Order 13067 of November 3, 1997. 

On October 13, 2006, I signed into law the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006 (DPAA), which, among other things, calls 

for support of the regional government of Southern Sudan, assistance with the peace efforts in the Darfur region of Sudan, and provision of economic assistance in specified areas of Sudan. Section 

7 of the DPAA maintains the sanctions currently imposed on the 

Government of Sudan. However, section 8(e) of the DPAA exempts 

from the prohibitions of Executive Order 13067 certain areas in 

Sudan, including Southern Sudan, Southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, Blue Nile State, Abyei, Darfur, and marginalized areas 

in and around Khartoum. 

Pursuant to IEEPA and the NEA, I determined that the Government of Sudan continues to implement policies and actions that 

violate human rights, in particular with respect to the conflict in 

Darfur, where the Government of Sudan exercises administrative 

and legal authority and pervasive practical influence, and that the 

Government of Sudan has a pervasive role in the petroleum and 

petrochemical industries in Sudan. In light of these determinations, and in order to reconcile sections 7 and 8 of the DPAA, I 

issued this order to continue the country-wide blocking of the Government of Sudan’s property and to prohibit transactions relating 

to the petroleum and petrochemical industries in Sudan. 

The order blocks the property and interests in property of the 

Government of Sudan 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 United States persons, including 

their overseas branches. The order also prohibits all transactions 

by United States persons relating to the petroleum or petrochemical industries in Sudan, including, but not limited to, oilfield 

services and oil or gas pipelines. 

The order specifies that Executive Order 13067 remains in force, 

but that the prohibitions in section 2 of that order shall not apply 

to activities and transactions with respect to Southern Sudan, 

Southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, Blue Nile State, Abyei, 

Darfur, or marginalized areas in and around Khartoum, provided 


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that the activities or transactions do not involve, any property or 

interests in property of the Government of Sudan. 

Sincerely, 

GEORGE W. BUSH. 


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EXECUTIVE ORDER

BLOCKING PROPERTY OF AND PROHIBITING TRANSACTIONS WITH THE

GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN

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, and taking 

appropriate account of the Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 

2006 (the ‘‘Act’’), 

I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that, due to the continuation of the threat to the national 

security and foreign policy of the United States created by certain 

policies and actions of the Government of Sudan that violate 

human rights, in particular with respect to the conflict in Darfur, 

where the Government of Sudan exercises administrative and legal 

authority and pervasive practical influence, and due to the threat 

to the national security and foreign policy of the United States 

posed by the pervasive role played by the Government of Sudan in 

the petroleum and petrochemical industries in Sudan, it is in the 

interests of the United States to take additional steps with respect 

to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13067 of 

November 3, 1997. Accordingly, I hereby order: 

Section 1. Except to the extent provided in section 203(b) of 

IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)) or in regulations, orders, directives, or 

licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, all property and 

interests in property of the Government of Sudan 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 

United States persons, including their overseas branches, are 

blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or 

otherwise dealt in. 

Sec. 2. Except to the extent provided in section 203(b) of IEEPA 

(50 U.S.C. 1702(b)) 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, all transactions by United States 

persons relating to the petroleum or petrochemical industries in 

Sudan, including, but not limited to, oilfield services and oil or gas 

pipelines, are prohibited. 

Sec. 3. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or within 

the United States that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading 

or avoiding, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth 

in this order is prohibited. 


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(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set 

forth in this order is prohibited. 

Sec. 4. (a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this section, restrictions 

imposed by this order shall be in addition to, and do not derogate 

from, restrictions imposed in and under Executive Order 13067. 

(b)(i) None of the prohibitions in section 2 of Executive Order 

13067 shall apply to activities or related transactions with respect 

to Southern Sudan, Southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, 

Blue Nile State, Abyei, Darfur, or marginalized areas in and 

around Khartoum, provided that the activities or transactions do 

not involve any property or interests in property of the Government 

of Sudan. 

(ii) The Secretary of State, after consultation with the Secretary 

of the Treasury, may define the term ‘‘Southern Sudan, Southern 

Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, Blue Nile State, Abyei, Darfur, or 

marginalized areas in and around Khartoum’’ for the purposes of 

this order. 

(c) The function of the President under subsection 6(c)(1) of the 

Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–497), 

as amended by section 5(a)(3) of the Act, is assigned to the Secretary of the Treasury as appropriate in the performance of such 

function. 

(d) The functions of the President under subsection 6(c)(2) and 

the last sentence of 6(d) of the Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act 

of 2004 (Public Law 108–497), as amended by subsections 5(a)(3) 

and (b), respectively, of the Act, are assigned to the Secretary of 

State, except that the function of denial of entry is assigned to the 

Secretary of Homeland Security. 

(e) The functions of the President under sections 7 and 8 of the 

Act are assigned to the Secretary of State. 

Sec. 5. Nothing in this order shall prohibit: 

(a) transactions for the conduct of the official business of the Federal Government or the United Nations by employees thereof; or 

(b) transactions in Sudan for journalistic activity by persons regularly employed in such capacity by a news-gathering organization. 

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 Sudan’’ includes the Government of 

Sudan, its agencies, instrumentalities, and controlled entities, and 

the Central Bank of Sudan, but does not include the regional government of Southern Sudan. 

Sec. 7. For those persons whose property and interests who 

might have a constitutional presence in the United States, 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 these measures ineffectual. I 

therefore determine. that for these measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13067 


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there need be no prior notice of a determination made pursuant to 

section 1 of this order. 

Sec. 8. The secretary of the Treasury, after 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 executive 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, where appropriate, to advise the Secretary of the Treasury in a timely manner of the measures taken. The Secretary of the Treasury shall ensure compliance with those provisions of section 401 of the NEA 

(50 U.S.C. 1641) applicable to the Department of the Treasury in 

relation to this order. 

Sec. 9. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any 

right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at 

law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or employees, or any other person. 

Sec. 10. This order shall take effect upon the enactment of the 

Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006. 

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, October 13, 2006. 

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