U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 

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99–011 2011

112th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 112–17 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO SYRIA 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION OF THE EXPANSION OF THE SCOPE OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO SYRIA DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13338 OF MAY 11, 2004, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d) 

MAY 2, 2011.—Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered 

to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, April 29, 2011. 

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’’) that expands the scope of the national emergency declared in Executive 

Order 13338 of May 11, 2004, and relied upon for additional steps 

taken in Executive Order 13399 of April 25, 2006, and Executive 

Order 13460 of February 13, 2008. 

In Executive Order 13338, the President found that the actions 

of the Government of Syria constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy 

of the United States and declared a national emergency to deal 

with that threat. To address that threat and to implement the 

Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act of 

2003 (Public Law 108–175), the President in Executive Order 

13338 blocked the property of certain persons and imposed additional prohibitions on certain transactions with respect to Syria. 

I have determined that the Government of Syria’s human rights 

abuses, including those related to the repression of the people in 

Syria, manifested most recently by the use of violence and torture 

against, and arbitrary arrests and detentions of, peaceful protestors 

by police, security forces, and other entities that have engaged in 

human rights abuses, constitute an unusual and extraordinary 

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

United States, and warrant the imposition of additional sanctions. 

The order blocks the property and interests in property of persons listed in the Annex to the order. The order also provides criteria for designations of persons determined by the Secretary of the 

Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State: • 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 in Syria, including those related to repression; • to be a senior official of an entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the order; • to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services 

in support of, human rights abuses in Syria, or any person 

whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 

to Executive Order 13338, Executive Order 13460, or 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, any person 


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whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 

to Executive Order 13460 or the order. 

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. I have also delegated to the 

Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of 

State, the authority to determine that circumstances no longer 

warrant the blocking of the property and interests in property of 

a person listed in the Annex to the order, and to take necessary 

action to give effect to that determination. 

The order was effective at 1:00 p.m. eastern daylight time on 

April 29, 2011. All executive agencies of the United States Government 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 PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS WITH RESPECT TO

HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN SYRIA

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.), 

and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, 

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

hereby expand the scope of the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004, and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13399 of April 25, 2006, and 

in Executive Order 13460 of February 13, 2008, finding that the 

Government of Syria’s human rights abuses, including those related to the repression of the people of Syria, manifested most recently by the use of violence and torture against, and arbitrary arrests and detentions of, peaceful protestors by police, security 

forces, and other entities that have engaged in human rights 

abuses, constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States, 

and 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 responsible for or complicit in, or responsible for 

ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, or to have 

participated in, the commission of human rights abuses in 

Syria, including those related to repression; 

(ii) to be a senior official of an entity whose property and 

interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; 

(iii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided 

financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or 

services in support of, the activities described in subsection 

(b)(i) of this section or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to Executive 

Order 13338, Executive Order 13460, or this order; or 

(iv) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any 


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person whose property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to Executive Order 13460 or 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 13338 and expanded 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. The prohibitions in section 1 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. 5. (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. 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 Syria’’ means the Government 

of the Syrian Arab Republic, 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 13338 and expanded 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 

Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, inVerDate Mar 15 2010 00:35 May 04, 2011 Jkt 099011 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 6602 E:\HR\OC\HD017.XXX HD017

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cluding 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 

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. 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. 

Sec. 11. This order is effective at 1:00 p.m. eastern daylight time 

on April 29, 2011. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, April 29, 2011. 


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ANNEX

Individuals 

1. Mahir AL-ASAD [Brigade Commander in the Syrian Army’s 

Fourth Armored Division, born 1968] 

2. Ali MAMLUK [director of the Syrian General Intelligence Directorate, born 1947] 

3. Atif NAJIB [former head of the Syrian Political Security Directorate for Dar’a Province] 

Entities 

1. Syrian General Intelligence Directorate 

2. Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps—Qods Force 

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