U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 

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39–011 2014

113th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 113–99 

BLOCKING PROPERTY OF ADDITIONAL PERSONS 

CONTRIBUTING TO THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FURTHER EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THE 

NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13660 

OF MARCH 6, 2014, AND EXPANDED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13661 

OF MARCH 14, 2014, WITH RESPECT TO THE UNUSUAL AND EXTRAORDINARY THREAT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES POSED BY THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE 

MARCH 21, 2014.—Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, March 20, 2014. 

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’’) further expanding the scope of the national emergency I declared in Executive Order 13660 of March 6, 2014, and expanded in Executive 

Order 13661 of March 16, 2014, with respect to the unusual and 

extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of 

the United States posed by the situation in Ukraine. 

In the order, I find that the actions and policies of the Government of the Russian Federation with respect to Ukraine—including 

its purported annexation of Crimea and its use of force in 

Ukraine—undermine democratic processes and institutions in 

Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, stability, sovereignty, and 

territorial integrity; and contribute to the misappropriation of its 

assets, and thereby constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat 

to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. The 

order blocks the property and interests in property of persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 

Secretary of State: 

• to operate in such sectors of the Russian Federation economy as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

in consultation with the Secretary of State, such as financial 

services, energy, metals and mining, engineering, and defense 

and related materiel; 

• 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 materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services 

to or in support of, 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 agencies of the United 

States Government are directed to take all appropriate measures 

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


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

Sincerely, 

BARACK OBAMA. 


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EXECUTIVE ORDER

BLOCKING PROPERTY OF ADDITIONAL PERSONS CONTRIBUTING TO

THE SITUATION IN UKRAINE

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, 

hereby expand the scope of the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13660 of March 6, 2014, and expanded by Executive 

Order 13661 of March 16, 2014, finding that the actions and policies of the Government of the Russian Federation, including its 

purported annexation of Crimea and its use of force in Ukraine, 

continue to undermine democratic processes and institutions in 

Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, stability, sovereignty, and 

territorial integrity; and contribute to the misappropriation of its 

assets, and thereby constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat 

to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. 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 (including any foreign branch) 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 operate in such sectors of the Russian Federation economy 

as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, such as financial services, energy, metals and mining, engineering, and defense and related materiel; 

(ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, 

material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in 

support of, any person whose property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to this order; or 

(iii) 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. 

(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except 

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tives, 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 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. 3. 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 13660, and expanded in Executive Order 13661 and this order, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of this order. 

Sec. 4. 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. 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 the ‘‘Government of the Russian Federation’’ means 

the Government of the Russian Federation, any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, including the Central 

Bank of the Russian Federation, and any person owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, the Government of the Russian Federation. 

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 


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emergency declared in Executive Order 13660, and expanded in Executive Order 13661 and 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, 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, March 20, 2014. 

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