U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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39–011 2014

113th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 113–102 

EXECUTIVE ORDER DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION IN AND 

IN RELATION TO SOUTH SUDAN 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

AN EXECUTIVE ORDER DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION IN AND IN RELATION TO 

SOUTH SUDAN 

APRIL 4, 2014.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed 


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To the Congress of the United States: 

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 and foreign policy of the United States posed by the 

situation in and in relation to South Sudan. 

The order does not target the country of South Sudan, but rather 

is aimed at persons who threaten the peace, stability, or security 

of South Sudan; commit human rights abuses against persons in 

South Sudan; or undermine democratic processes or institutions in 

South Sudan. The order provides authority 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 responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged in, 

directly or indirectly, any of the following in or in relation to 

South Sudan: 

» actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, or 

stability of South Sudan; 

» actions or policies that threaten transitional agreements or undermine democratic processes or institutions 

in South Sudan; 

» actions or policies that have the purpose or effect of 

expanding or extending the conflict in South Sudan or obstructing reconciliation or peace talks or processes; 

» the commission of human rights abuses against persons in South Sudan; 

» the targeting of women; children, or any civilians 

through the commission of acts of violence (including killing, maiming, torture, or rape or other sexual violence), 

abduction, forced displacement, or attacks on schools, hospitals, religious sites, or locations where civilians are seeking refuge, or through conduct that would constitute a serious abuse—or violation of human rights or a violation of 

international humanitarian law; 

» the use or recruitment of children by armed groups or 

armed forces in the context of the conflict in South Sudan; 

» the obstruction of the activities of international peacekeeping, diplomatic, or humanitarian missions in South 

Sudan, or of the delivery or distribution of, or access to, 

humanitarian assistance; or 

» attacks against United Nations missions, international security presences, or other peacekeeping operations; 

• to be a leader of (i) an entity, including any government, 

rebel militia, or other group, that has, or whose members have, 

engaged in any of the activities described above or (ii) an entity 


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whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 

to the order; • to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, logistical, or technological support for, or goods 

or services in support of, any activity described above or any 

person whose property and interests in property are blocked 

pursuant to the order; or • 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. 

I have delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 

with the Secretary of State, the authority 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. 

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

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, April 3, 2014. 


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EXECUTIVE ORDER

BLOCKING PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS WITH RESPECT TO

SOUTH 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), 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 situation in and in relation to South Sudan, which 

has been marked by activities that threaten the peace, security, or 

stability of South Sudan and the surrounding region, including 

widespread violence and atrocities, human rights abuses, recruitment and use of child soldiers, attacks on peacekeepers, and obstruction of humanitarian operations, poses an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the 

United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal 

with that threat. 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 be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged 

in, directly or indirectly, any of the following in or in relation 

to South Sudan: 

(A) actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, 

or stability of South Sudan; 

(B) actions or policies that threaten transitional agreements or undermine democratic processes or institutions 

in South Sudan; 

(C) actions or policies that have the purpose or effect of 

expanding or extending the conflict in South Sudan or obstructing reconciliation or peace talks or processes; 

(D) the commission of human rights abuses against persons in South Sudan; 

(E) the targeting of women, children, or any civilians 

through the commission of acts of violence (including killing, maiming, torture, or rape or other sexual violence), 

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pitals, religious sites, or locations where civilians are seeking refuge, or through conduct that would constitute a serious abuse or violation of human rights or a violation of 

international humanitarian law; 

(F) the use or recruitment of children by armed groups 

or armed forces in the context of the conflict in South 

Sudan; 

(G) the obstruction of the activities of international 

peacekeeping, diplomatic, or humanitarian missions in 

South Sudan, or of the delivery or distribution of, or access 

to, humanitarian assistance; or 

(H) attacks against United Nations missions, international security presences, or other peacekeeping operations; 

(ii) to be a leader of (A) an entity, including any government, 

rebel militia, or other group, that has, or whose members have, 

engaged in any of the activities described in subsection (a)(i) of 

this section or (B) an entity whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to this order; 

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

or services in support of (A) any of the activities described in 

subsection (a)(i) of this section or (B) any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 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 person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order. 

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

to the extent provided in this order and 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 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 this national 

emergency, 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 

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sons 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; 

and 

(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. 

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 this national 

emergency, 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. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 

Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to submit the recurring 

and final reports to the Congress on the national emergency declared in the 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)). 

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 3, 2014. 

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