U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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39–011 2014

113th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 113–111 

BLOCKING PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS CONTRIBUTING TO THE CONFLICT IN THE CENTRAL 

AFRICAN REPUBLIC 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

BLOCKING PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS CONTRIBUTING TO 

THE CONFLICT IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, PURSUANT TO 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A) 

MAY 13, 2014.—Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered 

to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, May 12, 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’’) 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 the Central African Republic. 

The United Nations Security Council addressed this situation in 

Resolutions 2121, 2127, and 2134, and has required that Member 

States impose certain targeted measures on persons determined to 

be contributing to the situation. The order strengthens the United 

States ability to implement these measures. 

The order does not target the entire country of the Central African Republic, but rather is intended to target those who threaten 

the peace, security, or stability of the Central African Republic or 

who undermine democratic processes or institutions in the Central 

African Republic. The order blocks the property and interests in 

property of persons listed in an Annex to the order. The order also 

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 

the Central African Republic: 

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

stability of the Central African Republic; 

Æ actions or policies that threaten transitional agreements or the political transition process in the Central African Republic; 

Æ actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions in the Central African Republic; 

Æ 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; 

Æ the use or recruitment of children by armed groups or 

armed forces in the context of the conflict in the Central 

African Republic; 


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Æ the obstruction of the delivery or distribution of, or access to, humanitarian assistance; 

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

Æ support to persons, including armed groups, involved 

in activities that threaten the peace, security, or stability 

of the Central African Republic or that undermine democratic processes or institutions in the Central African Republic through the illicit trade in natural resources of the 

Central African Republic; • except where intended for the authorized support of humanitarian activities or the authorized use by or support of 

peacekeeping, international, or government forces, to have directly or indirectly supplied, sold, or transferred to the Central 

African Republic, or been the recipient in the territory of the 

Central African Republic of, arms and related materiel, including military aircraft, and equipment, or advice, training, or assistance, including financing and financial assistance, related 

to military activities; • to be a leader of (i) an entity, including any armed group, 

that has, or whose members have, engaged in any of the activities described above or (ii) an entity 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 (i) any of the activities described 

above or (ii) 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, 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, 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 and the United Nations Participation Act 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. 

Sincerely, 

BARACK OBAMA. 


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EXECUTIVE ORDER

BLOCKING PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS CONTRIBUTING TO THE

CONFLICT IN THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

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 5 of the United Nations Participation Act (22 U.S.C. 

287c) (UNPA), 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 the Central African Republic, which has been marked by a breakdown of law and order, 

intersectarian tension, widespread violence and atrocities, and the 

pervasive, often forced recruitment and use of child soldiers, which 

threatens the peace, security, or stability of the Central African Republic and neighboring states, and which was addressed by the 

United Nations Security Council in Resolution 2121 of October 10, 

2013, Resolution 2127 of December 5, 2013, and Resolution 2134 of 

January 28, 2014, constitutes 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: 

(i) the persons listed in the Annex to this order; and 

(ii) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

in consultation with the Secretary of State: 

(A) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged in, directly or indirectly, any of the following in or 

in relation to the Central African Republic: 

(1) actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, or stability of the Central African Republic; 

(2) actions or policies that threaten transitional 

agreements or the political transition process in the 

Central African Republic; 

(3) actions or policies that undermine democratic 

processes or institutions in the Central African Republic; 


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(4) 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; 

(5) the use or recruitment of children by armed 

groups or armed forces in the context of the conflict in 

the Central African Republic; 

(6) the obstruction of the delivery or distribution of, 

or access to, humanitarian assistance; 

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

(8) support to persons, including armed groups, involved in activities that threaten the peace, security, 

or stability of the Central African Republic or that undermine democratic processes or institutions in the 

Central African Republic through the illicit trade in 

natural resources of the Central African Republic; 

(B) except where intended for the authorized support of 

humanitarian activities or the authorized use by or support of peacekeeping, international, or government forces, 

to have directly or indirectly supplied, sold, or transferred 

to the Central African Republic, or been the recipient in 

the territory of the Central African Republic of, arms and 

related materiel, including military aircraft, and equipment, or advice, training, or assistance, including financing and financial assistance, related to military activities; 

(C) to be a leader of (i) an entity, including any armed 

group, that has, or whose members have, engaged in any 

of the activities described in subsections (a)(ii)(A) or 

(a)(ii)(B) of this section or (ii) an entity whose property and 

interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; 

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

financial, material, logistical, or technological support for, 

or goods or services in support of (i) any of the activities 

described in subsections (a)(ii)(A) or (a)(ii)(B) of this section or (ii) any person whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to this order; or 

(E) 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 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. 


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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 

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; 

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 the national 

emergency declared 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, including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ 

all powers granted to the President by IEEPA and the UNPA, as 

may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of these functions to 

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ernment 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. 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 this 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. 11. 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. 12. This order is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight 

time on May 13, 2014. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, May 12, 2014. 


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