U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 

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99–011 2011

112th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 112–11 

DECLARATION OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH 

RESPECT TO LIBYA 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

A DECLARATION OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO 

BLOCKING THE PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS WITH RESPECT TO LIBYA, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1703(b) 

FEBRUARY 28, 2011.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, February 25, 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 takes 

steps with respect to the situation in Libya. 

I have determined that the actions of Colonel Muammar Qadhafi, 

his government, and close associates, including extreme measures 

against the people of Libya, constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the 

United States. The order declares a national emergency to deal 

with this threat. 

The order blocks the property and interests in property of persons listed in the Annex to the order, who I have determined meet 

the first or second of the six criteria set forth below. 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 a senior official of the Government of Libya; 

• to be a child of Colonel Muammar Qadhafi; 

• 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 related to political repression 

in Libya; 

• to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, 

material, logistical, or technical support for, or goods or services in 

support of the activities described above or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the order; 

• to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to 

act for or on behalf of, any person whose property and interests in 

property are blocked pursuant to the order; or 

• to be a spouse or dependent child of any person whose property 

and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the order. 

In addition, the order blocks the property and interests in property of the Government of Libya. 

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 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. 


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Additionally, the Secretary of State is suspending all existing licenses and other approvals for the export of defense articles and 

services to Libya. 

The order, a copy of which is enclosed, became effective at 8:00 

p.m. eastern standard time on February 25, 2011. 

Sincerely, 

BARACK OBAMA. 


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EXECUTIVE ORDER

BLOCKING PROPERTY AND PROHIBITING CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS RELATED TO LIBYA

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, 

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

find that Colonel Muammar Qadhafi, his government, and close associates have taken extreme measures against the people of Libya, 

including by using weapons of war, mercenaries, and wanton violence against unarmed civilians. I further find that there is a serious risk that Libyan state assets will be misappropriated by Qadhafi, members of his government, members of his family, or his 

close associates if those assets are not protected. The foregoing circumstances, the prolonged attacks, and the increased numbers of 

Libyans seeking refuge in other countries from the attacks, have 

caused a deterioration in the security of Libya and pose a serious 

risk to its stability, thereby constituting 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. 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 a senior official of the Government of Libya; 

(ii) to be a child of Colonel Muammar Qadhafi; 

(iii) 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 related to political repression in Libya; 

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

services in support of the activities described in subsection 

(b)(iii) of this section or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; 


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(v) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, any person whose property 

and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or 

(vi) to be a spouse or dependent child of any person whose 

property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this 

order. 

Sec. 2. 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 Government of Libya, its agencies, instrumentalities, and controlled 

entities, and the Central Bank of Libya, are blocked and may not 

be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in. 

Sec. 3. 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. 4. I hereby determine that, to the extent section 203(b)(2) of 

IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) may apply, the making of donations 

of the type of articles specified in such section by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are 

blocked pursuant to sections 1 and 2 of this order would seriously 

impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in 

this order, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by sections 1 and 2 of this order. 

Sec. 5. The prohibitions in sections 1 and 2 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. 6. The prohibitions in sections 1 and 2 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. 7. (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. 8. Nothing in this order shall prohibit transactions for the 

conduct of the official business of the Federal Government by employees, grantees, or contractors thereof. 

Sec. 9. For the purposes of this order: 

(a) the term ‘‘person’’ means an individual or entity; 


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(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 or national, 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. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. This order is effective at 8 p.m. eastern standard time 

on February 25, 2011. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, February 25, 2011. 

ANNEX 

Individuals 

1. Ayesha QADHAFI [Lieutenant General in the Libyan Army, 

born circa 1976 or 1977] 

2. Khamis QADHAFI [born 1980] 

3. Muammar QADHAFI [Head of State of Libya, born 1942] 

4. Mutassim QADHAFI [National Security Advisor and Lieutenant 

Colonel in the Libyan Army, born circa 1975] 

5. Saif Al-Islam QADHAFI [born June 5, 1972] 

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