U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 

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59–011 2007

110th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 110–47 

EXPANSION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO PROTECTING THE STABILIZATION EFFORTS IN IRAQ 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT 

TO PROTECTING THE ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION AND POLITICAL REFORM IN IRAQ, ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE 

ORDER 13303 OF MAY 22, 2003, AS EXPANDED IN SCOPE BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 13315 OF AUGUST 28, 2003, AND MODIFIED IN 

EXECUTIVE ORDER 13364 OF NOVEMBER 29, 2004, IS EXPANDED 

BY BLOCKING PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS WHO THREATEN STABILIZATION EFFORTS IN IRAQ, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 

1601 ET SEQ 

JULY 18, 2007.—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, 

as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), I hereby report that 

I have issued an Executive Order blocking property of persons determined to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, an act or acts of violence that have the purpose or effect 

of threatening the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of 

Iraq or undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction 

and political reform in Iraq or to provide humanitarian assistance 

to the Iraqi people. I issued this order to take additional steps with 

respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 

13303 of May 22, 2003, and expanded in Executive Order 13315 of 

August 28, 2003, and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, and Executive Order 13364 

of November 29, 2004. In these previous Executive Orders, I ordered various measures to address the unusual and extraordinary 

threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United 

States posed by obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the 

restoration and maintenance of peace and security in that country, 

and the development of political, administrative, and economic institutions in Iraq. 

My new order takes additional steps with respect to the national 

emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 and expanded in Executive Order 13315 by blocking the property and interests in property of persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 

consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, an act or acts of violence that have the purpose or effect of 

threatening the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq 

or undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq or to provide humanitarian assistance to the 

Iraqi people. The order further authorizes the Secretary of the 

Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, to designate for blocking those persons determined to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, 

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

support of, such an act or acts of violence or any person designated 

pursuant to this 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 this order. 

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

the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, the authority 

to take such actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President by 


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IEEPA as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of my order. 

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

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, July 17, 2007. 


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EXECUTIVE ORDER

BLOCKING PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS WHO THREATEN

STABILIZATION EFFORTS IN IRAQ

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, as amended (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, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that, due to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the 

national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by 

acts of violence threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political 

reform in Iraq and to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi 

people, it is in the interests of the United States to take additional 

steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive 

Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, and expanded in Executive Order 

13315 of August 28, 2003, and relied upon for additional steps 

taken in Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, and Executive 

Order 13364 of November 29, 2004. I hereby order: 

Section 1. (a) Except to the extent provided in section 203 (b) (1), 

(3), and (4) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702 (b) (1), (3), and (4)), 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, all property and interests in property of the following persons, 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 

United States 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 and the Secretary of Defense, 

(i) to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, 

an act or acts of violence that have the purpose or effect of: 

(A) threatening the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq; or 

(B) undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction 

and political reform in Iraq or to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people; 

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

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

support of, such an act or acts of violence or any person whose 

property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this 

order; or 


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(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 include, but 

are not limited to, (i) 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 (ii) the receipt of any contribution or provision of 

funds, goods, or services from any such person. 

Sec. 2. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or within 

the United States that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading 

or avoiding, 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. 3. For 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. 4. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the 

type 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 this order would seriously 

impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in 

Executive Order 13303 and expanded in Executive Order 13315, 

and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of 

this order. 

Sec. 5. 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 these measures to be ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency delared in Executive Order 13303 and expanded 

in Executive Order 13315, there need be no prior notice of a listing 

or determination made pursuant to section l(a) of this order. 

Sec. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 

Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, 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 


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order and, where appropriate, to advise the Secretary of the Treasury in a timely manner of the measures taken. 

Sec. 7. Nothing in this order is intended to affect the continued 

effectiveness of any rules, regulations, orders, licenses, or other 

forms of administrative action issued, taken, or continued in effect 

heretofore or hereafter under 31 C.F.R. chapter V, except as expressly terminated, modified, or suspended by or pursuant to this 

order. 

Sec. 8. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any 

right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at 

law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or employees, or any other person. 

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, July 17, 2007. 

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