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59–011 2016

114th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 114–117 

CONTINUATION OF AND MODIFICATION TO THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO NORTH 

KOREA 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION OF AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT TAKES ADDITIONAL STEPS WITH RESPECT TO THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO BLOCKING PROPERTY OF THE 

GOVERNMENT OF NORTH KOREA AND THE WORKERS’ PARTY OF 

KOREA, AND PROHIBITING CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13466 OF JUNE 

26, 2008, EXPANDED IN SCOPE IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13551 OF 

AUGUST 30, 2010, RELIED UPON FOR ADDITIONAL STEPS IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13570 OF APRIL 18, 2011, AND FURTHER EXPANDED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13687 OF JANUARY 2, 2015, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1641(b); PUBLIC LAW 94–412, SEC. 401(b); (90 

STAT. 1257) AND 50 U.S.C. 1703(b); PUBLIC LAW 95–223, SEC. 

204(b); (91 STAT. 1627) 

MARCH 17, 2016.—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’’) with respect to North Korea. The 

order takes additional steps with respect to the national emergency 

declared in Executive Order 13466 of June 26, 2008, expanded in 

scope in Executive Order 13551 of August 30, 2010, relied upon for 

additional steps in Executive Order 13570 of April 18, 2011, and 

further expanded in scope in Executive Order 13687 of January 2, 

2015. The order also facilitates implementation of certain provisions of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 

2016 (Public Law 114–122), which I signed on February 18, 2016, 

and ensures the implementation of certain provisions of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2270 of March 2, 2016. 

In 2008, upon terminating the exercise of certain authorities 

under the Trading With the Enemy Act (TWEA) with respect to 

North Korea, the President issued Executive Order 13466 and declared a national emergency pursuant to IEEPA to deal with the 

unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the existence and risk of 

the proliferation of weapons-usable fissile material on the Korean 

Peninsula. Executive Order 13466 continued certain restrictions on 

North Korea and North Korean nationals that had been in place 

under TWEA. 

In 2010, I issued Executive Order 13551. In that order, I determined that the Government of North Korea’s continued provocative 

actions destabilized the Korean peninsula and imperiled U.S. 

Armed Forces, allies, and trading partners in the region and warranted the imposition of additional sanctions, and I expanded the 

national emergency declared in Executive Order 13466. In Executive Order 13551, I ordered blocked the property and interests in 

property of three North Korean entities and one individual listed 

in the Annex to that order and provided criteria under which the 

Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of 

State, may designate additional persons whose property and interests in property shall be blocked. 

In 2011, I issued Executive Order 13570 to further address the 

national emergency with respect to North Korea and to strengthen 

the implementation of UNSCRs 1718 and 1874. That Executive 

Order prohibited the direct or indirect importation of goods, services, and technology from North Korea. 

In 2015, I issued Executive Order 13687, in which I determined 

that the provocative, destabilizing, and repressive actions and policies of the Government of North Korea constitute a continuing 

threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the 

United States, and further expanded the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13466. In Executive Order 13687 I proVerDate Sep 11 2014 06:28 Mar 18, 2016 Jkt 059011 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 E:\HR\OC\HD117.XXX HD117

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vided additional criteria under which the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may designate additional persons whose property and interests in property shall be 

blocked. 

I have now determined that the Government of North Korea’s 

continuing pursuit of its nuclear and missile programs, as evidenced most recently by its February 7, 2016, launch using ballistic 

missile technology and its January 6, 2016, nuclear test in violation 

of its obligations pursuant to numerous UNSCRs and in contravention of its commitments under the September 19, 2005, Joint Statement of the Six-Party Talks, increasingly imperils the United 

States and its allies. The order addresses those actions and takes 

additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in 

Executive Order 13466 of June 26, 2008. The order also facilitates 

implementation of certain provisions of the North Korea Sanctions 

and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–122), which 

I signed on February 18, 2016, and ensures the implementation of 

certain provisions of UNSCR 2270 of March 2, 2016. 

The order is not targeted at the people of North Korea, but rather is aimed at the Government of North Korea and its activities 

that threaten the United States and others. It blocks the property 

and interests in property of the Government of North Korea and 

the Workers’ Party of Korea and provides additional criteria 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 operate in such industries in the North Korean economy 

as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, such as transportation, 

mining, energy, or financial services; • to have sold, supplied, transferred, or purchased, directly 

or indirectly, to or from North Korea or any person acting for 

or on behalf of the Government of North Korea or the Workers’ 

Party of Korea, metal, graphite, coal, or software, where any 

revenue or goods received may benefit the Government of 

North Korea or the Workers’ Party of Korea, including North 

Korea’s nuclear or ballistic missile programs; 

• to have engaged in, facilitated, or been responsible for an 

abuse or violation of human rights by the Government of North 

Korea or the Workers’ Party of Korea or any person acting for 

or on behalf of either such entity; 

• to have engaged in, facilitated, or been responsible for the 

exportation of workers from North Korea, including exportation to generate revenue for the Government of North Korea 

or the Workers’ Party of Korea; 

• to have engaged in significant activities undermining cybersecurity through the use of computer networks or systems 

against targets outside of North Korea on behalf of the Government of North Korea or the Workers’ Party of Korea; 

• to have engaged in, facilitated, or been responsible for censorship by the Government of North Korea or the Workers’ 

Party of Korea; 

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


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to or in support of, 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, directly or indirectly, any person 

whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 

to the order; or • to have attempted to engage in any of the activities described above. 

In addition, the order prohibits: • the exportation of goods, services, and technology to North 

Korea; • new investment in North Korea; and • the approval, financing, facilitation, or guarantee of such 

exports and investments. 

Finally, 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 executive agencies 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, March 15, 2016. 


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EXECUTIVE ORDER

BLOCKING PROPERTY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF NORTH KOREA AND

THE WORKERS’ PARTY OF KOREA, AND PROHIBITING CERTAIN

TRANSACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO NORTH KOREA

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.), 

the United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287c) 

(UNPA), the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act 

of 2016 (Public Law 114–122), 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, and in view of United Nations Security 

Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2270 of March 2, 2016, 

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

find that the Government of North Korea’s continuing pursuit of its 

nuclear and missile programs, as evidenced most recently by its 

February 7, 2016, launch using ballistic missile technology and its 

January 6, 2016, nuclear test in violation of its obligations pursuant to numerous UNSCRs and in contravention of its commitments 

under the September 19, 2005, Joint Statement of the Six-Party 

Talks, increasingly imperils the United States and its allies. To address those actions, and to take additional steps with respect to the 

national emergency declared in Executive Order 13466 of June 26, 

2008, as modified in scope and relied upon for additional steps in 

subsequent Executive Orders, 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 of the Government of North Korea or the 

Workers’ Party of Korea are blocked and may not be transferred, 

paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in. 

(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 or pursuant to the export control authorities implemented by the Department of Commerce, and notwithstanding any contract entered into 

or any license or permit granted prior to the effective date of this 

order. 

Sec. 2. (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 of the following persons are blocked and may 

not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt 


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in: any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State: 

(i) to operate in any industry in the North Korean economy 

as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to be subject to this subsection, such as transportation, mining, energy, or financial 

services; 

(ii) to have sold, supplied, transferred, or purchased, directly 

or indirectly, to or from North Korea or any person acting for 

or on behalf of the Government of North Korea or the Workers’ 

Party of Korea, metal, graphite, coal, or software, where any 

revenue or goods received may benefit the Government of 

North Korea or the Workers’ Party of Korea, including North 

Korea’s nuclear or ballistic missile programs; 

(iii) to have engaged in, facilitated, or been responsible for an 

abuse or violation of human rights by the Government of North 

Korea or the Workers’ Party of Korea or any person acting for 

or on behalf of either such entity; 

(iv) to have engaged in, facilitated, or been responsible for 

the exportation of workers from North Korea, including exportation to generate revenue for the Government of North Korea 

or the Workers’ Party of Korea; 

(v) to have engaged in significant activities undermining cybersecurity through the use of computer networks or systems 

against targets outside of North Korea on behalf of the Government of North Korea or the Workers’ Party of Korea; 

(vi) to have engaged in, facilitated, or been responsible for 

censorship by the Government of North Korea or the Workers’ 

Party of Korea; 

(vii) 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; 

(viii) 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; or 

(ix) to have attempted to engage in any of the activities described in subsections (a) (i)–(viii) of this section. 

(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. The prohibitions 

in subsection (a) of this section are in addition to export control authorities implemented by the Department of Commerce. 

Sec. 3. (a) The following are prohibited: 

(i) the exportation or reexportation, direct or indirect, from 

the United States, or by a United States person, wherever located, of any goods, services, or technology to North Korea; 

(ii) new investment in North Korea by a United States person, wherever located; and 

(iii) any approval, financing, facilitation, or guarantee by a 

United States person, wherever located, of a transaction by a 


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foreign person where the transaction by that foreign person 

would be prohibited by this section if performed by a United 

States person or within the United States. 

(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 or pursuant to the export control authorities implemented by the Department of Commerce, and notwithstanding any contract entered into 

or any license or permit granted prior to the effective date of this 

order. 

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 subsection 2(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. 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 or 2 of 

this order would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13466, and I hereby 

prohibit such donations as provided by sections 1 and 2 of this 

order. 

Sec. 6. 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. 7. (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. 8. Nothing in this order shall prohibit transactions for the 

conduct of the official business of the Federal Government or the 

United Nations (including its specialized agencies, programmes, 

funds, and related organizations) by employees, grantees, or contractors thereof. 

Sec. 9. 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 


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(d) the term ‘‘Government of North Korea’’ means the Government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and its agencies, 

instrumentalities, and controlled entities. 

Sec. 10. 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 Executive Order 13466, there need be no 

prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 

1 or 2 of this order. 

Sec. 11. 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 

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. 12. 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. 13. This order is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight 

time on March 16, 2016. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, March 15, 2016. 

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