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Federal Register 

Vol. 76, No. 162 

Monday, August 22, 2011 

Title 3— 

The President 

Executive Order 13582 of August 17, 2011 

Blocking Property of the Government of Syria and Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Syria 

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.), and section 301 of title 3, United 

States Code, 

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

to take additional steps with respect to the Government of Syria’s continuing 

escalation of violence against the people of Syria and with respect to the 

national emergency declared in Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004, 

as modified in scope and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive 

Order 13399 of April 25, 2006, Executive Order 13460 of February 13, 

2008, Executive Order 13572 of April 29, 2011, and Executive Order 13573 

of May 18, 2011, 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 overseas branch, of the Government of Syria are blocked and may 

not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in. 

(b) 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be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any person 

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

(i) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, 

or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, any person 

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

or 

(ii) 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. 

Sec. 2. The following are prohibited: 

(a) new investment in Syria by a United States person, wherever located; 

(b) the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or indirectly, 

from the United States, or by a United States person, wherever located, 

of any services to Syria; 

(c) the importation into the United States of petroleum or petroleum products 

of Syrian origin; 

(d) any transaction or dealing by a United States person, wherever located, 

including purchasing, selling, transporting, swapping, brokering, approving, 

financing, facilitating, or guaranteeing, in or related to petroleum or petroleum products of Syrian origin; and 

(e) any approval, financing, facilitation, or guarantee by a United States 

person, wherever located, of a transaction by a foreign person where the 


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transaction by that foreign person would be prohibited by this section if 

performed by a United States person or within the United States. 

Sec. 3. 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 the national emergency declared in Executive Order 

13338 and expanded in scope in Executive Order 13572, and I hereby 

prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of this order. 

Sec. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. (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. 7. Nothing in sections 1 or 2 of this order shall prohibit transactions 

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

Sec. 8. 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 

(d) the term ‘‘Government of Syria’’ means the Government of the Syrian 

Arab Republic, its agencies, instrumentalities, and controlled entities. 

Sec. 9. 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 13338 and expanded 

in scope in Executive Order 13572, there need be no prior notice of a 

listing or determination made pursuant to section 1 of this order. 

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 


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directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to carry 

out the provisions of this order. 

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 August 

18, 2011. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

August 17, 2011. 

[FR Doc. 2011–21505 

Filed 8–19–11; 8:45 am] 

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