Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 86, No. 110 

Thursday, June 10, 2021 

Title 3— 

The President 

Executive Order 14033 of June 8, 2021 

Blocking Property and Suspending Entry Into the United 

States of Certain Persons Contributing to the Destabilizing 

Situation in the Western Balkans 

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 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, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, hereby 

expand the scope of the national emergency declared in Executive Order 

13219 of June 26, 2001 (Blocking Property of Persons Who Threaten International Stabilization Efforts in the Western Balkans), as amended by Executive Order 13304 of May 28, 2003 (Termination of Emergencies With Respect 

to Yugoslavia and Modification of Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001), 

finding that the situation in the territory of the former Socialist Federal 

Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of Albania (the Western Balkans), 

over the past two decades, including the undermining of post-war agreements 

and institutions following the breakup of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, as well as widespread corruption within various governments and institutions in the Western Balkans, stymies progress toward 

effective and democratic governance and full integration into transatlantic 

institutions, and thereby constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat 

to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. 

Accordingly, 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 

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withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any person determined by the Secretary 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 be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly 

engaged in, actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, stability, 

or territorial integrity of any area or state in the Western Balkans; 

(ii) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly 

engaged in, actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or 

institutions in the Western Balkans; 

(iii) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly 

engaged in, a violation of, or an act that has obstructed or threatened 

the implementation of, any regional security, peace, cooperation, or mutual 

recognition agreement or framework or accountability mechanism related 

to the Western Balkans, including the Prespa Agreement of 2018; the 

Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001; United Nations Security Council 

Resolution 1244; the Dayton Accords; or the Conclusions of the Peace 

Implementation Conference Council held in London in December 1995, 

including the decisions or conclusions of the High Representative, the 

Peace Implementation Council, or its Steering Board; or the International 

Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, or, with respect to the former 

Yugoslavia, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals; 


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(iv) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly 

engaged in, serious human rights abuse in the Western Balkans; 

(v) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly 

engaged in, corruption related to the Western Balkans, including corruption 

by, on behalf of, or otherwise related to a government in the Western 

Balkans, or a current or former government official at any level of government in the Western Balkans, such as the misappropriation of public 

assets, expropriation of private assets for personal gain or political purposes, or bribery; 

(vi) 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; or 

(vii) 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 before the date 

of this order. 

Sec. 2. The prohibitions in section 1 of this order include: 

(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. 3. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the types 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(a) of this order would seriously impair 

my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 

13219, as amended by Executive Order 13304, and as expanded in this 

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

this order. 

Sec. 4. (a) The unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the 

United States of noncitizens determined to meet one or more of the criteria 

in section l(a) of this order would be detrimental to the interests of the 

United States, and the entry of such persons into the United States, as 

immigrants or nonimmigrants, is hereby suspended, except when the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as appropriate, determines that the person’s entry would not be contrary to the interests of 

the United States, including when the Secretary of State or Secretary of 

Homeland Security, as appropriate, so determines, based on a recommendation of the Attorney General, that the person’s entry would further important 

United States law enforcement objectives. 

(b) The Secretary of State shall implement this order as it applies to 

visas pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary of State, in consultation 

with the Secretary of Homeland Security, may establish. 

(c) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall implement this order as 

it applies to the entry of noncitizens pursuant to such procedures as the 

Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 

may establish. 

(d) Such persons shall be treated by this section in the same manner 

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). 


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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 ‘‘entity’’ means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, 

corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; 

(b) the term ‘‘noncitizen’’ means any person who is not a citizen or 

noncitizen national of the United States; 

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

(d) the term ‘‘United States person’’ means any United States citizen, 

lawful permanent resident, 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 Executive Order 13219, as amended 

by Executive Order 13304, and as expanded by this order, there need be 

no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to 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 as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. 

The Secretary of the Treasury may, consistent with applicable law, redelegate 

any of these functions within the Department of the Treasury. All executive 

departments and agencies of the United States shall take all appropriate 

measures within their authority to implement this order. 

Sec. 9. 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. 10. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise 

affect: 

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, 

or the head thereof; or 

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals. 

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and 

subject to the availability of appropriations. 


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(c) 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. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

June 8, 2021. 

[FR Doc. 2021–12382 

Filed 6–9–21; 11:15 am] 

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