[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 190 (Friday, October 1, 2010)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 60567-60571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24839]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 190 / Friday, October 1, 2010 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Executive Order 13553 of September 28, 2010

                
Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect 
                to Serious Human Rights Abuses by the Government of 
                Iran and Taking Certain Other Actions

                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. 1701et seq.) (IEEPA), the 
                National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601et seq.), the 
                Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and 
                Divestment Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-195) (CISADA), 
                and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and in 
                order to take additional steps with respect to the 
                national emergency declared in Executive Order 12957 of 
                March 15, 1995,

                I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of 
                America, 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 following 
                persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, 
                exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:

(i) the persons listed in the Annex to this order; and

(ii) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with or at the recommendation of the Secretary of State:

  (A) to be an official of the Government of Iran or a person acting on 
behalf of the Government of Iran (including members of paramilitary 
organizations) who is responsible for or complicit in, or responsible for 
ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, the commission of serious 
human rights abuses against persons in Iran or Iranian citizens or 
residents, or the family members of the foregoing, on or after June 12, 
2009, regardless of whether such abuses occurred in Iran;

  (B) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, 
material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in 
support of, the activities described in subsection (a)(ii)(A) of this 
section or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked 
pursuant to this order; or

  (C) 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) 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 subsection (a) of this 
                section would seriously impair my ability to deal with 
                the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
                12957, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided 
                by subsection (a) of this section.
                    (c) 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

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(ii) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or 
services from any such person.

                    (d) 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.

                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, 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. 3. 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;
                    (d) the term ``Government of Iran'' includes the 
                Government of Iran, any political subdivision, agency, 
                or instrumentality thereof, and any person owned or 
                controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, the 
                Government of Iran; and
                    (e) the term ``family member'' means, with respect 
                to an individual, a spouse, child, parent, sibling, 
                grandchild, or grandparent of the individual.

                Sec. 4. 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 12957, there need be no prior notice 
                of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 
                1(a) of this order.

                Sec. 5. 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 sections 105(a)-(c) of 
                CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8514(a)-(c)), other than as described 
                in sections 6 and 7 of this order, as may be necessary 
                to carry out the purposes of this order other than the 
                purposes of sections 6 and 7. 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. The Secretary of the 
                Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
                is hereby further authorized to exercise the functions 
                and waiver authorities conferred upon the President by 
                section 401(b) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8551(b)) with 
                respect to the requirement to impose or maintain 
                sanctions pursuant to IEEPA under section 105(a) of 
                CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8514(a)) and to redelegate these 
                functions and waiver authorities 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. 6. The Secretary of State is hereby authorized to 
                exercise the functions and authorities conferred upon 
                the President by section 105(a) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 
                8514(a)) with respect to imposition of the visa 
                sanctions described in section 105(c) of CISADA (22 
                U.S.C. 8514(c)) and to redelegate these functions and 
                authorities consistent with applicable law. The 
                Secretary of State is hereby further authorized to 
                exercise the functions and authorities

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                conferred upon the President by section 105(c) of 
                CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8514(c)) with respect to the 
                promulgation of rules and regulations related to the 
                visa sanctions described therein and to redelegate 
                these functions and authorities consistent with 
                applicable law. The Secretary of State is hereby 
                further authorized to exercise the functions and waiver 
                authorities conferred upon the President by section 
                401(b) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8551(b)) with respect to 
                the requirement to impose or maintain visa sanctions 
                under section 105(a) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8514(a)) and 
                to redelegate these functions and waiver authorities 
                consistent with applicable law. In exercising the 
                functions and authorities in the previous sentence, the 
                Secretary of State shall consult the Secretary of 
                Homeland Security on matters related to admissibility 
                or inadmissibility within the authority of the 
                Secretary of Homeland Security.

                Sec. 7. The Secretary of State, in consultation with 
                the Secretary of the Treasury, is hereby authorized to 
                submit the initial and updated lists of persons who are 
                subject to visa sanctions and whose property and 
                interests in property are blocked pursuant to this 
                order to the appropriate congressional committees as 
                required by section 105(b) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 
                8514(b)) and to redelegate these functions consistent 
                with applicable law. The Secretary of State, in 
                consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, is 
                hereby further authorized to exercise the functions and 
                waiver authorities conferred upon the President by 
                section 401(b) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8551(b)) with 
                respect to the requirement to include a person on the 
                list required by section 105(b) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 
                8514(b)) and to redelegate these functions and waiver 
                authorities consistent with applicable law.

                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 section 104 of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8513). 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.

                Sec. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. The measures taken pursuant to this order are 
                in response to actions of the Government of Iran 
                occurring after the conclusion of the 1981 Algiers 
                Accords, and are intended solely as response to those 
                later actions.

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                Sec. 12. This order is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern 
                daylight time on September 29, 2010. 
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