[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 24, 2014)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 77357-77359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30323]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 24, 2014 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Executive Order 13685 of December 19, 2014

                
Blocking Property of Certain Persons and 
                Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the 
                Crimea Region of Ukraine

                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.), 
                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, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of 
                America, in order to take additional steps to address 
                the Russian occupation of the Crimea region of Ukraine, 
                and with respect to the national emergency declared in 
                Executive Order 13660 of March 6, 2014, and expanded by 
                Executive Order 13661 of March 16, 2014, and Executive 
                Order 13662 of March 20, 2014, hereby order:

                Section 1. (a) The following are prohibited:

(i) new investment in the Crimea region of Ukraine by a United States 
person, wherever located;

(ii) the importation into the United States, directly or indirectly, of any 
goods, services, or technology from the Crimea region of Ukraine;

(iii) the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or 
indirectly, from the United States, or by a United States person, wherever 
located, of any goods, services, or technology to the Crimea region of 
Ukraine; and

(iv) any approval, financing, facilitation, or guarantee by a United States 
person, wherever located, of a transaction by a 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, 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 
                (including any foreign 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 operate in the Crimea region of Ukraine;

(ii) to be a leader of an entity operating in the Crimea region of Ukraine;

(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; or

(iv) 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.

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                    (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.

                Sec. 3. 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. 4. 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 2 of this 
                order would seriously impair my ability to deal with 
                the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
                13660, and expanded in Executive Orders 13661 and 
                13662, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided 
                by section 2 of this order.

                Sec. 5. The prohibitions in section 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. 6. (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. 7. Nothing in this order shall prohibit 
                transactions for the conduct of the official business 
                of the United States 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 ``Crimea region of Ukraine'' includes 
                the land territory in that region as well as any 
                maritime area over which sovereignty, sovereign rights, 
                or jurisdiction is claimed based on purported 
                sovereignty over that land territory.

                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 13660 and expanded in Executive 
                Orders 13661 and 13662, there need be no prior notice 
                of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 
                2 of this order.

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                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 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 3:30 p.m. eastern 
                standard time on December 19, 2014.
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                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    December 19, 2014.

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