Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 79, No. 247 

Wednesday, December 24, 2014 

Title 3— 

The President 

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. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

December 19, 2014. 

[FR Doc. 2014–30323 

Filed 12–23–14; 8:45 am] 

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