THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release March 20, 2014
EXECUTIVE ORDER
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BLOCKING PROPERTY OF ADDITIONAL PERSONS CONTRIBUTING
TO THE SITUATION IN 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.) (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, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America,
hereby expand the scope of the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13660 of March 6, 2014, and expanded by
Executive Order 13661 of March 16, 2014, finding that the
actions and policies of the Government of the Russian
Federation, including its purported annexation of Crimea and
its use of force in Ukraine, continue to undermine democratic
processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace,
security, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and
contribute to the misappropriation of its assets, and thereby
constitute 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 (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be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt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 such sectors of the Russian
Federation economy as may be determined by the
Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, such as financial services,
energy, metals and mining, engineering, and defense
and related materiel;
(ii) 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
(iii) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted
or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or 2
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 prior to the effective
date of this order.
Sec. 2. 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 section 1(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. 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
13660, and expanded in Executive Order 13661 and this order, 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. (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 "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 3
(d) the term the "Government of the Russian Federation"
means the Government of the Russian Federation, any political
subdivision, agency, or instrumentality thereof, including the
Central Bank of the Russian Federation, and any person owned or
controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, the Government of
the Russian Federation.
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 13660, and expanded in Executive Order 13661 and
this order, there need be no prior notice of a listing or
determination made pursuant to section 1 of 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 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. 9. 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.
BARACK OBAMA
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 20, 2014.
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