[House Document 113-179]
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113th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 113-179
 
     BLOCKING PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS AND PROHIBITING CERTAIN 
       TRANSACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE CRIMEA REGION OF UKRAINE

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                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

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    AN EXECUTIVE ORDER FURTHER EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THE NATIONAL 
   EMERGENCY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13660 OF MARCH 6, 2014, AND 
  EXPANDED IN SCOPE BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 13661 OF MARCH 16, 2014, THAT 
TAKES ADDITIONAL STEPS TO ADDRESS THE RUSSIAN OCCUPATION OF THE CRIMEA 
                           REGION OF UKRAINE

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  January 2, 2015.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
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                 U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

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                                           The White House,
                                     Washington, December 19, 2014.
Hon. John Boehner,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: Pursuant to the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), I hereby 
report that I have issued an Executive Order (the ``order'') 
that takes additional steps to address the Russian occupation 
of the Crimea region of Ukraine. These steps have been taken 
with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive 
Order 13660 of March 6, 2014, expanded in scope by Executive 
Order 13661 of March 16, 2014, and further expanded in scope by 
Executive Order 13662 of March 20, 2014.
    The order prohibits new investment by United States persons 
in the Crimea region of Ukraine; the importation of goods, 
services, or technology into the United States from the Crimea 
region of Ukraine; and the exportation, reexportation, sale, or 
supply of goods, services, or technology from the United States 
or by a United States person to the Crimea region of Ukraine. 
It also prohibits the facilitation of any such transactions. 
The order also blocks the property and interests in property of 
any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State;
           to operate in the Crimea region of Ukraine;
           to be a leader of an entity operating in the 
        Crimea region of Ukraine;
           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 the order; or
           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 the order.
    In addition, the order suspends entry into the United 
States of any alien determined to meet one or more of the above 
criteria.
    I have delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury the 
authority, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 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 the 
order. All agencies of the United States Government are 
directed to take all appropriate measures within their 
authority to carry out the provisions of the order.
    I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.
                                                      
                                                      
                                                      
                                                      
                                                      
                                                      
                                                      
                                                      
                                                      
                                                      
                                                      
                                                      
                                                      
                                                      
                                                      
                                                      
                            Executive Order

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     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.
    (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.
    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.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, December 19, 2014.

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