[House Document 116-154]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


116th Congress, 2d Session--------------------HOUSE DOUCUMENT 116-154

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 BLOCKING PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS WITH RESPECT TO THE CONVENTIONAL 
                        ARMS ACTIVITIES OF IRAN

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                                MESSAGE

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                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

                              transmitting

NOTIFICATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF AN EXECUTIVE ORDER WITH RESPECT TO IRAN 
  THAT TAKES ADDITIONAL STEPS WITH RESPECT TO THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 
  DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 12957 OF MARCH 15, 1995, PURSUANT TO 50 
U.S.C. 1703(b); PUBLIC LAW 95-223, SEC. 204(b); (91 STAT. 1627) AND 50 
    U.S.C. 1641(b); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 401(b); (90 STAT. 1257)

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 September 22, 2020.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
   Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Judiciary, and ordered to be 
                                printed
To the Congress of the United States:
    Pursuant to the Countering America's Adversaries Through 
Sanctions Act (Public Law 115-44), 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 
hereby report I have issued an Executive Order (the ``order'') 
that affirms that it remains the policy of the United States to 
counter Iran's malign influence in the Middle East, including 
transfers from Iran of destabilizing conventional weapons and 
acquisition of arms and related materiel by Iran. Transfers to 
and from Iran of arms or related materiel or military equipment 
represent a continuing threat to regional and international 
security. Iran benefits from engaging in the conventional arms 
trade by strengthening its relationships with other outlier 
regimes, lessening its international isolation, and deriving 
revenue that it uses to support terror groups and fund malign 
activities.
    In light of these findings and in order to take additional 
steps with respect to the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 12957 of March 15, 1995 (Prohibiting Certain 
Transactions with Respect to the Development of Iranian 
Petroleum Resources), the order blocks property and interests 
in property of persons determined by the Secretary of State, in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, or the 
Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 
of State:
          To engage in any activity that materially 
        contributes to the supply, sale, or transfer, directly 
        or indirectly, to or from Iran, or for the use in or 
        benefit of Iran, of arms or related materiel, including 
        spare parts;
          To provide to Iran any technical training, 
        financial resources or services, advice, other 
        services, or assistance related to the supply, sale, 
        transfer, manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms and 
        related materiel described above;
          To have engaged, or attempted to engage, in 
        any activity that materially contributes to, or poses a 
        risk of materially contributing to, the proliferation 
        of arms or related materiel or items intended for 
        military end-uses or military end-users, including any 
        efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, 
        transport, transfer, or use such items, by the 
        Government of Iran (including persons owned or 
        controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of the 
        Government of Iran) or paramilitary organizations 
        financially or militarily supported by the Government 
        of Iran;
          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; or
          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.
    Under section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), the order also suspends the 
immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of 
aliens determined to meet one or more of the criteria above for 
the blocking of property and interests in property.
    I am enclosing a copy of the order I have issued.

                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, September 21, 2020.

                            Executive Order

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 Blocking Property of Certain Persons With Respect to the Conventional 
                        Arms Activities of Iran

    By the authority vested in me as President by the 
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, 
including the Countering America's Adversaries Through 
Sanctions Act (Public Law 115-44), 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, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of 
America, find that:
    It remains the policy of the United States to counter 
Iran's malign influence in the Middle East, including transfers 
from Iran of destabilizing conventional weapons and acquisition 
of arms and related materiel by Iran. Transfers to and from 
Iran of arms or related materiel or military equipment 
represent a continuing threat to regional and international 
security--as evidenced by Iran's continued military support 
that fuels ongoing conflict in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen. 
Iran benefits from engaging in the conventional arms trade by 
strengthening its relationships with other outlier regimes, 
lessening its international isolation, and deriving revenue 
that it uses to support terror groups and fund malign 
activities. In light of these findings and in order to take 
additional steps with respect to the national emergency 
declared in Executive Order 12957 of March 15, 1995 
(Prohibiting Certain Transactions with Respect to the 
Development of Iranian Petroleum Resources), 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 of the following persons 
are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, 
withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:
          (i) any person determined by the Secretary of State, 
        in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, to 
        engage in any activity that materially contributes to 
        the supply, sale, or transfer, directly or indirectly, 
        to or from Iran, or for the use in or benefit of Iran, 
        of arms or related materiel, including spare parts;
          (ii) any person determined by the Secretary of State, 
        in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, to 
        provide to Iran any technical training, financial 
        resources or services, advice, other services, or 
        assistance related to the supply, sale, transfer, 
        manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms and related 
        materiel described in subsection (a)(i) of this 
        section;
          (iii) any person determined by the Secretary of 
        State, in consultation with the Secretary of the 
        Treasury, to have engaged, or attempted to engage, in 
        any activity that materially contributes to, or poses a 
        risk of materially contributing to, the proliferation 
        of arms or related materiel or items intended for 
        military end-uses or military end-users, including any 
        efforts to manufacture, acquire, possess, develop, 
        transport, transfer, or use such items, by the 
        Government of Iran (including persons owned or 
        controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of the 
        Government of Iran) or paramilitary organizations 
        financially or militarily supported by the Government 
        of Iran;
          (iv) any person determined by the Secretary of the 
        Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
        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
          (v) any person determined by the Secretary of the 
        Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 
        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) 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 before the date 
of this order.
    (c) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section do 
not apply to property and interests in property of the 
Government of Iran that were blocked pursuant to Executive 
Order 12170 of November 14, 1979 (Blocking Iranian Government 
Property), and thereafter made subject to the transfer 
directives set forth in Executive Order 12281 of January 19, 
1981 (Direction to Transfer Certain Iranian Government Assets), 
and implementing regulations thereunder.
    Sec. 2. The prohibitions in section 1 of this order 
include:
    (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. 3. 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 the 
entry of such persons into the United States, as immigrants or 
nonimmigrants, is hereby suspended, except where the Secretary 
of State determines that the person's entry would not be 
contrary to the interests of the United States, including when 
the Secretary so determines, based on a recommendation of the 
Attorney General, that the person's entry would further 
important United States law enforcement objectives. In 
exercising this responsibility, 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. Such persons shall be treated 
in the same manner 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). The 
Secretary of State shall have the responsibility for 
implementing this section pursuant to such conditions and 
procedures as the Secretary of State has established or may 
establish pursuant to Proclamation 8693.
    Sec. 4. (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. 5. I hereby determine that the making of donations of 
the types 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 this order 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 section 1 of this 
order.
    Sec. 6. For the purposes of this order:
    (a) the term ``entity'' means a partnership, association, 
trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other 
organization;
    (b) the term ``Government of Iran'' includes the Government 
of Iran; any political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality 
thereof, including the Central Bank of Iran; and any person 
owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, the 
Government of Iran;
    (c) the term ``Iran'' means the Government of Iran and the 
territory of Iran;
    (d) the term ``person'' means an individual or entity; and
    (e) 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.
    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 12957, 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, consistent with applicable law, 
redelegate any of these functions within the Department of the 
Treasury. All departments and agencies of the United States 
shall take all appropriate measures within their authority to 
carry out the provisions of this order.
    Sec. 9. This order shall not apply with respect to any 
person for conducting or facilitating a transaction for the 
provision (including any sale) of agricultural commodities, 
food, medicine, or medical devices to Iran.
    Sec. 10. Nothing in this order shall prohibit transactions 
for the conduct of the official business of the United States 
Government or the United Nations (including its specialized 
agencies, programs, funds, and related organizations) by 
employees, grantees, or contractors thereof.
    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 a response to those later actions.
    Sec. 12. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to 
impair or otherwise affect:
          (i) the authority granted by law to an executive 
        department or agency, or the head thereof; or
          (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of 
        Management and Budget relating to budgetary, 
        administrative, or legislative proposals.
    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with 
applicable law and subject to the availability of 
appropriations.
    (c) 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.

                                                   Donald J. Trump.
    The White House, September 21, 2020.

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