[House Document 117-43]
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117th Congress, 1st Session--------------------HOUSE DOUCUMENT 117-43
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   BLOCKING PROPERTY AND SUSPENDING ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES OF 
  CERTAIN PERSONS CONTRIBUTING TO THE DESTABILIZING SITUATION IN THE 
                            WESTERN BALKANS

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   AN EXECUTIVE ORDER EXPANDING THE SCOPE OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 
    DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13219 OF JUNE 26, 2001, AS AMENDED, 
  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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   June 11, 2021.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                          Washington, June 8, 2021.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Madam Speaker: Pursuant to the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), I hereby report 
that I have issued an Executive Order in order to expand the 
scope of the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
13219 of June 26, 2001 (Blocking Property of Persons Who 
Threaten International Stabilization Efforts in the Western 
Balkans), as amended by Executive Order 13304 of May 28, 2003 
(Termination of Emergencies With Respect to Yugoslavia and 
Modification of Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001), 
finding that the situation in the territory of the former 
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the Republic of 
Albania (the Western Balkans), over the past two decades, 
including the undermining of post-war agreements and 
institutions following the breakup of the former Socialist 
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, as well as widespread 
corruption within various governments and institutions in the 
Western Balkans, stymies progress toward effective and 
democratic governance and full integration into transatlantic 
institutions, and thereby constitutes an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
policy of the United States.
    The order broadens the geographic scope of the existing 
sanctions regime to include Albania and augments designation 
criteria for current threats to United States national security 
and foreign policy interests in the region, including 
obstruction of democratic and judicial processes, corruption, 
and organized crime.
    Actions undermining post-war agreements and institutions 
following the breakup of the former Socialist Federal Republic 
of Yugoslavia, as well as widespread corruption within various 
governments and institutions in the Western Balkans, stymies 
progress toward effective and democratic governance and full 
integration into transatlantic institutions, and thereby 
constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 
security and foreign policy of the United States. I have 
therefore determined that it is necessary to block the property 
and interests in property of any persons who are determined by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, to have undermined democratic processes or 
institutions, undermined any regional security, peace, 
cooperation, or mutual recognition agreement or framework or 
accountability mechanism, engaged in serious human rights 
abuse, or directly or indirectly engaged in corruption related 
to the Western Balkans. All executive departments and agencies 
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,
                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

                            Executive Order

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   Blocking Property and Suspending Entry Into the United States of 
  Certain Persons Contributing to the Destabilizing Situation in the 
                            Western Balkans

    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, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of 
America, hereby expand the scope of the national emergency 
declared in Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001 (Blocking 
Property of Persons Who Threaten International Stabilization 
Efforts in the Western Balkans), as amended by Executive Order 
13304 of May 28, 2003 (Termination of Emergencies With Respect 
to Yugoslavia and Modification of Executive Order 13219 of June 
26, 2001), finding that the situation in the territory of the 
former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the 
Republic of Albania (the Western Balkans), over the past two 
decades, including the undermining of post-war agreements and 
institutions following the breakup of the former Socialist 
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, as well as widespread 
corruption within various governments and institutions in the 
Western Balkans, stymies progress toward effective and 
democratic governance and full integration into transatlantic 
institutions, and thereby constitutes 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 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 be responsible for or complicit in, or to have 
directly or indirectly engaged in, actions or policies that 
threaten the peace, security, stability, or territorial 
integrity of any area or state in the Western Balkans;
    (ii) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have 
directly or indirectly engaged in, actions or policies that 
undermine democratic processes or institutions in the Western 
Balkans;
    (iii) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have 
directly or indirectly engaged in, a violation of, or an act 
that has obstructed or threatened the implementation of, any 
regional security, peace, cooperation, or mutual recognition 
agreement or framework or accountability mechanism related to 
the Western Balkans, including the Prespa Agreement of 2018; 
the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001; United Nations Security 
Council Resolution 1244; the Dayton Accords; or the Conclusions 
of the Peace Implementation Conference Council held in London 
in December 1995, including the decisions or conclusions of the 
High Representative, the Peace Implementation Council, or its 
Steering Board; or the International Criminal Tribunal for the 
former Yugoslavia, or, with respect to the former Yugoslavia, 
the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals;
    (iv) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have 
directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights abuse 
in the Western Balkans;
    (v) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have 
directly or indirectly engaged in, corruption related to the 
Western Balkans, including corruption by, on behalf of, or 
otherwise related to a government in the Western Balkans, or a 
current or former government official at any level of 
government in the Western Balkans, such as the misappropriation 
of public assets, expropriation of private assets for personal 
gain or political purposes, or bribery;
    (vi) 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
    (vii) 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.
    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. 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 section 1(a) of this order would seriously impair my ability 
to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
13219, as amended by Executive Order 13304, and as expanded in 
this order, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by 
section 1 of this order.
    Sec. 4. (a) The unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant 
entry into the United States of noncitizens 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 when the Secretary 
of State or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as appropriate, 
determines that the person's entry would not be contrary to the 
interests of the United States, including when the Secretary of 
State or Secretary of Homeland Security, as appropriate, so 
determines, based on a recommendation of the Attorney General, 
that the person's entry would further important United States 
law enforcement objectives.
    (b) The Secretary of State shall implement this order as it 
applies to visas pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary 
of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, may establish.
    (c) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall implement this 
order as it applies to the entry of noncitizens pursuant to 
such procedures as the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, may establish.
    (d) Such persons shall be treated by this section 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).
    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 ``entity'' means a partnership, association, 
trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other 
organization;
    (b) the term ``noncitizen'' means any person who is not a 
citizen or noncitizen national of the United States;
    (c) the term ``person'' means an individual or entity; and
    (d) the term ``United States person'' means any United 
States citizen, lawful permanent resident, 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 13219, as amended by Executive Order 13304, and 
as expanded by this order, there need be no prior notice of a 
listing or determination made pursuant to 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 executive departments and agencies of the United 
States shall take all appropriate measures within their 
authority to implement this order.
    Sec. 9. Nothing in this order shall prohibit transactions 
for the conduct of the official business of the Federal 
Government by employees, grantees, or contractors thereof.
    Sec. 10. (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.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, June 8, 2021.

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