[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 97 (Friday, May 18, 2012)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 29533-29535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12225]


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                Executive Order 13611 of May 16, 2012

                
Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the 
                Peace, Security, or Stability of Yemen

                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), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,

                I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of 
                America, find that the actions and policies of certain 
                members of the Government of Yemen and others threaten 
                Yemen's peace, security, and stability, including by 
                obstructing the implementation of the agreement of 
                November 23, 2011, between the Government of Yemen and 
                those in opposition to it, which provides for a 
                peaceful transition of power that meets the legitimate 
                demands and aspirations of the Yemeni people for 
                change, and by obstructing the political process in 
                Yemen. I further find that these actions constitute an 
                unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 
                security and foreign policy of the United States, and I 
                hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that 
                threat. I hereby order:

                Section 1. 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                withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any person determined 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, to:

                    (a) have engaged in acts that directly or 
                indirectly threaten the peace, security, or stability 
                of Yemen, such as acts that obstruct the implementation 
                of the agreement of November 23, 2011, between the 
                Government of Yemen and those in opposition to it, 
                which provides for a peaceful transition of power in 
                Yemen, or that obstruct the political process in Yemen;
                    (b) be a political or military leader of an entity 
                that has engaged in the acts described in subsection 
                (a) of this section;
                    (c) have materially assisted, sponsored, or 
                provided financial, material, or technological support 
                for, or goods or services to or in support of, the acts 
                described in subsection (a) of this section or any 
                person whose property and interests in property are 
                blocked pursuant to this order; or
                    (d) 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.

                Sec. 2. 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 this order, and I 
                hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 
                of this order.

                Sec. 3. The prohibitions in section 1 of this order 
                include but are not limited to:

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                    (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. 4. The prohibitions in section 1 of this order 
                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. 5. Nothing in section 1 of this order shall 
                prohibit transactions for the conduct of the official 
                business of the United States Government by employees, 
                grantees, or contractors thereof.

                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. 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; and
                    (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.

                Sec. 8. 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 this order, there need be no prior notice of a 
                listing or determination made pursuant to section 1 of 
                this order.

                Sec. 9. 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. 10. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation 
                with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to 
                submit the recurring and final reports to the Congress 
                on the national emergency declared in this order, 
                consistent with section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 
                1641(c)) and section 204(c) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 
                1703(c)).

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                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. 
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    May 16, 2012.

[FR Doc. 2012-12225
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