[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 78 (Friday, April 22, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 24265-24266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08872]



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Vol. 87

Friday,

No. 78

April 22, 2022

Part III





The President





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Proclamation 10371--Declaration of National Emergency and Invocation of 
Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage and 
Movement of Russian-Affiliated Vessels to United States Ports
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                Proclamation 10371 of April 21, 2022

                
Declaration of National Emergency and Invocation 
                of Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of 
                the Anchorage and Movement of Russian-Affiliated 
                Vessels to United States Ports

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                By the authority vested in me as President by the 
                Constitution and the laws of the United States of 
                America, including the National Emergencies Act (50 
                U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) and section 1 of title II of 
                Public Law 65-24, ch. 30, June 15, 1917, as amended 
                (Magnuson Act) (46 U.S.C. 70051), I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN 
                JR., President of the United States of America, hereby 
                find and proclaim that:

                The policies and actions of the Government of the 
                Russian Federation to continue the premeditated, 
                unjustified, unprovoked, and brutal war against Ukraine 
                constitute a national emergency by reason of a 
                disturbance or threatened disturbance of international 
                relations of the United States. In order to address 
                this national emergency and secure the observance of 
                the rights and obligations of the United States, I 
                hereby authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security 
                (Secretary) to make and issue such rules and 
                regulations as the Secretary may find appropriate to 
                regulate the anchorage and movement of Russian-
                affiliated vessels, and delegate to the Secretary my 
                authority to approve such rules and regulations, as 
                authorized by the Magnuson Act.

                Section 1. I hereby prohibit Russian-affiliated vessels 
                from entering into United States ports.

                Sec. 2. The prohibition of section 1 of this 
                proclamation applies except:

                    (a) to Russian-affiliated vessels used in the 
                transport of source material, special nuclear material, 
                and nuclear byproduct material for which, and for such 
                time as, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with 
                the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce, 
                determines that no viable source of supply is available 
                that would not require transport by Russian-affiliated 
                vessels; and
                    (b) to Russian-affiliated vessels requesting only 
                to enter United States ports due to force majeure, 
                solely to allow seafarers of any nationality to 
                disembark or embark for purposes of conducting crew 
                changes, emergency medical care, or for other 
                humanitarian need.
                    Sec. 3. For the purposes of this proclamation:
                    (a) the term ``Russian-affiliated vessels'' means:

(i) vessels of Russian registry (i.e., the vessel is Russian flagged);

(ii) vessels that are Russian owned (i.e., the legal title of ownership of 
the vessel that appears on the ship's registration documents is the 
Government of the Russian Federation or a Russian company, citizen, or 
permanent resident); or

(iii) vessels that are Russian operated (i.e., a Russian company, citizen, 
or permanent resident is responsible for the commercial decisions 
concerning the employment of a ship and decides how and where that asset is 
employed).

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                    (b) the term ``byproduct material'' has the same 
                meaning given to that term in section 11(e) of the 
                Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (AEA) (42 U.S.C. 
                2014(e)).
                    (c) the term ``source material'' has the same 
                meaning given to that term in section 11(z) of the AEA 
                (42 U.S.C. 2014(z)).
                    (d) the term ``special nuclear material'' has the 
                same meaning given to that term in section 11(aa) of 
                the AEA (42 U.S.C. 2014(aa)).

                Sec. 4. The prohibition set forth in this proclamation 
                shall be effective as of 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight 
                time on April 28, 2022, and shall be immediately 
                transmitted to the Congress and published in the 
                Federal Register.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-first day of April, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                sixth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2022-08872
Filed 4-21-22; 2:00 pm]
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