    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2006, Book II)]
    [October 13, 2006]
    [Pages 1851-1852]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders on Blocking Property of and Prohibiting
    Transactions With the Government of Sudan
    October 13, 2006

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)
        Consistent with subsection 204(b) of the International Emergency
    Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(b)(IEEPA), and section 301 of the
    National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1631 (NEA), I hereby report that I
    have issued an Executive Order (the ``order'') to take additional steps
    with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13067
    of November 3, 1997.
        On October 13, 2006, I signed into law the Darfur Peace and
    Accountability Act of 2006 (DPAA), which, among other things, calls for
    support of the regional government of Southern Sudan, assistance with
    the peace efforts in the Darfur region of Sudan, and provision of
    economic assistance in specified areas of Sudan. Section 7 of the DPAA
    maintains the sanctions currently imposed on the Government of Sudan.
    However, section 8(e) of the DPAA exempts from the prohibitions of
    Executive Order 13067 certain areas in Sudan, including Southern Sudan,
    Southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, Blue Nile State, Abyei, Darfur,
    and marginalized areas in and around Khartoum.
        Pursuant to IEEPA and the NEA, I determined that the Government of
    Sudan continues to implement policies and actions that violate human
    rights, in particular with respect to the conflict in Darfur, where the
    Government of Sudan exercises administrative and legal authority and
    pervasive practical influence, and that the Government of Sudan has a
    pervasive role in the petroleum and petrochemical industries in Sudan.
    In light of these determinations, and in order to reconcile sections 7
    and 8 of the DPAA, I issued this order to continue the country-wide
    blocking of the Government of Sudan's property and to prohibit
    transactions relating to the petroleum and petrochemical industries in
    Sudan.
        The order blocks the property and interests in property of the
    Government of Sudan 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 United States persons, including their overseas
    branches. The order also prohibits all transactions by United States
    persons relating to the petroleum or petrochemical industries in Sudan,
    including, but not limited to, oilfield services and oil or gas
    pipelines.
        The order specifies that Executive Order 13067 remains in force, but
    that the prohibitions in section 2 of that order shall not apply to
    activities and transactions with respect to Southern Sudan, Southern
    Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, Blue Nile State, Abyei, Darfur, or
    marginalized areas in and around Khartoum, provided that the activities
    or transactions do not involve any property or interests in property of
    the Government of Sudan.
             Sincerely,

                                                              George W. Bush

    Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the
    House of Representatives, and Richard B. Cheney, President of the
    Senate. The Executive order is listed in Appendix D at the end of this
    volume.

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