    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 25 (Monday, June 27, 1994)]
    [Pages 1321-1322]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Executive Order 12922--Blocking Property of Certain Haitian Nationals

    June 21, 1994

        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.), the National
    Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), section 5 of the United
    Nations Participation Act of 1945, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c), and
    section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and in order to take
    additional steps with respect to the actions and policies of the de
    facto regime in Haiti and the national emergency described and declared
    in Executive Order No. 12775, it is hereby ordered as follows:
        Section 1. Except to the extent provided in regulations, orders,
    directives, or licenses that may hereafter be issued pursuant to this
    order, all property and interests in property of:
        (a) any Haitian national resident in Haiti; or
        (b) any other person subject to the blocking provisions of Executive
          Order Nos. 12775, 12779, 12853, 12872, or 12914 and Haitian
          citizens who are members of the immediate family of any such
          person, as identified by the Secretary of the Treasury;
    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, are
    blocked. This section shall not apply to property of nongovernmental
    organizations engaged in the provision of essential humanitarian
    assistance in Haiti or in the conduct of refugee and migration
    operations in Haiti, as identified by the Secretary of the Treasury.
    Payments and transfers previously authorized by Executive Order No.
    12920 of June 10, 1994, may continue to be made in a manner directed by
    the Secretary of the Treasury.
        Sec. 2. Any transaction by a United States person that evades or
    avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to
    violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
        Sec. 3. For the purposes of this order:
        (a) The term ``Haitian national'' means a citizen of Haiti or an
    entity organized under the laws of Haiti.
        (b) The definitions contained in section 3 of Executive Order No.
    12779 apply to the terms used in this order.
        Sec. 4. 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 me by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and the
    United Nations Participation Act, as may be necessary to

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    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. 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, including
    suspension or termination of licenses or other authorizations in effect
    as of the effective date of this order.
        Sec. 5. Nothing contained in this order shall create any right or
    benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable by any party against the
    United States, its agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or
    employees, or any other person.
        Sec. 6.
        (a) This order shall take effect at 10:09 p.m., eastern daylight
    time on June 21, 1994.
        (b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress and published in
    the Federal Register.
                                                William J. Clinton
                                                        10:09 p.m.
                                                           6-21-94
    The White House,
    June 21, 1994.

    [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:33 a.m., June 22,
    1994]

    Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press
    Secretary on June 22, and it was published in the Federal Register on
    June 23.