[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.