[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 31, Number 4 (Monday, January 30, 1995)]
[Pages 93-95]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 12947--Prohibiting Transactions With Terrorists Who 
Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process

January 23, 1995

     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.), and section 301 of 
title 3, United States Code,
     I, William J. Clinton, President of the United States of America, 
find that grave acts of violence committed by foreign terrorists that 
disrupt the Middle East peace process constitute an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and 
economy of the United States, and hereby declare a national emergency to 
deal with that threat.
     I hereby order:
    Section 1. Except to the extent provided in section 203(b) (3) and 
(4) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b) (3) and (4)) and 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: (a) all property and interests in 
property of:
    (i) the persons listed in the Annex to this order;
    (ii) foreign persons designated by the Secretary of State, in 
      coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney 
      General, because they are found:

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    (A) to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing, 
      acts of violence that have the purpose or effect of disrupting the 
      Middle East peace process, or
    (B) to assist in, sponsor, or provide financial, material, or 
      technological support for, or services in support of, such acts of 
      violence; and
    (iii) persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
      coordination with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, 
      to be owned or controlled by, or to act for or on behalf of, any 
      of the foregoing persons, that are in the United States, that 
      hereafter come within the United States, or that hereafter come 
      within the possession or control of United States persons, are 
      blocked;
    (b) any transaction or dealing by United States persons or within 
the United States in property or interests in property of the persons 
designated in or pursuant to this order is prohibited, including the 
making or receiving of any contribution of funds, goods, or services to 
or for the benefit of such persons;
    (c) any transaction by any United States person or within the United 
States 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. 2. For the purposes of this order: (a) the term ``person'' 
means an individual or entity;
    (b) the term ``entity'' means a partnership, association, 
corporation, or other organization, group, or subgroup;
    (c) the term ``United States person'' means any United States 
citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of 
the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the 
United States; and
    (d) the term ``foreign person'' means any citizen or national of a 
foreign state (including any such individual who is also a citizen or 
national of the United States) or any entity not organized solely under 
the laws of the United States or existing solely in the United States, 
but does not include a foreign state.
    Sec. 3. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type 
specified in section 203(b)(2)(A) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)(A)) by 
United States persons to persons designated in or pursuant to this order 
would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency 
declared in this order, and hereby prohibit such donations as provided 
by section 1 of this order.
    Sec. 4. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State and, as appropriate, the Attorney General, is hereby 
authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation of rules and 
regulations, and to employ all powers granted to me 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. 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.
    (b) Any investigation emanating from a possible violation of this 
order, or of any license, order, or regulation issued pursuant to this 
order, shall first be coordinated with the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation (FBI), and any matter involving evidence of a criminal 
violation shall be referred to the FBI for further investigation. The 
FBI shall timely notify the Department of the Treasury of any action it 
takes on such referrals.
    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 is effective at 12:01 a.m., eastern standard 
time on January 24, 1995.
    (b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress and published in 
the Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
January 23, 1995.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:10 a.m., January 24, 
1995]

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Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on January 24, and it and the attached annex were published in 
the Federal Register on January 25.