[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 25 (Monday, June 26, 2006)]
[Pages 1174-1176]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13405--Blocking Property of Certain Persons Undermining 
Democratic Processes or Institutions in Belarus

June 16, 2006

    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.)(NEA), and section 301 
of title 3, United States Code,
    I, George W. Bush, President of the United States of America, 
determine that the actions and policies of certain members of the 
Government of Belarus and other persons to undermine Belarus' democratic 
processes or institutions, manifested most recently in the fundamentally 
undemocratic March 2006 elections, to commit human rights abuses related 
to political repression, including detentions and disappearances, and to 
engage in public corruption, including by diverting or misusing 
Belarusian public assets or by misusing public authority, constitute an 
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
policy of the United States, hereby declare a national emergency to deal 
with that threat, and hereby order:
    Section 1. (a) Except to the extent provided in section 203(b)(1), 
(3), and (4) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(1), (3), and (4)), or 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 of this order, all 
property and interests in property 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 any United States person, including 
any overseas branch, of the following persons are blocked and may not be 
transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:
    (i) the persons listed in the Annex to this order; and
    (ii) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, after 
consultation with the Secretary of State:

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        (A) to be responsible for, or to have participated in, actions 
            or policies that undermine democratic processes or 
            institutions in Belarus;
        (B) to be responsible for, or to have participated in, human 
            rights abuses related to political repression in Belarus;
        (C) to be a senior-level official, a family member of such an 
            official, or a person closely linked to such an official who 
            is responsible for or has engaged in public corruption 
            related to Belarus;
        (D) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided 
            financial, material, or technological support for, or goods 
            or services in support of, the activities described in 
            paragraphs (a)(ii)(A) through (C) of this section or any 
            person listed in or designated pursuant to this order; or
        (E) to be owned or controlled by, or acting or purporting to act 
            for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person 
            listed in or designated pursuant to this order.
    (b) I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type of 
articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) 
by, to, or for the benefit of any person listed in or designated 
pursuant to this order would seriously impair my ability to deal with 
the national emergency declared in this order, and I hereby prohibit 
such donations as provided by paragraph (a) of this section.
    (c) The prohibitions in paragraph (a) of this section include, but 
are not limited to, (i) the making of any contribution or provision of 
funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person 
listed in or designated pursuant to this order, and (ii) the receipt of 
any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such 
person.
    Sec. 2. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or within the 
United States that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or 
avoiding, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in 
this order is prohibited.
    (b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set 
forth in this order is prohibited.
    Sec. 3. For purposes of this order:
    (a) the term ``person'' means an individual or entity;
    (b) the term ``entity'' means a partnership, association, trust, 
joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization;
    (c) the term ``United States person'' means any United States 
citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of 
the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States 
(including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.
    Sec. 4. For those persons listed in or designated pursuant to this 
order who might have a constitutional presence in the United States, I 
find that because of the ability to transfer funds or other assets 
instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to be taken 
pursuant to this order would render these measures ineffectual. I 
therefore determine that for these measures to be effective in 
addressing the national emergency declared in this order, there need be 
no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 1 
of this order.
    Sec. 5. The Secretary of the Treasury, after 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 the President 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, consistent with applicable law. All executive 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 and, where appropriate, to advise the Secretary of the Treasury in 
a timely manner of the measures taken. The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall ensure compliance with those provisions of section 401 of the NEA 
(50 U.S.C. 1641) applicable to the Department of the Treasury in 
relation to this order.
    Sec. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the 
Secretary of State,

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is hereby authorized to submit the recurring and final reports to the 
Congress on the national emergency declared in this order, consistent 
with section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)) and section 204(c) of 
IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)).
    Sec. 7. The Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the 
Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to determine, subsequent to the 
issuance of this order, that circumstances no longer warrant the 
inclusion of a person in the Annex to this order and that the property 
and interests in property of that person are therefore no longer blocked 
pursuant to section 1 of this order.
    Sec. 8. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any 
right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at 
law or in equity by any party against the United States, its 
departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or 
employees, or any other person.
    Sec. 9. This order is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time 
on June 19, 2006.
                                                George W. Bush
The White House,
June 16, 2006.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:43 a.m., June 19, 
2006]

Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on June 19. The Executive order and its attached annex were 
published in the Federal Register on June 20.