[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 42 (Monday, October 23, 2006)]
[Pages 1824-1826]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13412--Blocking Property of and Prohibiting Transactions 
With the Government of Sudan

October 13, 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, and taking appropriate account of the 
Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006 (the ``Act''),
    I, George W. Bush, President of the United States of America, find 
that, due to the continuation of the threat to the national security and 
foreign policy of the United States created by certain policies and 
actions of the Government of Sudan 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 due to the threat to the national security and 
foreign policy of the United States posed by the pervasive role played 
by the Government of Sudan in the petroleum and petrochemical industries 
in Sudan, it is in the interests of the United States to take additional 
steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
13067 of November 3, 1997. Accordingly, I hereby order:
    Section 1. Except to the extent provided in section 203(b) of IEEPA 
(50 U.S.C. 1702(b)) or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses 
that may be issued pursuant to this order, all 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, are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, 
exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in.
    Sec. 2. Except to the extent provided in section 203(b) of IEEPA (50 
U.S.C. 1702(b)) 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 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, are 
prohibited.
    Sec. 3. (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.

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    (b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set 
forth in this order is prohibited.
    Sec. 4. (a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this section, restrictions 
imposed by this order shall be in addition to, and do not derogate from, 
restrictions imposed in and under Executive Order 13067.
    (b)(i) None of the prohibitions in section 2 of Executive Order 
13067 shall apply to activities or related 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.
    (ii) The Secretary of State, after consultation with the Secretary 
of the Treasury, may define the term ``Southern Sudan, Southern 
Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, Blue Nile State, Abyei, Darfur, or 
marginalized areas in and around Khartoum'' for the purposes of this 
order.
    (c) The function of the President under subsection 6(c)(1) of the 
Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-497), as 
amended by section 5(a)(3) of the Act, is assigned to the Secretary of 
the Treasury as appropriate in the performance of such function.
    (d) The functions of the President under subsection 6(c)(2) and the 
last sentence of 6(d) of the Comprehensive Peace in Sudan Act of 2004 
(Public Law 108-497), as amended by subsections 5(a)(3) and (b), 
respectively, of the Act, are assigned to the Secretary of State, except 
that the function of denial of entry is assigned to the Secretary of 
Homeland Security.
    (e) The functions of the President under sections 7 and 8 of the Act 
are assigned to the Secretary of State.
    Sec. 5. Nothing in this order shall prohibit:
    (a) transactions for the conduct of the official business of the 
Federal Government or the United Nations by employees thereof; or
    (b) transactions in Sudan for journalistic activity by persons 
regularly employed in such capacity by a news-gathering organization.
    Sec. 6. For the 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; and
    (d) the term ``Government of Sudan'' includes the Government of 
Sudan, its agencies, instrumentalities, and controlled entities, and the 
Central Bank of Sudan, but does not include the regional government of 
Southern Sudan.
    Sec. 7. For those persons whose property and interests in property 
are blocked pursuant to section 1 of 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 Executive Order 13067 there need be no prior notice of a 
determination made pursuant to section 1 of this order.
    Sec. 8. 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

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section 401 of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641) applicable to the Department of 
the Treasury in relation to this order.
    Sec. 9. 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. 10. This order shall take effect upon the enactment of the 
Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 October 13, 2006.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:27 a.m., October 16, 
2006]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
October 17. This item was not received in time for publication in the 
appropriate issue.