[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 42 (Monday, October 23, 2006)]
[Pages 1826-1827]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Letter to Congressional Leaders on Blocking Property of and Prohibiting 
Transactions With the Government of Sudan

October 13, 2006

Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)

    Consistent with subsection 204(b) of the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(b)(IEEPA), and section 301 of the 
National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1631 (NEA), I hereby report that I 
have issued an Executive Order (the ``order'') to take additional steps 
with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13067 
of November 3, 1997.
    On October 13, 2006, I signed into law the Darfur Peace and 
Accountability Act of 2006 (DPAA), which, among other things, calls for 
support of the regional government of Southern Sudan, assistance with 
the peace efforts in the Darfur region of Sudan, and provision of 
economic assistance in specified areas of Sudan. Section 7 of the DPAA 
maintains the sanctions currently imposed on the Government of Sudan. 
However, section 8(e) of the DPAA exempts from the prohibitions of 
Executive Order 13067 certain areas in Sudan, including Southern Sudan, 
Southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State, Blue Nile State, Abyei, Darfur, 
and marginalized areas in and around Khartoum.
    Pursuant to IEEPA and the NEA, I determined that the Government of 
Sudan continues to implement policies and actions 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 that the Government of Sudan has a 
pervasive role in the petroleum and petrochemical industries in Sudan. 
In light of these determinations, and in order to reconcile sections 7 
and 8 of the DPAA, I issued this order to continue the country-wide 
blocking of the Government of Sudan's property and to prohibit 
transactions relating to the petroleum and petrochemical industries in 
Sudan.
    The order blocks the 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. The order also prohibits 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.
    The order specifies that Executive Order 13067 remains in force, but 
that the prohibitions in section 2 of that order shall not apply to 
activities and 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.
     Sincerely,
                                                George W. Bush

Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, and Richard B. Cheney, President of the 
Senate. This item was not received in time for publication in the 
appropriate issue.

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