[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 17 (Monday, May 5, 2008)]
[Pages 628-629]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13464--Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain 
Transactions Related to Burma

April 30, 2008

    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.), the Burmese Freedom 
and Democracy Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-61, as amended, 50 U.S.C. 1701 
note), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, and in order to 
take additional steps with respect to the Government of Burma's 
continued repression of the democratic opposition in Burma, and with 
respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13047 of 
May 20, 1997, relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 
13310 of July 28, 2003, and expanded in Executive Order 13448 of October 
18, 2007,
    I, George W. Bush, President of the United States of America, hereby 
order:
    Section 1. 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)), the Trade 
Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (title IX, Public 
Law 106-387), or 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 of the 
following persons 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withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:
    (a) the persons listed in the Annex attached and made a part of this 
order; and
    (b) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, after 
consultation with the Secretary of State:
    (i) to be owned or controlled by, directly or indirectly, the 
      Government of Burma or an official or officials of the Government 
      of Burma;
    (ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, 
      material, logistical, or technical support for, or goods or 
      services in support of, the Government of Burma, the State Peace 
      and Development Council of Burma, the Union Solidarity and 
      Development Association of Burma, any successor entity to any of 
      the foregoing, any senior official of any of the foregoing, or any 
      person whose property and interests in property are blocked 
      pursuant to Executive Order 13310, Executive Order 13448, or this 
      order; or
    (iii) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to 
      act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose 
      property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 
      Executive Order 13310, Executive Order 13448, or this order.
    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; and
    (d) the term ``Government of Burma'' means the Government of Burma 
(sometimes referred to as Myanmar), its agencies, instrumentalities and 
controlled entities, and the Central Bank of Burma.
    Sec. 4. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type 
specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, 
or for the benefit of, persons whose property and interests in property

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are blocked pursuant to section 1 of this order would seriously impair 
my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive 
Order 13047, relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 
13310, and expanded in Executive Order 13448, and hereby prohibit such 
donations as provided by section 1 of this order.
    Sec. 5. For those persons whose property and interests in property 
are blocked 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 Executive Order 13047, relied upon for additional steps taken in 
Executive Order 13310, and expanded in Executive Order 13448, there need 
be no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to 
section 1 of this order.
    Sec. 6. 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 and section 4 of the Burmese Freedom 
and Democracy Act of 2003 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 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.
    Sec. 7. The Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the 
Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to determine, and to take 
necessary action to give effect to that determination, that 
circumstances no longer warrant the blocking of the property and 
interests in property of, or the prohibiting of transactions with, a 
person listed in the Annex to this order.
    Sec. 8. Nothing in this order is intended to affect the continued 
effectiveness of any rules, regulations, orders, licenses, or other 
forms of administrative action issued, taken, or continued in effect 
heretofore or hereafter under 31 C.F.R. chapter V, except as expressly 
terminated, modified, or suspended by or pursuant to this order.
    Sec. 9. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any 
right or benefit, 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 is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time 
on May 1, 2008.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 April 30, 2008.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:16 a.m., May 1, 
2008]

Note: This Executive order and its attached annex were released by the 
Office of the Press Secretary on May 1, and they were published in the 
Federal Register on May 2.