81 FR 23559 - Blocking Property and Suspending Entry Into the United States of Persons Contributing to the Situation in Libya

Executive Office of the President

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 77 (April 21, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 77 (Thursday, April 21, 2016)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 23559-23562]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-09483]




                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 81 , No. 77 / Thursday, April 21, 2016 / 
Presidential Documents

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                Executive Order 13726 of April 19, 2016

                
Blocking Property and Suspending Entry Into the 
                United States of Persons Contributing to the Situation 
                in Libya

                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.), 
                section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act of 
                1945, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c) (UNPA), section 
                212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 
                (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, United 
                States Code,

                I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of 
                America, hereby expand the scope of the national 
                emergency declared in Executive Order 13566 of February 
                25, 2011, finding that the ongoing violence in Libya, 
                including attacks by armed groups against Libyan state 
                facilities, foreign missions in Libya, and critical 
                infrastructure, as well as human rights abuses, 
                violations of the arms embargo imposed by United 
                Nations Security Council Resolution 1970 (2011), and 
                misappropriation of Libya's natural resources threaten 
                the peace, security, stability, sovereignty, democratic 
                transition, and territorial integrity of Libya, and 
                thereby constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat 
                to the national security and foreign policy of the 
                United States. To address this threat, and in view of 
                United Nations Security Council Resolutions 2174 of 
                August 27, 2014, and 2213 of March 27, 2015, I hereby 
                order:

                Section 1. (a) 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 of the following persons are blocked and may not 
                be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise 
                dealt in: any person determined by the Secretary of the 
                Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State:

(i) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have engaged in, directly 
or indirectly, any of the following:

  (A) actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, or stability 
of Libya, including through the supply of arms or related materiel;

  (B) actions or policies that obstruct, undermine, delay, or impede, or 
pose a significant risk of obstructing, undermining, delaying, or impeding, 
the adoption of or political transition to a Government of National Accord 
or a successor government;

  (C) actions that may lead to or result in the misappropriation of state 
assets of Libya; or

  (D) threatening or coercing Libyan state financial institutions or the 
Libyan National Oil Company;

(ii) to be planning, directing, or committing, or to have planned, 
directed, or committed, attacks against any Libyan state facility or 
installation (including oil facilities), against any air, land, or sea port 
in Libya, or against any foreign mission in Libya;

(iii) to be involved in, or to have been involved in, the targeting of 
civilians through the commission of acts of violence, abduction, forced 
displacement, or attacks on schools, hospitals, religious sites, or 
locations

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where civilians are seeking refuge, or through conduct that would 
constitute a serious abuse or violation of human rights or a violation of 
international humanitarian law;

(iv) to be involved in, or to have been involved in, the illicit 
exploitation of crude oil or any other natural resources in Libya, 
including the illicit production, refining, brokering, sale, purchase, or 
export of Libyan oil;

(v) to be a leader of an entity that has, or whose members have, engaged in 
any activity described in subsections (a)(i), (a)(ii), (a)(iii), or (a)(iv) 
of this section;

(vi) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, 
material, logistical, or technological support for, or goods or services in 
support of (A) any of the activities described in subsections (a)(i), 
(a)(ii), (a)(iii), or (a)(iv) of this section or (B) any person whose 
property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or

(vii) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act 
for or on behalf of, any person whose property and interests in property 
are blocked pursuant to this order.

                    (b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this 
                section apply except to the extent provided by 
                statutes, 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 date of this 
                order. The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this 
                section are in addition to export control authorities 
                implemented by the Department of Commerce.

                Sec. 2. I hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant 
                and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens 
                determined to meet one or more of the criteria in 
                section 1(a) of this order would be detrimental to the 
                interests of the United States, and I hereby suspend 
                entry into the United States, as immigrants or 
                nonimmigrants, of such persons. Such persons shall be 
                treated as persons covered by section 1 of Proclamation 
                8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry of Aliens 
                Subject to United Nations Security Council Travel Bans 
                and International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
                Sanctions). Further, United Nations Security Council 
                Resolution 2174 shall be treated as a Resolution listed 
                in Annex A of Proclamation 8693.

                Sec. 3. 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 whose property and interests in 
                property are blocked pursuant to section 1 of this 
                order would seriously impair my ability to deal with 
                the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
                13566 and expanded in this order, and I hereby prohibit 
                such donations as provided by section 1 of this order.

                Sec. 4. The prohibitions in section 1 of this order 
                include but are not limited to:

                    (a) the making of any contribution or provision of 
                funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of 
                any person whose property and interests in property are 
                blocked pursuant to this order; and
                    (b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of 
                funds, goods, or services from any such person.

                Sec. 5. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has 
                the purpose of evading or avoiding, causes a violation 
                of, 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. 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; and

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                    (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.
                    (d) the term ``Government of National Accord or a 
                successor government'' means:

(i) a Government of National Accord formed pursuant to the terms of the 
Libyan Political Agreement signed in Skhirat, Morocco, on December 17, 
2015, or any amendments thereto;

(ii) a governmental authority formed under the Libyan Constitution pursuant 
to the terms of the Libyan Political Agreement signed in Skhirat, Morocco, 
on December 17, 2015, or any amendments thereto;

(iii) any subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of the foregoing, and any 
partnership, association, corporation, or other organization owned or 
controlled, directly or indirectly, by, or acting for or on behalf of, the 
foregoing; or

(iv) any other person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury to be 
included within paragraphs (a) through (c) of this section.

                Sec. 7. 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 those measures ineffectual. I 
                therefore determine that for these measures to be 
                effective in addressing the national emergency declared 
                in Executive Order 13566 and expanded in this order, 
                there need be no prior notice of a listing or 
                determination made pursuant to section 1 of this order.

                Sec. 8. The Secretary of the Treasury, in 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 the UNPA, 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.

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                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, or 
                entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any 
                other person.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    April 19, 2016.

[FR Doc. 2016-09483
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