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For Immediate Release
Office of = the Press=20 Secretary
July 17, 2007

Executive Order: Blocking Property of Certain Persons = Who=20 Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq

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3D"Fact = Message=20 to the Congress of the United States Regarding International = Emergency=20 Economic Powers Act

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution = and the=20 laws of the United States of America, including the International=20 Emergency Economic Powers Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et = seq.)(IEEPA),=20 the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)(NEA), and = section=20 301 of title 3, United States Code,=20

I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, = find=20 that, due to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national = security=20 and foreign policy of the United States posed by acts of violence=20 threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and undermining = efforts to=20 promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq and = to=20 provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people, it is in the=20 interests of the United States to take additional steps with = respect to=20 the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 of May = 22, 2003,=20 and expanded in Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, and = relied upon=20 for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13350 of July 29, = 2004, and=20 Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 2004. I hereby order:=20

Section 1. (a) Except to the extent provided in section = 203(b)(1), (3),=20 and (4) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(1), (3), and (4)), or in = regulations,=20 orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to = this order,=20 and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or = permit=20 granted prior to the date of this order, all property and = interests in=20 property of the following persons, that are in the United States, = that=20 hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter = come=20 within the possession or control of United States persons, are = blocked and=20 may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise = dealt in:=20 any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in = consultation=20 with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense,=20

(i) to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of = committing, an=20 act or acts of violence that have the purpose or effect of:=20

(A) threatening the peace or stability of Iraq or the = Government of=20 Iraq; or=20

(B) undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and=20 political reform in Iraq or to provide humanitarian assistance to = the=20 Iraqi people;=20

(ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided = financial,=20 material, logistical, or technical support for, or goods or = services in=20 support of, such an act or acts of violence or any person whose = property=20 and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or=20

(iii) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or = purported to=20 act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose = property=20 and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order.=20

(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section include, = but are=20 not limited to, (i) the making of any contribution or provision of = funds,=20 goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose = property=20 and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order, and = (ii) the=20 receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or = services from=20 any such person.=20

Sec. 2. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or within = the=20 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=20 order is prohibited.=20

(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions = set forth=20 in this order is prohibited.=20

Sec. 3. For purposes of this order:=20

(a) the term "person" means an individual or entity;=20

(b) the term "entity" means a partnership, association, trust, = joint=20 venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; and=20

(c) the term "United States person" means any United States = citizen,=20 permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the = United=20 States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including = foreign=20 branches), or any person in the United States.=20

Sec. 4. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the = type=20 specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, = to, or=20 for the benefit of, any person whose property and interests in = property=20 are blocked pursuant to this order would seriously impair my = ability to=20 deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 = and=20 expanded in Executive Order 13315, and I hereby prohibit such = donations as=20 provided by section 1 of this order.=20

Sec. 5. For those persons whose property and interests in = property are=20 blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional = presence in=20 the United States, I find that, because of the ability to transfer = funds=20 or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of = measures=20 to be taken pursuant to this order would render these measures=20 ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these measures to be = effective=20 in addressing the national emergency declared in Executive Order = 13303 and=20 expanded in Executive Order 13315, there need be no prior notice = of a=20 listing or determination made pursuant to section 1(a) of this = order.=20

Sec. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the = Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, is hereby = authorized to=20 take such actions, including the promulgation of rules and = regulations,=20 and to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA as may = be=20 necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. The Secretary = of the=20 Treasury may redelegate any of these functions to other officers = and=20 agencies of the United States Government, consistent with = applicable law.=20 All agencies of the United States Government are hereby directed = to take=20 all appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the=20 provisions of this order and, where appropriate, to advise the = Secretary=20 of the Treasury in a timely manner of the measures taken.=20

Sec. 7. Nothing in this order is intended to affect the = continued=20 effectiveness of any rules, regulations, orders, licenses, or = other forms=20 of administrative action issued, taken, or continued in effect = heretofore=20 or hereafter under 31 C.F.R. chapter V, except as expressly = terminated,=20 modified, or suspended by or pursuant to this order.=20

Sec. 8. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any = right,=20 benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at = law or in=20 equity by any party against the United States, its departments, = agencies,=20 instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or employees, or any = other=20 person.=20

GEORGE W. BUSH=20

THE WHITE HOUSE,=20

July 17, 2007.=20

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