Blocking Property With Respect To Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation

Published date19 April 2021
Record Number2021-08098
SectionPresidential Documents
CourtExecutive Office Of The President
Federal Register, Volume 86 Issue 73 (Monday, April 19, 2021)
[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 73 (Monday, April 19, 2021)]
                [Presidential Documents]
                [Pages 20249-20252]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2021-08098] Presidential Documents
                Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 73 / Monday, April 19, 2021 /
                Presidential Documents
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                Title 3--
                The President
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                 Executive Order 14024 of April 15, 2021
                
                Blocking Property With Respect To Specified
                 Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the
                 Russian Federation
                 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), 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, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States
                 of America, find that specified harmful foreign
                 activities of the Government of the Russian
                 Federation--in particular, efforts to undermine the
                 conduct of free and fair democratic elections and
                 democratic institutions in the United States and its
                 allies and partners; to engage in and facilitate
                 malicious cyber-enabled activities against the United
                 States and its allies and partners; to foster and use
                 transnational corruption to influence foreign
                 governments; to pursue extraterritorial activities
                 targeting dissidents or journalists; to undermine
                 security in countries and regions important to United
                 States national security; and to violate well-
                 established principles of international law, including
                 respect for the territorial integrity of states--
                 constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the
                 national security, foreign policy, and economy of the
                 United States. I hereby declare a national emergency to
                 deal with that threat.
                 Accordingly, I hereby order:
                 Section 1. 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:
                 (a) any person determined by the Secretary of the
                 Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
                 and, with respect to subsection (a)(ii) of this
                 section, in consultation with the Attorney General, or
                 by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
                 Secretary of the Treasury, and, with respect to
                 subsection (a)(ii) of this section, in consultation
                 with the Attorney General:
                (i) to operate or have operated in the technology sector or the defense and
                related materiel sector of the Russian Federation economy, or any other
                sector of the Russian Federation economy as may be determined by the
                Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State;
                (ii) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or
                indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in, any of the following for or
                on behalf of, or for the benefit of, directly or indirectly, the Government
                of the Russian Federation:
                 (A) malicious cyber-enabled activities;
                 (B) interference in a United States or other foreign government election;
                 (C) actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or
                institutions in the United States or abroad;
                 (D) transnational corruption;
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                 (E) assassination, murder, or other unlawful killing of, or infliction of
                other bodily harm against, a United States person or a citizen or national
                of a United States ally or partner;
                 (F) activities that undermine the peace, security, political stability,
                or territorial integrity of the United States, its allies, or its partners;
                or
                 (G) deceptive or structured transactions or dealings to circumvent any
                United States sanctions, including through the use of digital currencies or
                assets or the use of physical assets;
                (iii) to be or have been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or
                member of the board of directors of:
                 (A) the Government of the Russian Federation;
                 (B) an entity that has, or whose members have, engaged in any activity
                described in subsection (a)(ii) of this section; or
                 (C) an entity whose property and interests in property are blocked
                pursuant to this order;
                (iv) to be a political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of the
                Government of the Russian Federation;
                (v) to be a spouse or adult child of any person whose property and
                interests in property are blocked pursuant to subsection (a)(ii) or (iii)
                of this section;
                (vi) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial,
                material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in
                support of:
                 (A) any activity described in subsection (a)(ii) 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, directly or indirectly, the Government of the Russian
                Federation or any person whose property and interests in property are
                blocked pursuant to this order.
                 (b) any person determined by the Secretary of the
                 Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
                 to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided
                 financial, material, or technological support for, or
                 goods or services to or in support of, a government
                 whose property and interests in property are blocked
                 pursuant to chapter V of title 31 of the Code of
                 Federal Regulations or another Executive Order, and to
                 be:
                (i) a citizen or national of the Russian Federation;
                (ii) an entity organized under the laws of the Russian Federation or any
                jurisdiction within the Russian Federation (including foreign branches); or
                (iii) a person ordinarily resident in the Russian Federation.
                 (c) any person determined by the Secretary of
                 State, in consultation with the Secretary of the
                 Treasury, to be responsible for or complicit in, or to
                 have directly or indirectly engaged in or attempted to
                 engage in, cutting or disrupting gas or energy supplies
                 to Europe, the Caucasus, or Asia, and to be:
                (i) an individual who is a citizen or national of the Russian Federation;
                or
                (ii) an entity organized under the laws of the Russian Federation or any
                jurisdiction within the Russian Federation (including foreign branches).
                 (d) The prohibitions in subsections (a), (b), and
                 (c) 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 before the date of this
                 order.
                 Sec. 2. The prohibitions in section 1 of this order
                 include:
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                 (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. 3. (a) The unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant
                 entry into the United States of noncitizens determined
                 to meet one or more of the criteria in section 1 of
                 this order would be detrimental to the interests of the
                 United States, and the entry of such persons into the
                 United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, is
                 hereby suspended, except when the Secretary of State or
                 the Secretary of Homeland Security, as appropriate,
                 determines that the person's entry would not be
                 contrary to the interests of the United States,
                 including when the Secretary of State or the Secretary
                 of Homeland Security, as appropriate, so determines,
                 based on a recommendation of the Attorney General, that
                 the person's entry would further important United
                 States law enforcement objectives.
                 (b) The Secretary of State shall implement this
                 authority as it applies to visas pursuant to such
                 procedures as the Secretary of State, in consultation
                 with the Secretary of Homeland Security, may establish.
                 (c) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
                 implement this order as it applies to the entry of
                 noncitizens pursuant to such procedures as the
                 Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with
                 the Secretary of State, may establish.
                 (d) Such persons shall be treated by this section
                 in the same manner 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).
                 Sec. 4. (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. 5. I hereby determine that the making of donations
                 of the types 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 this order would
                 seriously impair my ability to deal with the national
                 emergency declared in this order, and I hereby prohibit
                 such donations as provided by section 1 of this order.
                 Sec. 6. For the purposes of this order:
                 (a) the term ``entity'' means a partnership,
                 association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group,
                 subgroup, or other organization;
                 (b) the term ``Government of the Russian
                 Federation'' means the Government of the Russian
                 Federation, any political subdivision, agency, or
                 instrumentality thereof, including the Central Bank of
                 the Russian Federation, and any person owned,
                 controlled, or directed by, or acting for or on behalf
                 of, the Government of the Russian Federation;
                 (c) the term ``noncitizen'' means any person who is
                 not a citizen or noncitizen national of the United
                 States;
                 (d) the term ``person'' means an individual or
                 entity; and
                 (e) the term ``United States person'' means any
                 United States citizen, lawful permanent resident,
                 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.
                 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.
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                 I therefore determine that for these measures to be
                 effective in addressing the national emergency declared
                 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, as may be necessary to carry
                 out the purposes of this order. The Secretary of the
                 Treasury may, consistent with applicable law,
                 redelegate any of these functions within the Department
                 of the Treasury. All departments and agencies of the
                 United States shall take all appropriate measures
                 within their authority to carry out the provisions of
                 this order.
                 Sec. 9. Nothing in this order shall prohibit
                 transactions for the conduct of the official business
                 of the Federal Government or the United Nations
                 (including its specialized agencies, programs, funds,
                 and related organizations) by employees, grantees, and
                 contractors thereof.
                 Sec. 10. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
                 with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to
                 submit recurring and final reports to the Congress on
                 the national emergency declared in this order,
                 consistent with section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C.
                 1641(c)) and section 204(c) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C.
                 1703(c)).
                 Sec. 11. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
                 to impair or otherwise affect:
                (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
                the head thereof; or
                (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
                relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
                 (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
                 applicable law and subject to the availability of
                 appropriations.
                 (c) 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 15, 2021.
                [FR Doc. 2021-08098
                Filed 4-16-21; 8:45 am]
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