Prohibiting Transactions With Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process

• Citation: 60 FR 5079
• Executive Order No.: 12947
• Published date: 25 January 1995
• Date: 23 January 1995
• Year: 1995
• Pages: 5079-5081
• FR Document: X95-110125
• Issuer: Executive Office of the President
• Section: Presidential Documents

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Federal Register
Presidential Documents
Vol. 60, No. 16
Wednesday, January 25, 1995
Title 3—
Executive Order 12947 of January 23, 1995
The President
Prohibiting Transactions With Terrorists Who Threaten To
Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process
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 Emer-
gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3, United
States Code,
I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United States of America, find
that grave acts of violence committed by foreign terrorists that disrupt the
Middle East peace process constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat
to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States,
and hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat.
I hereby order:
Section 1. Except to the extent provided in section 203(b)(3) and (4) of
IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(3) and (4)) and 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
effective date: (a) all property and interests in property of:
(i) the persons listed in the Annex to this order;
(ii) foreign persons designated by the Secretary of State, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General,
because they are found:
(A) to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of committing,
acts of violence that have the purpose or effect of disrupting the
Middle East peace process, or
(B) to assist in, sponsor, or provide financial, material, or techno-
logical support for, or services in support of, such acts of violence;
and
(iii) persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in coordi-
nation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, to
be owned or controlled by, or to act for or on behalf of, any
of the foregoing persons, that are in the United States, that hereafter
come within the United States, or that hereafter come within the
possession or control of United States persons, are blocked;
(b) any transaction or dealing by United States persons or within the
United States in property or interests in property of the persons designated
in or pursuant to this order is prohibited, including the making or receiving
of any contribution of funds, goods, or services to or for the benefit of
such persons;
(c) any transaction by any United States person or within the United
States that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding,
or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in this order, is
prohibited.
Sec. 2. For the purposes of this order: (a) the term ‘‘person’’ means an
individual or entity;
(b) the term ‘‘entity’’ means a partnership, association, corporation, or
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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 (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States;
and
(d) the term ‘‘foreign person’’ means any citizen or national of a foreign
state (including any such individual who is also a citizen or national of
the United States) or any entity not organized solely under the laws of
the United States or existing solely in the United States, but does not
include a foreign state.
Sec. 3. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type specified
in section 203(b)(2)(A) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)(A)) by United States
persons to persons designated in or pursuant to this order would seriously
impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in this
order, and hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of
this order.
Sec. 4. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary
of State and, as appropriate, the Attorney General, is hereby authorized
to take such actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations,
and to employ all powers granted to me by IEEPA 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. 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.
(b) Any investigation emanating from a possible violation of this order,
or of any license, order, or regulation issued pursuant to this order, shall
first be coordinated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and
any matter involving evidence of a criminal violation shall be referred to
the FBI for further investigation. The FBI shall timely notify the Department
of the Treasury of any action it takes on such referrals.
Sec. 5. Nothing contained in this order shall create any right or benefit,
substantive or procedural, enforceable by any party against the United States,
its agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or employees, or any other
person.
Sec. 6. (a) This order is effective at 12:01 a.m., eastern standard time on
January 24, 1995.
(b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress and published in
the Federal Register.
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THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 23, 1995.
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ANNEX
TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS WHICH THREATEN TO DISRUPT THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE
PROCESS
Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP)
Hizballah
Islamic Gama’at (IG)
Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS)
Jihad
Kach
Kahane Chai
Palestinian Islamic Jihad-Shiqaqi faction (PIJ)
Palestine Liberation Front-Abu Abbas faction (PLF-Abu Abbas)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP–GC)
[FR Doc. 95–2040
Filed 1–24–95; 10:10 am]
Billing code 4810–31–P

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