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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 13, 2008
Executive Order: Blocking Property of Additional Persons in Connection with the National Emergency with Respect to Syria
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.), and section 301 of title 3,
United States Code,
I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that the
Government of Syria continues to engage in certain conduct that formed the
basis for the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13338 of May
11, 2004, including but not limited to undermining efforts with respect to
the stabilization of Iraq. I further find that the conduct of certain
members of the Government of Syria and other persons contributing to public
corruption related to Syria, including by misusing Syrian public assets or
by misusing public authority, entrenches and enriches the Government of
Syria and its supporters and thereby enables the Government of Syria to
continue to engage in certain conduct that formed the basis for the
national emergency declared in Executive Order 13338. In light of these
findings, and to take additional steps with respect to the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004, I hereby
order:
Section 1. (a) 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 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, including any overseas
branch, of the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred,
paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: persons determined by
the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the Secretary of
State, to be responsible for, to have engaged in, to have facilitated, or
to have secured improper advantage as a result of, public corruption by
senior officials within the Government of Syria.
(b) The prohibitions in paragraph (a) of this section include, but are not
limited to, (i) the making of any contribution or provision of funds,
goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person designated
pursuant to this order, and (ii) the receipt of any contribution or
provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.
Sec. 2. Section 3(a)(iv) of Executive Order 13338 is hereby amended to
read as follows:
"(iv) to be or to have been responsible for or otherwise significantly
contributing to actions taken or decisions made by the Government of Syria
that have the purpose or effect of undermining efforts to stabilize Iraq or
of allowing the use of Syrian territory or facilities to undermine efforts
to stabilize Iraq; or".
Sec. 3. (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. 4. For purposes of this order:
(a) the term "person" means any individual or entity;
(b) the term "entity" means a partnership, association, trust, joint
venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; and
(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.
Sec. 5. 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 are
blocked pursuant to section 1 of this order would seriously impair my
ability to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order
13338 and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13399
of April 25, 2006, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by
section 1 of this order.
Sec. 6. For those persons whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to section 1 of 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
13338 and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13399,
there need be no prior notice of a determination made pursuant to this
order.
Sec. 7. 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 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 executive 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 and, where
appropriate, to advise the Secretary of the Treasury in a timely manner of
the measures taken.
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.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
February 13, 2008.
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