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THE WHITE HOUSE : EXECUTIVE ORDER: BLOCKING PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS WHO THREATEN STABILIZATION EFFORTS IN IRAQ


THE WHITE HOUSE
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070717-3.html

For Immediate ReleaseOffice of the Press SecretaryJuly 17, 2007

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

Message to the Congress of the United States Regarding International Emergency Economic Powers Act

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, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.)(IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.)(NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,

I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that, due to the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States posed by acts of violence threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq and to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people, it is in the interests of the United States to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, and expanded in Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003, and relied upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13350 of July 29, 2004, and Executive Order 13364 of November 29, 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)), 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, all property and interests in property of the following persons, 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come within the possession or control of United States persons, are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense,

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

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

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

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

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

(b) The prohibitions in subsection (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 whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order, and (ii) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.

Sec. 2. (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. 3. For 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

(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. 4. 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, 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 Executive Order 13303 and expanded in Executive Order 13315, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of this order.

Sec. 5. 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 these measures ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 and expanded in Executive Order 13315, there need be no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 1(a) of this order.

Sec. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, 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 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. 7. 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. 8. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right, benefit, or privilege, 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,
July 17, 2007.

SHPLIK AT DAILY KOS
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(Originally titled "what the Hell is this?" .. I should have simply kept it up, instead of deleting it) There is an understatement!

Not by itself, but in conjunction with everything else Bush has done, all of the other Executive Orders this does finally seal the crypt.

Sec. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense, 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 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.

No courts involved.
No legislation to control it.
No redress of grievances available.

The definitions are so broad that the Sec of the Treasury could have the DHHS declare whole cities to be quarantined, for example. 'Applicable law' doesn't make much sense when you have just outlined virtually unlimited powers for your branch of government.

Things like this, this is why we threw off British rule.

And what has happened in response? America has simply looked at the horror, and has decided en masse to switch the channel. Too horrible to contemplate taking action to rein in the madman that would be Emperor, people like Russ Feingold, for God's sake .. Russ Feingold .. have told us to hold our fire. Keep the powder dry.

Bob Barr, Richard Viguerie, Bruce Fein, Republicans all, they know what is necessary. They are calling for impeachment of at least some of the Bush administration. It's only a question of why Democrats cannot figure it out. I'm beginning to think that Congress has been told in no uncertain terms that any move to limit these powers by Bush will be met with 'harsh action'.

I was against Impeaching Bush and Cheney before we started on Gonzales first. What Bush signed yesterday changed my mind.

What do Bush and Cheney hold over this Nation's head, that is scaring Congress into being led like lambs on the way to the slaughterhouse?

Update: Action.

Let's all spend at least a few minutes and raise the temperature in some of those offices that sit inside the Beltway. I've written both of my Reps who are Democrats [Hodes and Shea-Porter], and will even write Gregg and Sununu.

Make the Republicans state one way or the other that they support this abomination; hold your representative to the flames on this. It matters.

It's GOT TO. We have got to try to wrest back control from these madmen.

"Whether ours shall be a government of laws and not of men, is now for Congress, and ultimately, the American people." Archibald Cox


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Executive Orders (EO)

13413-Blocking Property Of Certain Persons Contributing To The Conflict In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo

13412-Blocking Property Of And Prohibiting Transactions With The Government Of Sudan

13405-Executive Order 13405—Blocking Property of Certain Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Belarus

13399-Blocking Property Of Additional Persons In Connection With The National Emergency With Respect To Syria

13396-Executive Order 13396—Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Conflict in Coˆte d’Ivoire

13391-Blocking Property of Additional Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe

13372-Clarification of Certain Executive Orders Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain Transactions
------Executive Order Blocking Property Of Persons In Connection With The Conflict In Sudan's Darfur Region

------Executive Order Protecting the Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Other Property in Which Iraq Has An Interest

------Executive Order Termination of Emergency with Respect to the Actionsand Policies of UNITA and Revocation of Related Executive Orders

13448-Executive Order 13348—Blocking Property of Certain Persons andProhibiting the Importation of Certain Goods from Liberia Executive Order 13349—Amending Executive Order 13226 To Designate thePresident’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology To Serve as the National Nanotechnology Advisory Panel

13315-Blocking Property of the Former Iraqi Regime, Its Senior Officials and Their Family Members, and Taking Certain Other Actions

13312-Executive Order Implementing the Clean Diamond Trade Act

13310-Blocking Property of the Government of Burma and ProhibitingCertain Transactions

13304-Termination of Emergencies With Respect to Yugoslavia and Modification of Executive Order 13219 of June 26, 2001

13303-Protecting the Development Fund for Iraq and Certain Other Property in Which Iraq Has an Interest

13290-Confiscating and Vesting Certain Iraqi Property

13288-Blocking Property of Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Zimbabwe

13268-Termination of Emergency With Respect to the Taliban and Amendment of Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001

13224-Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism Notice of September 24, 2001—Continuation of Emergency With Respectto UNITA

13219-Blocking Property of Persons Who Threaten International Stabilization Efforts in the Western Balkans

13213-Additional Measures With Respect To Prohibiting the Importation of Rough Diamonds From Sierra Leone

13194-Prohibiting the Importation of Rough Diamonds From Sierra Leone

13192-Lifting and Modifying Measures With Respect to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)

13159-Blocking Property of the Government of the Russian Federation Relating to the Disposition of Highly Enriched Uranium Extracted from Nuclear Weapons

13129-Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with the Taliban

13121-Blocking Property of the Governments of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), the Republic of Serbia, and the Republic of Montenegro, and Prohibiting Trade Transactions Involving the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) in Response to the Situation in Kosovo

13099-Prohibiting Transactions with Terrorists who Threaten to Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process

13098-Blocking Property of UNITA and Prohibiting Certain Transactions with Respect to UNITA

13094-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

13088-Blocking Property of the Governments of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro), the Republic of Serbia, and the Republic of Montenegro, and Prohibiting New Investment in the Republic of Serbia in Response to the Situation in Kosovo

13069-Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to UNITA

13067-Blocking Sudanese Government Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Sudan

13059-Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Iran

13047-Prohibiting New Investment in Burma

12978-Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers
12959-Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to Iran

12957-Prohibiting Certain Transactions With Respect to the Development of Iranian Petroleum Resources

12947-Prohibiting Transactions With Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process

12938-Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

12865-Prohibiting Certain Transaction Involving UNITA

12854-Implementation of the Cuban Democracy Act

12817-Transfer of Certain Iraqi Government Assets Held by Domestic Banks

12801-Barring Overflight, Takeoff, and Landing of Aircraft Flying to or from Libya

12724-Blocking Iraqi Government Property and Prohibiting Transaction with Iraq

12722-Blocking Iraqi Government Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Iraq

12613-Prohibiting Imports from Iran

12544-Blocking Libyan Government Property in the United States of Held by U.S. Persons

12543-Prohibiting Trade and Certain Transactions Involving Libya

12294-Suspension of Litigation Against Iran

12284-Restrictions on the Transfer of Property of the Former Shah of Iran

12283-Non-Prosecution of Claims of Hostages and for Actions at the United States Embassy and Elsewhere

12282-Revocation of Prohibitions against Transactions Involving Iran

12281-Direction to Transfer Certain Iranian Government Assets

12280-Direction to Transfer Iranian Government Financial Assets Held by Non-Banking Institutions

12279-Direction to Transfer Iranian Government Assets Held by Domestic Banks

12278-Direction to Transfer Iranian Government Assets Overseas

12277-Direction to Transfer Iranian Government Assets

12276-Direction Relating to Establishment of Escrow Accounts

12211-Prohibiting Certain Transactions with Iran

12205-Prohibiting Certain Transactions with Iran

12170-Blocking Iranian Government Property

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