Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 1292294-15498
Blocking Property of Certain Haitian Nationals
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Published
June 23, 1994
Signed
June 21, 1994
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Executive Office of the President
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[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 120 (Thursday, June 23, 1994)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 32645-32646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 94-15498]
[[Page Unknown]]
[Federal Register: June 23, 1994]
Editorial note: For the President's remarks on signing
this proclamation, see issue 24 of volume 30 of the
Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents.
Executive Order 12922 of June 21, 1994
Blocking Property of Certain Haitian Nationals
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.), the National
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), section 5 of
the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as
amended (22 U.S.C. 287c), and section 301 of title 3,
United States Code, and in order to take additional
steps with respect to the actions and policies of the
de facto regime in Haiti and the national emergency
described and declared in Executive Order No. 12775, it
is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Except to the extent provided in
regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may
hereafter be issued pursuant to this order, all
property and interests in property of:
(a) any Haitian national resident in Haiti; or
(b) any other person subject to the blocking provisions
of Executive Order Nos. 12775, 12779, 12853, 12872, or
12914 and Haitian citizens who are members of the
immediate family of any such person, as identified by
the Secretary of the Treasury;
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, including their overseas branches, are
blocked. This section shall not apply to property of
nongovernmental organizations engaged in the provision
of essential humanitarian assistance in Haiti or in the
conduct of refugee and migration operations in Haiti,
as identified by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Payments and transfers previously authorized by
Executive Order No. 12920 of June 10, 1994, may
continue to be made in a manner directed by the
Secretary of the Treasury.
Sec. 2. Any transaction by a United States person 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. 3. For the purposes of this order:
(a) The term ``Haitian national'' means a citizen
of Haiti or an entity organized under the laws of
Haiti.
(b) The definitions contained in section 3 of
Executive Order No. 12779 apply to the terms used in
this order.
Sec. 4. 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 me
by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and
the United Nations Participation Act, 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, including suspension or
termination of licenses or other authorizations in
effect as of the effective date of this order.
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 shall take effect at 10:09 p.m.,
eastern daylight time on June 21, 1994.
(b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress
and published in the Federal Register.
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10:09 p.m.
6-21-94
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 21, 1994.
[FR Doc. 94-15498
Filed 6-22-94; 11:33 am]
Billing code 3195-01-M
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