Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 1315900-16252
Blocking Property of the Government of the Russian Federation Relating to the Disposition of Highly Enriched Uranium Extracted From Nuclear Weapons
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June 26, 2000
Signed
June 21, 2000
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Executive Office of the President
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[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 123 (Monday, June 26, 2000)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 39279-39280]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 00-16252]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 123 / Monday, June 26, 2000 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 13159 of June 21, 2000
Blocking Property of the Government of the
Russian Federation Relating to the Disposition of
Highly Enriched Uranium Extracted From Nuclear Weapons
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 (IEEPA) (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the
National Emergencies 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, in view of the policies underlying
Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994, and
Executive Order 13085 of May 26, 1998, find that the
risk of nuclear proliferation created by the
accumulation of a large volume of weapons-usable
fissile material in the territory of the Russian
Federation constitutes an unusual and extraordinary
threat to the national security and foreign policy of
the United States, and hereby declare a national
emergency to deal with that threat.
I hereby order:
Section 1. A major national security goal of the United
States is to ensure that fissile material removed from
Russian nuclear weapons pursuant to various arms
control and disarmament agreements is dedicated to
peaceful uses, subject to transparency measures, and
protected from diversion to activities of proliferation
concern. As reflected in Executive Order 13085, the
full implementation of the Agreement Between the
Government of the United States of America and the
Government of the Russian Federation Concerning the
Disposition of Highly Enriched Uranium Extracted from
Nuclear Weapons, dated February 18, 1993, and related
contracts and agreements (collectively, the ``HEU
Agreements'') is essential to the attainment of this
goal. The HEU Agreements provide for the conversion of
approximately 500 metric tons of highly enriched
uranium contained in Russian nuclear weapons into low-
enriched uranium for use as fuel in commercial nuclear
reactors. In furtherance of our national security
goals, all heads of departments and agencies of the
United States Government shall continue to take all
appropriate measures within their authority to further
the full implementation of the HEU Agreements.
Sec. 2. Government of the Russian Federation assets
directly related to the implementation of the HEU
Agreements currently may be subject to attachment,
judgment, decree, lien, execution, garnishment, or
other judicial process, thereby jeopardizing the full
implementation of the HEU Agreements to the detriment
of U.S. foreign policy. In order to ensure the
preservation and proper and complete transfer to the
Government of the Russian Federation of all payments
due to it under the HEU Agreements, and 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 the
Government of the Russian Federation directly related
to the implementation of the HEU Agreements 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 hereby blocked
and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn,
or otherwise dealt in. Unless licensed or authorized
pursuant to this order, any attachment, judgment,
decree, lien, execution,
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garnishment, or other judicial process is null and void
with respect to any property or interest in property
blocked pursuant to this order.
Sec. 3. For the 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, or
other organization;
(c) The term ``United States person'' means any
United States citizen; permanent resident alien;
juridical person 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; and
(d) The term ``Government of the Russian
Federation'' means the Government of the Russian
Federation, any political subdivision, agency, or
instrumentality thereof, and any person owned or
controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, the
Government of the Russian Federation.
Sec. 4. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, the Secretary
of Energy, and, as appropriate, other agencies, 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 statutory authority to carry out
the provisions of this order.
(b) Nothing contained in this order shall relieve a
person from any requirement to obtain a license or
other authorization from any department or agency of
the United States Government in compliance with
applicable laws and regulations subject to the
jurisdiction of the department or agency.
Sec. 5. This order is not intended to create, nor does
it create, any right, benefit, or privilege,
substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a
party against the United States, its agencies,
officers, or any other person.
Sec. 6. (a) This order is effective at 12:01 a.m.
eastern daylight time on June 22, 2000.
(b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress
and published in the Federal Register.
(Presidential Sig.)<Clinton1><Clinton2>
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 21, 2000.
[FR Doc. 00-16252
Filed 6-23-00; 8:45 am]
Billing code 3195-01-P
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