Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 140242021-08098
Blocking Property With Respect To Specified Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation
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April 15, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 73 (Monday, April 19, 2021)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 20249-20252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08098]
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 73 / Monday, April 19, 2021 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 14024 of April 15, 2021
Blocking Property With Respect To Specified
Harmful Foreign Activities of the Government of the
Russian Federation
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.)
(NEA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section
301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States
of America, find that specified harmful foreign
activities of the Government of the Russian
Federation--in particular, efforts to undermine the
conduct of free and fair democratic elections and
democratic institutions in the United States and its
allies and partners; to engage in and facilitate
malicious cyber-enabled activities against the United
States and its allies and partners; to foster and use
transnational corruption to influence foreign
governments; to pursue extraterritorial activities
targeting dissidents or journalists; to undermine
security in countries and regions important to United
States national security; and to violate well-
established principles of international law, including
respect for the territorial integrity of states--
constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the
United States. I hereby declare a national emergency to
deal with that threat.
Accordingly, I hereby order:
Section 1. 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
of the following persons are blocked and may not be
transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise
dealt in:
(a) any person determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
and, with respect to subsection (a)(ii) of this
section, in consultation with the Attorney General, or
by the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
Secretary of the Treasury, and, with respect to
subsection (a)(ii) of this section, in consultation
with the Attorney General:
(i) to operate or have operated in the technology sector or the defense and
related materiel sector of the Russian Federation economy, or any other
sector of the Russian Federation economy as may be determined by the
Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State;
(ii) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or
indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in, any of the following for or
on behalf of, or for the benefit of, directly or indirectly, the Government
of the Russian Federation:
(A) malicious cyber-enabled activities;
(B) interference in a United States or other foreign government election;
(C) actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or
institutions in the United States or abroad;
(D) transnational corruption;
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(E) assassination, murder, or other unlawful killing of, or infliction of
other bodily harm against, a United States person or a citizen or national
of a United States ally or partner;
(F) activities that undermine the peace, security, political stability,
or territorial integrity of the United States, its allies, or its partners;
or
(G) deceptive or structured transactions or dealings to circumvent any
United States sanctions, including through the use of digital currencies or
assets or the use of physical assets;
(iii) to be or have been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or
member of the board of directors of:
(A) the Government of the Russian Federation;
(B) an entity that has, or whose members have, engaged in any activity
described in subsection (a)(ii) of this section; or
(C) an entity whose property and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to this order;
(iv) to be a political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of the
Government of the Russian Federation;
(v) to be a spouse or adult child of any person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to subsection (a)(ii) or (iii)
of this section;
(vi) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial,
material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in
support of:
(A) any activity described in subsection (a)(ii) of this section; or
(B) any person whose property and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to this order; or
(vii) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act
for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Government of the Russian
Federation or any person whose property and interests in property are
blocked pursuant to this order.
(b) any person determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided
financial, material, or technological support for, or
goods or services to or in support of, a government
whose property and interests in property are blocked
pursuant to chapter V of title 31 of the Code of
Federal Regulations or another Executive Order, and to
be:
(i) a citizen or national of the Russian Federation;
(ii) an entity organized under the laws of the Russian Federation or any
jurisdiction within the Russian Federation (including foreign branches); or
(iii) a person ordinarily resident in the Russian Federation.
(c) any person determined by the Secretary of
State, in consultation with the Secretary of the
Treasury, to be responsible for or complicit in, or to
have directly or indirectly engaged in or attempted to
engage in, cutting or disrupting gas or energy supplies
to Europe, the Caucasus, or Asia, and to be:
(i) an individual who is a citizen or national of the Russian Federation;
or
(ii) an entity organized under the laws of the Russian Federation or any
jurisdiction within the Russian Federation (including foreign branches).
(d) The prohibitions in subsections (a), (b), and
(c) of this section apply except to the extent provided
by statutes, 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 before the date of this
order.
Sec. 2. The prohibitions in section 1 of this order
include:
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(a) 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
(b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of
funds, goods, or services from any such person.
Sec. 3. (a) The unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant
entry into the United States of noncitizens determined
to meet one or more of the criteria in section 1 of
this order would be detrimental to the interests of the
United States, and the entry of such persons into the
United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, is
hereby suspended, except when the Secretary of State or
the Secretary of Homeland Security, as appropriate,
determines that the person's entry would not be
contrary to the interests of the United States,
including when the Secretary of State or the Secretary
of Homeland Security, as appropriate, so determines,
based on a recommendation of the Attorney General, that
the person's entry would further important United
States law enforcement objectives.
(b) The Secretary of State shall implement this
authority as it applies to visas pursuant to such
procedures as the Secretary of State, in consultation
with the Secretary of Homeland Security, may establish.
(c) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
implement this order as it applies to the entry of
noncitizens pursuant to such procedures as the
Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with
the Secretary of State, may establish.
(d) Such persons shall be treated by this section
in the same manner as persons covered by section 1 of
Proclamation 8693 of July 24, 2011 (Suspension of Entry
of Aliens Subject to United Nations Security Council
Travel Bans and International Emergency Economic Powers
Act Sanctions).
Sec. 4. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has
the purpose of evading or avoiding, causes a violation
of, 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. 5. I hereby determine that the making of donations
of the types of articles 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 this order, and I hereby prohibit
such donations as provided by section 1 of this order.
Sec. 6. For the purposes of this order:
(a) the term ``entity'' means a partnership,
association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group,
subgroup, or other organization;
(b) the term ``Government of the Russian
Federation'' means the Government of the Russian
Federation, any political subdivision, agency, or
instrumentality thereof, including the Central Bank of
the Russian Federation, and any person owned,
controlled, or directed by, or acting for or on behalf
of, the Government of the Russian Federation;
(c) the term ``noncitizen'' means any person who is
not a citizen or noncitizen national of the United
States;
(d) the term ``person'' means an individual or
entity; and
(e) the term ``United States person'' means any
United States citizen, lawful permanent resident,
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. 7. 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 those measures ineffectual.
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I therefore determine that for these measures to be
effective in addressing the national emergency declared
in this order, there need be no prior notice of a
listing or determination made pursuant to section 1 of
this order.
Sec. 8. 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
the President by IEEPA, as may be necessary to carry
out the purposes of this order. The Secretary of the
Treasury may, consistent with applicable law,
redelegate any of these functions within the Department
of the Treasury. All departments and agencies of the
United States shall take all appropriate measures
within their authority to carry out the provisions of
this order.
Sec. 9. Nothing in this order shall prohibit
transactions for the conduct of the official business
of the Federal Government or the United Nations
(including its specialized agencies, programs, funds,
and related organizations) by employees, grantees, and
contractors thereof.
Sec. 10. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to
submit recurring and final reports to the Congress on
the national emergency declared in this order,
consistent with section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C.
1641(c)) and section 204(c) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C.
1703(c)).
Sec. 11. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(c) 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, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
other person.
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April 15, 2021.
[FR Doc. 2021-08098
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