Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 140332021-12382
Blocking Property and Suspending Entry Into the United States of Certain Persons Contributing to the Destabilizing Situation in the Western Balkans
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June 10, 2021
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June 8, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 110 (Thursday, June 10, 2021)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 31079-31082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12382]
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Vol. 86
Thursday,
No. 110
June 10, 2021
Part IV
The President
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Executive Order 14033--Blocking Property and Suspending Entry Into the
United States of Certain Persons Contributing to the Destabilizing
Situation in the Western Balkans
Notice of June 8, 2021--Continuation of the National Emergency With
Respect to the Western Balkans
Notice of June 8, 2021--Continuation of the National Emergency With
Respect to the Actions and Policies of Certain Members of the
Government of Belarus and Other Persons To Undermine Democratic
Processes or Institutions of Belarus
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 86 , No. 110 / Thursday, June 10, 2021 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 14033 of June 8, 2021
Blocking Property and Suspending Entry Into the
United States of Certain Persons Contributing to the
Destabilizing Situation in the Western Balkans
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, hereby expand the scope of the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 13219 of June 26,
2001 (Blocking Property of Persons Who Threaten
International Stabilization Efforts in the Western
Balkans), as amended by Executive Order 13304 of May
28, 2003 (Termination of Emergencies With Respect to
Yugoslavia and Modification of Executive Order 13219 of
June 26, 2001), finding that the situation in the
territory of the former Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia and the Republic of Albania (the Western
Balkans), over the past two decades, including the
undermining of post-war agreements and institutions
following the breakup of the former Socialist Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia, as well as widespread
corruption within various governments and institutions
in the Western Balkans, stymies progress toward
effective and democratic governance and full
integration into transatlantic institutions, and
thereby constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat
to the national security and foreign policy of the
United States.
Accordingly, I hereby order:
Section 1. (a) 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: any person determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State:
(i) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or
indirectly engaged in, actions or policies that threaten the peace,
security, stability, or territorial integrity of any area or state in the
Western Balkans;
(ii) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or
indirectly engaged in, actions or policies that undermine democratic
processes or institutions in the Western Balkans;
(iii) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or
indirectly engaged in, a violation of, or an act that has obstructed or
threatened the implementation of, any regional security, peace,
cooperation, or mutual recognition agreement or framework or accountability
mechanism related to the Western Balkans, including the Prespa Agreement of
2018; the Ohrid Framework Agreement of 2001; United Nations Security
Council Resolution 1244; the Dayton Accords; or the Conclusions of the
Peace Implementation Conference Council held in London in December 1995,
including the decisions or conclusions of the High Representative, the
Peace Implementation Council, or its Steering Board; or the International
Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, or, with respect to the former
Yugoslavia, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals;
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(iv) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or
indirectly engaged in, serious human rights abuse in the Western Balkans;
(v) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or
indirectly engaged in, corruption related to the Western Balkans, including
corruption by, on behalf of, or otherwise related to a government in the
Western Balkans, or a current or former government official at any level of
government in the Western Balkans, such as the misappropriation of public
assets, expropriation of private assets for personal gain or political
purposes, or bribery;
(vi) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial,
material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in
support of, 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, any person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order.
(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) 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:
(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. 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 section 1(a) of this
order would seriously impair my ability to deal with
the national emergency declared in Executive Order
13219, as amended by Executive Order 13304, and as
expanded in this order, and I hereby prohibit such
donations as provided by section 1 of this order.
Sec. 4. (a) The unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant
entry into the United States of noncitizens determined
to meet one or more of the criteria in section l(a) 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 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
order 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).
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Sec. 5. (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. 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 ``noncitizen'' means any person who is
not a citizen or noncitizen national of the United
States;
(c) the term ``person'' means an individual or
entity; and
(d) 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. I
therefore determine that for these measures to be
effective in addressing the national emergency declared
in Executive Order 13219, as amended by Executive Order
13304, and as expanded by this order, there need be no
prior notice of a listing or determination made
pursuant to 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 executive departments and agencies
of the United States shall take all appropriate
measures within their authority to implement this
order.
Sec. 9. Nothing in this order shall prohibit
transactions for the conduct of the official business
of the Federal Government by employees, grantees, or
contractors thereof.
Sec. 10. (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.
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(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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June 8, 2021.
[FR Doc. 2021-12382
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