Presidential Document2022-08872
Declaration of National Emergency and Invocation of Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage and Movement of Russian-Affiliated Vessels to United States Ports
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Published
April 22, 2022
Signed
April 21, 2022
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Executive Office of the President
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 78 (Friday, April 22, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08872]
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Vol. 87
Friday,
No. 78
April 22, 2022
Part III
The President
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Proclamation 10371--Declaration of National Emergency and Invocation of
Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage and
Movement of Russian-Affiliated Vessels to United States Ports
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Federal Register / Vol. 87 , No. 78 / Friday, April 22, 2022 /
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 10371 of April 21, 2022
Declaration of National Emergency and Invocation
of Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of
the Anchorage and Movement of Russian-Affiliated
Vessels to United States Ports
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including the National Emergencies Act (50
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) and section 1 of title II of
Public Law 65-24, ch. 30, June 15, 1917, as amended
(Magnuson Act) (46 U.S.C. 70051), I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN
JR., President of the United States of America, hereby
find and proclaim that:
The policies and actions of the Government of the
Russian Federation to continue the premeditated,
unjustified, unprovoked, and brutal war against Ukraine
constitute a national emergency by reason of a
disturbance or threatened disturbance of international
relations of the United States. In order to address
this national emergency and secure the observance of
the rights and obligations of the United States, I
hereby authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security
(Secretary) to make and issue such rules and
regulations as the Secretary may find appropriate to
regulate the anchorage and movement of Russian-
affiliated vessels, and delegate to the Secretary my
authority to approve such rules and regulations, as
authorized by the Magnuson Act.
Section 1. I hereby prohibit Russian-affiliated vessels
from entering into United States ports.
Sec. 2. The prohibition of section 1 of this
proclamation applies except:
(a) to Russian-affiliated vessels used in the
transport of source material, special nuclear material,
and nuclear byproduct material for which, and for such
time as, the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with
the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Commerce,
determines that no viable source of supply is available
that would not require transport by Russian-affiliated
vessels; and
(b) to Russian-affiliated vessels requesting only
to enter United States ports due to force majeure,
solely to allow seafarers of any nationality to
disembark or embark for purposes of conducting crew
changes, emergency medical care, or for other
humanitarian need.
Sec. 3. For the purposes of this proclamation:
(a) the term ``Russian-affiliated vessels'' means:
(i) vessels of Russian registry (i.e., the vessel is Russian flagged);
(ii) vessels that are Russian owned (i.e., the legal title of ownership of
the vessel that appears on the ship's registration documents is the
Government of the Russian Federation or a Russian company, citizen, or
permanent resident); or
(iii) vessels that are Russian operated (i.e., a Russian company, citizen,
or permanent resident is responsible for the commercial decisions
concerning the employment of a ship and decides how and where that asset is
employed).
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(b) the term ``byproduct material'' has the same
meaning given to that term in section 11(e) of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (AEA) (42 U.S.C.
2014(e)).
(c) the term ``source material'' has the same
meaning given to that term in section 11(z) of the AEA
(42 U.S.C. 2014(z)).
(d) the term ``special nuclear material'' has the
same meaning given to that term in section 11(aa) of
the AEA (42 U.S.C. 2014(aa)).
Sec. 4. The prohibition set forth in this proclamation
shall be effective as of 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight
time on April 28, 2022, and shall be immediately
transmitted to the Congress and published in the
Federal Register.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-first day of April, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
sixth.
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