Imposing Additional Sanctions With Respect To North Korea

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Vol. 80

Tuesday,

No. 3

January 6, 2015

Part VI

The President

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Executive Order 13687--Imposing Additional Sanctions With Respect To

North Korea

Presidential Documents

Federal Register / Vol. 80 , No. 3 / Tuesday, January 6, 2015 /

Presidential Documents

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Title 3--

The President

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Executive Order 13687 of January 2, 2015

Imposing Additional Sanctions With Respect To

North Korea

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.),

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; and in view of United Nations

Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1718 of October 14,

2006, UNSCR 1874 of June 12, 2009, UNSCR 2087 of

January 22, 2013, and UNSCR 2094 of March 7, 2013,

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; and in view of United Nations

Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1718 of October 14,

2006, UNSCR 1874 of June 12, 2009, UNSCR 2087 of

January 22, 2013, and UNSCR 2094 of March 7, 2013,

I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of

America, find that the provocative, destabilizing, and

repressive actions and policies of the Government of

North Korea, including its destructive, coercive cyber-

related actions during November and December 2014,

actions in violation of UNSCRs 1718, 1874, 2087, and

2094, and commission of serious human rights abuses,

constitute a continuing threat to the national

security, foreign policy, and economy of the United

States, and hereby expand the scope of the national

emergency declared in Executive Order 13466 of June 26,

2008, expanded in scope in Executive Order 13551 of

August 30, 2010, and relied upon for additional steps

in Executive Order 13570 of April 18, 2011. To address

this threat and to take further steps with respect to

this national emergency, I hereby order:

emergency declared in Executive Order 13466 of June 26,

2008, expanded in scope in Executive Order 13551 of

August 30, 2010, and relied upon for additional steps

in Executive Order 13570 of April 18, 2011. To address

this threat and to take further steps with respect to

this national emergency, 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 an agency, instrumentality, or controlled entity of the

Government of North Korea or the Workers' Party of Korea;

(ii) to be an official of the Government of North Korea;

(iii) to be an official of the Workers' Party of Korea;

(iv) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial,

material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in

support of, the Government of North Korea or any person whose property and

interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or

(v) 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 North Korea or

any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to

this order.

or services to or in

support of, the Government of North Korea or any person whose property and

interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or

(v) 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 North Korea or

any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to

this order.

(b) The prohibitions in this order 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

prior to the effective date of this order.

Sec. 2. I hereby determine that the making of donations

of the type 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 of this

order would seriously impair my ability to deal with

the national emergency declared in Executive Order

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13466, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided

by section 1 of this order.

Sec. 3. The prohibitions in this order include but are

not limited to:

(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

section 1 of this order.

Sec. 3. The prohibitions in this order include but are

not limited to:

(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. 4. I hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant

and nonimmigrant entry into the United States of aliens

determined to meet one or more of the criteria in

section 1(a) of this order would be detrimental to the

interests of the United States, and I hereby suspend

entry into the United States, as immigrants or

nonimmigrants, of such persons. Such persons shall be

treated 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. 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 ``person'' means an individual or

entity;

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 ``person'' means an individual or

entity;

(b) the term ``entity'' means a partnership,

association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group,

subgroup, or other organization;

(c) the term ``United States person'' means any

United States citizen, permanent resident alien, 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;

and

(d) the term ``Government of North Korea'' means

the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of

Korea and its agencies, instrumentalities, and

controlled entities.

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 13466, there need be no prior notice

of a listing or determination made pursuant to section

1 of this order.

ursuant 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 13466, 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 redelegate any of these functions to other

officers and agencies of the United States Government

consistent with applicable law. 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.

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Sec. 9. 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.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

January 2, 2015.

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