Executive Order Prohibiting Transactions with Terrorists
(January 24, 1995)
EXECUTIVE ORDER
12947
PROHIBITING TRANSACTIONS WITH TERRORISTS WHO
THREATEN TO DISRUPT THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS
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.), and section 301 of title 3, United States
Code,
I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United States of
America, find that grave acts of violence committed by foreign
terrorists that disrupt the Middle East peace process constitute
an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security,
foreign policy, and economy of the United States, and hereby
declare a national emergency to deal with that threat.
I hereby order:
Section 1. Except to the extent provided in section
203(b)(3) and (4) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(3) and (4)) and 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:
(a) all property and interests in property of:
(i) the persons listed in the Annex to this order;
(ii) foreign persons designated by the Secretary of State,
in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and the
Attorney General, because they are found:
(A) to have committed, or to pose a significant risk of
committing, acts of violence that have the purpose or effect of
disrupting the Middle East peace process, or
(B) to assist in, sponsor, or provide financial, material,
or technological support for, or services in support of, such acts
of violence; and
(iii) persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury,
in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Attorney
General, to be owned or controlled by, or to act for or on behalf
of, any of the foregoing persons, that are in the United States,
that hereafter come within the United States, or that hereafter
come within the possession or control of United States persons,
are blocked;
(b) any transaction or dealing by United States persons or
within the United States in property or interests in property of
the persons designated in or pursuant to this order is prohibited,
including the making or receiving of any contribution of funds,
goods, or services to or for the benefit of such persons;
(c) any transaction by any United States person or within
the United States that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of
evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the
prohibitions set forth in this order, is prohibited.
Sec. 2. For the purposes of this order: (a) the term
"person" means an individual or entity;
(b) the term "entity" means a partnership, association,
corporation, or other organization, group, or subgroup;
(c) the term "United States person" means any United States
citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws
of the United States (including foreign branches), or any person
in the United States; and
(d) the term "foreign person" means any citizen or national
of a foreign state (including any such individual who is also a
citizen or national of the United States) or any entity not
organized solely under the laws of the United States or existing
solely in the United States, but does not include a foreign state.
Sec. 3. I hereby determine that the making of donations of
the type specified in section 203(b)(2)(A) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C.
1702(b)(2)(A)) by United States persons to persons designated in
or pursuant to this order would seriously impair my ability to
deal with the national emergency declared in this order, and
hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of this
order.
Sec. 4. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Secretary of State and, as appropriate, the Attorney
General, 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 authority to carry out the
provisions of this order.
(b) Any investigation emanating from a possible violation
of this order, or of any license, order, or regulation issued
pursuant to this order, shall first be coordinated with the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and any matter involving
evidence of a criminal violation shall be referred to the FBI for
further investigation. The FBI shall timely notify the Department
of the Treasury of any action it takes on such referrals.
Sec. 5. Nothing contained in this order shall create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable by any
-
talities, its officers or employees, or any other person.
Sec. 6. (a) This order is effective at 12:01 a.m., eastern
standard time on January 24, 1995.
(b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress and
published in the Federal Register.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 23, 1995.
ANNEX
TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS WHICH THREATEN TO
DISRUPT THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS
Abu Nidal Organization (ANO)
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP)
Hizballah
Islamic Gama'at (IG)
Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS)
Jihad
Kach
Kahane Chai
Palestinian Islamic Jihad-Shiqaqi faction (PIJ)
Palestine Liberation Front-Abu Abbas faction (PLF-Abu Abbas)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command
(PFLP-GC)
Sources: The White House |