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Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela
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), the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–278) (the ‘‘Venezuela Defense of Human Rights Act’’) (the ‘‘Act’’), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)) (INA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, find that
the situation in Venezuela, including the Government of Venezuela’s erosion
of human rights guarantees, persecution of political opponents, curtailment
of press freedoms, use of violence and human rights violations and abuses
in response to antigovernment protests, and arbitrary arrest and detention
of antigovernment protestors, as well as the exacerbating presence of signifi-
cant public corruption, constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to
the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby
declare a national emergency to deal with that threat. 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withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:
(i) the persons listed in the Annex to this order; and
(ii) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Secretary of State:
(A) to be responsible for or complicit in, or responsible for ordering,
controlling, or otherwise directing, or to have participated in, directly
or indirectly, any of the following in or in relation to Venezuela:
(1) actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions;
(2) significant acts of violence or conduct that constitutes a serious abuse
or violation of human rights, including against persons involved in
antigovernment protests in Venezuela in or since February 2014;
(3) actions that prohibit, limit, or penalize the exercise of freedom of
expression or peaceful assembly; or
(4) public corruption by senior officials within the Government of Ven-
ezuela;
(B) to be a current or former leader of an entity that has, or whose
members have, engaged in any activity described in subsection (a)(ii)(A)
of this section or of an entity whose property and interests in property
are blocked pursuant to this order;
(C) to be a current or former official of the Government of Venezuela;
(D) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material,
or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of:
(1) a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant
to this order; or
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(2) an activity described in subsection (a)(ii)(A) of this section; or
(E) 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 prior to the
effective date of this order.
Sec. 2.
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 subsection 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, except
where the Secretary of State determines that the person’s entry is in the
national interest of the United States. This section shall not apply to an
alien if admitting the alien into the United States is necessary to permit
the United States to comply with the Agreement Regarding the Headquarters
of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered
into force November 21, 1947, or other applicable international obligations.
Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Venezuela
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), the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–278) (the ‘‘Venezuela Defense of Human Rights Act’’) (the ‘‘Act’’), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)) (INA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, find that
the situation in Venezuela, including the Government of Venezuela’s erosion
of human rights guarantees, persecution of political opponents, curtailment
of press freedoms, use of violence and human rights violations and abuses
in response to antigovernment protests, and arbitrary arrest and detention
of antigovernment protestors, as well as the exacerbating presence of signifi-
cant public corruption, constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to
the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby
declare a national emergency to deal with that threat. 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:
(i) the persons listed in the Annex to this order; and
(ii) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Secretary of State:
(A) to be responsible for or complicit in, or responsible for ordering,
controlling, or otherwise directing, or to have participated in, directly
or indirectly, any of the following in or in relation to Venezuela:
(1) actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions;
(2) significant acts of violence or conduct that constitutes a serious abuse
or violation of human rights, including against persons involved in
antigovernment protests in Venezuela in or since February 2014;
(3) actions that prohibit, limit, or penalize the exercise of freedom of
expression or peaceful assembly; or
(4) public corruption by senior officials within the Government of Ven-
ezuela;
(B) to be a current or former leader of an entity that has, or whose
members have, engaged in any activity described in subsection (a)(ii)(A)
of this section or of an entity whose property and interests in property
are blocked pursuant to this order;
(C) to be a current or former official of the Government of Venezuela;
(D) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material,
or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of:
(1) a person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant
to this order; or
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(2) an activity described in subsection (a)(ii)(A) of this section; or
(E) 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 prior to the
effective date of this order.
Sec. 2.
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 subsection 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, except
where the Secretary of State determines that the person’s entry is in the
national interest of the United States. This section shall not apply to an
alien if admitting the alien into the United States is necessary to permit
the United States to comply with the Agreement Regarding the Headquarters
of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, and entered
into force November 21, 1947, or other applicable international obligations.
