[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 120 (Thursday, June 23, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-15498]
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[Federal Register: June 23, 1994]
                Editorial note: For the President's remarks on signing
                this proclamation, see issue 24 of volume 30 of the
                Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents.
                Executive Order 12922 of June 21, 1994
Blocking Property of Certain Haitian Nationals
                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.), the National
                Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), section 5 of
                the United Nations Participation Act of 1945, as
                amended (22 U.S.C. 287c), and section 301 of title 3,
                United States Code, and in order to take additional
                steps with respect to the actions and policies of the
                de facto regime in Haiti and the national emergency
                described and declared in Executive Order No. 12775, it
                is hereby ordered as follows:
                Section 1. Except to the extent provided in
                regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may
                hereafter be issued pursuant to this order, all
                property and interests in property of:
                (a) any Haitian national resident in Haiti; or
                (b) any other person subject to the blocking provisions
                of Executive Order Nos. 12775, 12779, 12853, 12872, or
                12914 and Haitian citizens who are members of the
                immediate family of any such person, as identified by
                the Secretary of the Treasury;
                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 United States
                persons, including their overseas branches, are
                blocked. This section shall not apply to property of
                nongovernmental organizations engaged in the provision
                of essential humanitarian assistance in Haiti or in the
                conduct of refugee and migration operations in Haiti,
                as identified by the Secretary of the Treasury.
                Payments and transfers previously authorized by
                Executive Order No. 12920 of June 10, 1994, may
                continue to be made in a manner directed by the
                Secretary of the Treasury.
                Sec. 2. Any transaction by a United States person 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. 3. For the purposes of this order:
                    (a) The term ``Haitian national'' means a citizen
                of Haiti or an entity organized under the laws of
                Haiti.
                    (b) The definitions contained in section 3 of
                Executive Order No. 12779 apply to the terms used in
                this order.
                Sec. 4. 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 me
                by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and
                the United Nations Participation Act, 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, including suspension or
                termination of licenses or other authorizations in
                effect as of the effective date of this order.
                Sec. 5. Nothing contained in this order shall create
                any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
                enforceable by any party against the United States, its
                agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or
                employees, or any other person.
                Sec. 6.
                    (a) This order shall take effect at 10:09 p.m.,
                eastern daylight time on June 21, 1994.
                    (b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress
                and published in the Federal Register.
                    (Presidential Sig.)>
                    10:09 p.m.
                    6-21-94
                THE WHITE HOUSE,
                    June 21, 1994.
[FR Doc. 94-15498
Filed 6-22-94; 11:33 am]
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