federal register Wednesday January 25 1995 Part IX The President Executive Order 12947—Prohibiting Transactions With Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process 5077 5079 Federal Register Presidential Documents Vol 60 No 16 Wednesday January 25 1995 Title 3— Executive Order 12947 of January 23 1995 The President 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 5080 Federal Register Vol 60 No 16 Wednesday January 25 1995 Presidential Documents 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 party against the United States its agencies or instrumentalities 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 œ– THE WHITE HOUSE January 23 1995 Billing code 3195–01–P Federal Register Vol 60 No 16 Wednesday January 25 1995 Presidential Documents 5081 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 FR Doc 95–2040 Filed 1–24–95 10 10 am Billing code 4810–31–P