TITLE 50 - WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
CHAPTER 35 - INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POWERS
HEAD
Sec. 1702. Presidential authorities
STATUTE
(a) In general
(1) At the times and to the extent specified in section 1701 of
this title, the President may, under such regulations as he may
prescribe, by means of instructions, licenses, or otherwise -
(A) investigate, regulate, or prohibit -
(i) any transactions in foreign exchange,
(ii) transfers of credit or payments between, by, through, or
to any banking institution, to the extent that such transfers
or payments involve any interest of any foreign country or a
national thereof,
(iii) the importing or exporting of currency or securities,
by any person, or with respect to any property, subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States;
(B) investigate, block during the pendency of an investigation,
regulate, direct and compel, nullify, void, prevent or prohibit,
any acquisition, holding, withholding, use, transfer, withdrawal,
transportation, importation or exportation of, or dealing in, or
exercising any right, power, or privilege with respect to, or
transactions involving, any property in which any foreign country
or a national thereof has any interest by any person, or with
respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States; and.(!1)
(C) when the United States is engaged in armed hostilities or
has been attacked by a foreign country or foreign nationals,
confiscate any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States, of any foreign person, foreign organization, or
foreign country that he determines has planned, authorized,
aided, or engaged in such hostilities or attacks against the
United States; and all right, title, and interest in any property
so confiscated shall vest, when, as, and upon the terms directed
by the President, in such agency or person as the President may
designate from time to time, and upon such terms and conditions
as the President may prescribe, such interest or property shall
be held, used, administered, liquidated, sold, or otherwise dealt
with in the interest of and for the benefit of the United States,
and such designated agency or person may perform any and all acts
incident to the accomplishment or furtherance of these purposes.
(2) In exercising the authorities granted by paragraph (1), the
President may require any person to keep a full record of, and to
furnish under oath, in the form of reports or otherwise, complete
information relative to any act or transaction referred to in
paragraph (1) either before, during, or after the completion
thereof, or relative to any interest in foreign property, or
relative to any property in which any foreign country or any
national thereof has or has had any interest, or as may be
otherwise necessary to enforce the provisions of such paragraph. In
any case in which a report by a person could be required under this
paragraph, the President may require the production of any books of
account, records, contracts, letters, memoranda, or other papers,
in the custody or control of such person.
(3) Compliance with any regulation, instruction, or direction
issued under this chapter shall to the extent thereof be a full
acquittance and discharge for all purposes of the obligation of the
person making the same. No person shall be held liable in any court
for or with respect to anything done or omitted in good faith in
connection with the administration of, or pursuant to and in
reliance on, this chapter, or any regulation, instruction, or
direction issued under this chapter.
(b) Exceptions to grant of authority
The authority granted to the President by this section does not
include the authority to regulate or prohibit, directly or
indirectly -
(1) any postal, telegraphic, telephonic, or other personal
communication, which does not involve a transfer of anything of
value;
(2) donations, by persons subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States, of articles, such as food, clothing, and medicine,
intended to be used to relieve human suffering, except to the
extent that the President determines that such donations (A)
would seriously impair his ability to deal with any national
emergency declared under section 1701 of this title, (B) are in
response to coercion against the proposed recipient or donor, or
(C) would endanger Armed Forces of the United States which are
engaged in hostilities or are in a situation where imminent
involvement in hostilities is clearly indicated by the
circumstances; or (!2)
(3) the importation from any country, or the exportation to any
country, whether commercial or otherwise, regardless of format or
medium of transmission, of any information or informational
materials, including but not limited to, publications, films,
posters, phonograph records, photographs, microfilms, microfiche,
tapes, compact disks, CD ROMs, artworks, and news wire feeds. The
exports exempted from regulation or prohibition by this paragraph
do not include those which are otherwise controlled for export
under section 2404 of the Appendix to this title, or under
section 2405 of the Appendix to this title to the extent that
such controls promote the nonproliferation or antiterrorism
policies of the United States, or with respect to which acts are
prohibited by chapter 37 of title 18; or
(4) any transactions ordinarily incident to travel to or from
any country, including importation of accompanied baggage for
personal use, maintenance within any country including payment of
living expenses and acquisition of goods or services for personal
use, and arrangement or facilitation of such travel including
nonscheduled air, sea, or land voyages.
(c) Classified information
In any judicial review of a determination made under this
section, if the determination was based on classified information
(as defined in section 1(a) of the Classified Information
Procedures Act) such information may be submitted to the reviewing
court ex parte and in camera. This subsection does not confer or
imply any right to judicial review.
SOURCE
(Pub. L. 95-223, title II, Sec. 203, Dec. 28, 1977, 91 Stat. 1626;
Pub. L. 100-418, title II, Sec. 2502(b)(1), Aug. 23, 1988, 102
Stat. 1371; Pub. L. 103-236, title V, Sec. 525(c)(1), Apr. 30,
1994, 108 Stat. 474; Pub. L. 107-56, title I, Sec. 106, Oct. 26,
2001, 115 Stat. 277.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 1(a) of the Classified Information Procedures Act,
referred to in subsec. (c), is section 1(a) of Pub. L. 96-456, Oct.
15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2025, which is set out in the Appendix to Title
18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure.
AMENDMENTS
2001 - Pub. L. 107-56, Sec. 106, which directed certain
amendments to section 203 of the International Emergency Powers
Act, was executed by making the amendments to this section, which
is section 203 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act,
to reflect the probable intent of Congress. See below.
Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 107-56, Sec. 106(1)(C), which directed
striking out "by any person, or with respect to any property,
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States' without providing
closing quotation marks designating the provisions to be struck,
was executed by striking out "by any person, or with respect to any
property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States" in
concluding provisions.
Subsec. (a)(1)(A). Pub. L. 107-56, Sec. 106(1)(A), substituted a
comma for "; and" at end of cl. (iii) and inserted concluding
provisions.
Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Pub. L. 107-56, Sec. 106(1)(B), inserted ",
block during the pendency of an investigation" after "investigate"
and substituted "interest by any person, or with respect to any
property, subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; and"
for "interest;".
Subsec. (a)(1)(C). Pub. L. 107-56, Sec. 106(1)(D), added subpar.
(C).
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107-56, Sec. 106(2), added subsec. (c).
1994 - Subsec. (b)(3), (4). Pub. L. 103-236 added pars. (3) and
(4) and struck out former par. (3) which read as follows: "the
importation from any country, or the exportation to any country,
whether commercial or otherwise, of publications, films, posters,
phonograph records, photographs, microfilms, microfiche, tapes, or
other informational materials, which are not otherwise controlled
for export under section 2404 of the Appendix to this title or with
respect to which no acts are prohibited by chapter 37 of title 18."
1988 - Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 100-418 added par. (3).
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT
Section 525(c)(2) and (3) of Pub. L. 103-236 provided that:
"(2) The amendments made by paragraph (1) to section 203(b)(3) of
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act [50 U.S.C.
1702(b)(3)] apply to actions taken by the President under section
203 of such Act before the date of enactment of this Act [Apr. 30,
1994] which are in effect on such date and to actions taken under
such section on or after such date.
"(3) Section 203(b)(4) of the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (as added by paragraph (1)) shall not apply to
restrictions on the transactions and activities described in
section 203(b)(4) in force on the date of enactment of this Act,
with respect to countries embargoed under the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act [50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.] on the date
of enactment of this Act."
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1988 AMENDMENT
Section 2502(b)(2) of Pub. L. 100-418 provided that: "The
amendments made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] apply to
actions taken by the President under section 203 of the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act [this section] before
the date of the enactment of this Act [Aug. 23, 1988] which are in
effect on such date of enactment, and to actions taken under such
section on or after such date of enactment."
EXECUTIVE ORDER
EX. ORD. NO. 13290. CONFISCATING AND VESTING CERTAIN IRAQI PROPERTY
Ex. Ord. No. 13290, Mar. 20, 2003, 68 F.R. 14307, as amended by
Ex. Ord. No. 13350, Sec. 3, July 29, 2004, 69 F.R. 46055, provided:
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, and in order
to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13303 of March 20 [May 22], 2003
[listed in a table under section 1701 of this title], and expanded
in Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003 [listed in a table
under section 1701 of this title],
I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America,
hereby determine that the United States and Iraq are engaged in
armed hostilities, that it is in the interest of the United States
to confiscate certain property of the Government of Iraq and its
agencies, instrumentalities, or controlled entities, and that all
right, title, and interest in any property so confiscated should
vest in the Department of the Treasury. I intend that such vested
property should be used to assist the Iraqi people and to assist in
the reconstruction of Iraq, and determine that such use would be in
the interest of and for the benefit of the United States.
I hereby order:
Section 1. All blocked funds held in the United States in
accounts in the name of the Government of Iraq, the Central Bank of
Iraq, Rafidain Bank, Rasheed Bank, or the State Organization for
Marketing Oil are hereby confiscated and vested in the Department
of the Treasury, except for the following:
(a) any such funds that are subject to the Vienna Convention on
Diplomatic Relations or the Vienna Convention on Consular
Relations, or that enjoy equivalent privileges and immunities under
the laws of the United States, and are or have been used for
diplomatic or consular purposes, and
(b) any such amounts that as of the date of this order are
subject to post-judgment writs of execution or attachment in aid of
execution of judgments pursuant to section 201 of the Terrorism
Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-297) [see Tables for
classification], provided that, upon satisfaction of the judgments
on which such writs are based, any remainder of such excepted
amounts shall, by virtue of this order and without further action,
be confiscated and vested.
Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to perform,
without further approval, ratification, or other action of the
President, all functions of the President set forth in section
203(a)(1)(C) of IEEPA [50 U.S.C. 1702(a)(1)(C)] with respect to any
and all property of the Government of Iraq, including its agencies,
instrumentalities, or controlled entities, and to take additional
steps, including the promulgation of rules and regulations as may
be necessary, to carry out the purposes of this order. The
Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate such functions in
accordance with applicable law. The Secretary of the Treasury shall
consult the Attorney General as appropriate in the implementation
of this order.
Sec. 3. This order shall be transmitted to the Congress and
published in the Federal Register.
George W. Bush.
FOOTNOTE
(!1) So in original. The period probably should not appear.
(!2) So in original. The word "or" probably should not appear.
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