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EXECUTIVE ORDER CONFISCATING AND VESTING CERTAIN IRAQI PROPERTY

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EXECUTIVE ORDER

 

 

CONFISCATING AND VESTING CERTAIN IRAQI PROPERTY

 

 

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 12722 of

 

 

August 2, 1990,

 

 

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

 

 

ofIraq

, 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), 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 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.