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Executive Order 14115

of

February 1, 2024

Imposing Certain Sanctions on Persons Undermining Peace,

Security, and Stability

in

the West Bank

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 Emer-

gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601

et seq.) (NEA), section 212(f)

and

section 215(a)

of

the Immigration

and

Nationality

Act

of 1952

(8

U.S.C. 1182({)

and

8

U.S.C. 1185(a)),

and

section 301 of title 3, United States Code,

I,

JOSEPH

R.

BIDEN

JR.,

President

of

the

United States of America, find

that

the situation

in

the West

Bank-in

particular

high

levels of extremist

settler violence, forced displacement of people

and

villages,

and

property

destruction-has

reached intolerable levels

and

constitutes a serious threat

to

the

peace, security,

and

stability of the West Bank

and

Gaza, Israel,

and

the broader Middle East region. These actions

undermine

the

foreign

policy objectives of

the

United States, including

the

viability of a two-

state solution

and

ensuring Israelis

and

Palestinians

can

attain equal measures

of

security, prosperity,

and

freedom. They also

undermine

the

security of

Israel

and

have

the

potential to

lead

to broader regional destabilization

across the Middle East, threatening

United

States

personnel

and

interests.

For these reasons, these actions constitute

an

unusual

and

extraordinary

threat to the national security

and

foreign policy of

the

United

States.

I hereby declare a national emergency to deal

with

that

threat.

Accordingly, I hereby order:

Section

1.

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,

including

any

foreign branch, of

the

following persons are blocked

and

may

not

be transferred, paid, exported,

withdrawn,

or otherwise dealt in:

(a)

any

foreign

person

determined

by

the Secretary of State,

in

consultation

with

the

Secretary

of

the

Treasury, or

the

Secretary

of

the

Treasury,

in

consultation

with

the

Secretary of State:

(i)

to

be

responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly

engaged or attempted to engage in,

any

of the following:

(A)

actions-including

directing, enacting, implementing, enforcing, or

failing to enforce

policies-that

threaten

the

peace, security, or stability

of

the

West Bank; or

(B)

planning, ordering, otherwise directing, or participating

in

any

of

the following actions affecting

the

West Bank:

(1)

an

act

of

violence or threat

of

violence targeting civilians;

(2)

efforts to place civilians

in

reasonable fear of violence

with

the

purpose

or effect of necessitating a change of residence to avoid

such

violence;

(3)

property destruction; or

(4)

seizure or dispossession

of

property

by

private actors;

(ii) to be or have

been

a leader or official

of:

(A)

an

entity,

including

any

government entity,

that

has engaged in,

or whose members have engaged in,

any

of

the

activities described

in

subsections

(a)

or

(b)

of this section related to

the

leader's or official's

tenure; or

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an

entity whose property

and

interests

in

property are blocked

pursuant

to this order as a result

of

activities relating to

the

leader's

or official's tenure;

(iii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material,

or technological

support

for, or goods or services to or

in

support

of,

any person blocked

pursuant

to this order; or

(iv) to be

owned

or controlled by, or to have acted or

purported

to

act for or

on

behalf

of, directly or indirectly, any person blocked

pursuant

to this order; or

(b)

any foreign person determined

by

the

Secretary of State,

in

consultation

with

the

Secretary

of

the Treasury:

(i)

to have committed or have attempted to commit, to pose a significant

risk of committing, or to have participated

in

training to commit acts

of terrorism affecting the West Bank; or

(ii) to

be

a leader or official of

an

entity sanctioned

pursuant

to subsection

(b)(i) of this section.

Sec.

2.

The prohibitions

in

section 1 of this order 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 before

the

date

of

this order.

Sec.

3.

The prohibitions

in

section 1

of

this order include:

(a)

the

making

of

any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services

by, to, or for

the

benefit of any person whose property

and

interests

in

property are blocked

pursuant

to this order;

and

(b)

the

receipt

of

any contribution

or

provision of funds, goods, or services

from any

such

person.

Sec. 4.

(a)

The

umestricted

immigrant

and

nonimmigrant entry into

the

United States of noncitizens determined to meet one or more of the criteria

in

section 1 of this order

would

be

detrimental to

the

interests of

the

United States,

and

the

entry

of

such

persons into

the

United States, as

immigrants or nonimmigrants, is hereby suspended, except

when

the

Sec-

retary of State or

the

Secretary of Homeland Security, as appropriate, deter-

mines

that

the person's entry

would

not

be contrary to the interests

of

the

United States, including

when

the

Secretary of State or the Secretary

of

Homeland Security, as appropriate, so determines, based

on

a rec-

ommendation of

the

Attorney General,

that

the

person's entry

would

further

important United States law enforcement objectives.

(b)

The Secretary of State shall implement this order as

it

applies to

visas

pursuant

to

such

procedures as

the

Secretary of State,

in

consultation

with

the

Secretary

of

Homeland Security,

may

establish.

(c)

The Secretary of Homeland Security shall

implement

this order as

it

applies to

the

entry of noncitizens

pursuant

to

such

procedures as

the

Secretary of Homeland Security,

in

consultation

with

the

Secretary of State,

may establish.

(d)

Such

persons shall

be

treated by this section

in

the

same

manner

as persons covered

by

section 1

of

Proclamation 8693

of

July 24, 2011

(Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject to United Nations Security Council

Travel Bans

and

International Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions).

Sec.

5.

(a)

Any transaction

that

evades or avoids, has

the

purpose of evading

or avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate

any

of the prohibi-

tions set forth

in

this order is prohibited.

(b)

Any conspiracy formed to violate any of

the

prohibitions set forth

in

this order is prohibited.

Sec.

6.

I hereby determine

that

the

making of donations of

the

types of

articles specified

in

section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA

(50

U.S.C. 1702(b)) by, to,

or for

the

benefit of any person whose property

and

interests

in

property

are blocked

pursuant

to this order

would

seriously impair

my

ability to

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deal

with

the national emergency declared

in

this order,

and

I hereby prohibit

such

donations as provided

by

section 1 of this order.

Sec.

7.

For the purposes of this order:

(a)

the

term

"entity"

means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture,

corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization;

(b)

the

term

"noncitizen"

means any person

who

is

not

a citizen or

noncitizen national of the United States;

(c)

the term

"person"

means

an

individual

or entity;

(d)

the term

"United

States

person"

means any United States citizen,

lawful permanent resident, entity organized

under

the

laws of

the

United

States or any jurisdiction

within

the

United States (including foreign

branches), or any person

in

the

United States;

and

(e)

the term "terrorism" means

an

activity that:

(i)

involves a violent act or

an

act dangerous to

human

life, property,

or infrastructure;

and

(ii) appears to

be

intended:

(A)

to intimidate or coerce a civilian population;

(B)

to influence

the

policy of a government by intimidation or coercion;

or

(C)

to affect

the

conduct

of a government

by

mass destruction, assassina-

tion, kidnapping, or hostage-taking.

Sec.

8.

For those persons whose property

and

interests

in

property are

blocked or affected

by

this order

who

might have a constitutional presence

in

the United States, I find

that

because of the ability to transfer funds

and

other assets instantaneously, prior notice to

such

persons of measures

to

be

taken

pursuant

to this order

would

render those measures ineffectual.

I therefore determine

that

for these measures to

be

effective

in

addressing

the

national emergency declared

in

this order, there

need

be no prior notice

of

a listing or determination

made

pursuant

to this order.

Sec.

9.

The Secretary

of

the

Treasury,

in

consultation

with

the

Secretary

of

State, is authorized to take

such

actions, including

the

promulgation

of

rules

and

regulations,

and

to employ all powers granted to

the

President

by

IEEPA as

may

be necessary to carry

out

the purposes of this order.

The Secretary of

the

Treasury may, consistent

with

applicable law, redelegate

any of these functions

within

the

Department of the Treasury. All executive

departments

and

agencies of

the

United States shall take all appropriate

measures

within

their

authority to

implement

this order.

Sec. 10. Nothing

in

this order shall prohibit transactions for

the

conduct

of

the official business of the Federal Government or

the

United Nations

(including its specialized agencies, programs, funds,

and

related organiza-

tions)

by

employees, grantees,

and

contractors thereof.

Sec. 11. The Secretary of the Treasury,

in

consultation

with

the

Secretary

of

State, is authorized to submit recurring

and

final reports to the Congress

on

the national emergency declared

in

this order, consistent

with

section

401(c)

of

the

NEA

(50

U.S.C. 1641(c))

and

section 204(c) of IEEPA (50

U.S.C. 1703(c)).

Sec. 12.

(a)

Nothing

in

this order shall

be

construed to impair or otherwise

affect:

(i)

the

authority granted

by

law to

an

executive department or agency,

or the

head

thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office

of

Management

and

Budget

relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b)

This order shall

be

implemented consistent

with

applicable law

and

subject to

the

availability of appropriations.

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This order is

not

intended

to,

and

does not, create

any

right or benefit,

substantive or procedural, enforceable

at

law

or

in

equity

by

any

party

against

the

United

States, its

departments,

agencies, or entities, its officers,

employees, or agents, or

any

other

person.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

February 1,

2024.