Submitted By A Scoop Reader: "The executive order from President Bush that follows expands upon executive order 13303, and appears to be an asset grab under the guise of funding the Iraqi reconstruction, placing Iraq's state assets under
control of the U.S. Treasury. In effect, the official looting of Iraq. Very convenient for a government which seeks to
hand over control of Iraq to UN peacekeepers. This executive order has had zero media coverage as of today."
Text of E.O. 13315 follows
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[Federal Register: September 3, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 170)]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access
Presidential Documents
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Executive Order 13315 of August 28, 2003
Blocking Property of the Former Iraqi Regime, Its Senior Officials and Their Family Members, and Taking Certain Other
Actions
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.), section 5 of the United Nations Participation Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c) (UNPA), and section
301 of title 3, United States Code, in view of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1483 of May 22, 2003, and in
order to take additional steps with respect to the situation in Iraq,
I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, hereby expand the scope of the national emergency declared
in Executive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003, to address the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and
foreign policy of the United States posed by obstacles to the orderly reconstruction of Iraq, the restoration and
maintenance of peace and security in that country, and the development of political, administrative, and economic
institutions in Iraq. I find that the removal of Iraqi property from that country by certain senior officials of the
former Iraqi regime and their immediate family members constitutes one of these obstacles. I further determine that the
United States is engaged in armed hostilities and that it is in the interest of the United States to confiscate certain
additional property of the former Iraqi regime, certain senior officials of the former regime, immediate family members
of those officials, and controlled entities. I intend that such property, after all right, title, and interest in it has
vested in the Department of the Treasury, shall be transferred to the Development Fund for Iraq. Such property shall be
used to meet the humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people, for the economic reconstruction and repair of Iraq's
infrastructure, for the continued disarmament of Iraq, for the costs of Iraqi civilian administration, and for other
purposes benefiting the Iraqi people. I determine that such use would be in the interest of and for the benefit of the
United States. I hereby order:
Section 1. Except to the extent provided in section 203(b)(1), (3), and (4) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(1), (3), and
(4)), or 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 of this order, all property and
interests in property of the former Iraqi regime or its state bodies, corporations, or agencies, or of the following
persons, 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, are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported,
withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:
(a) the persons listed in the Annex to this order; and
(b) persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
(i) to be senior officials of the former Iraqi regime or their immediate family members; or
(ii) to be owned or controlled by, or acting or purporting to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any of
the persons listed in the Annex to this order or determined to be subject to this order.
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Sec. 2. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is authorized to confiscate property
that is blocked pursuant to section 1 of this order and that he determines, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
to belong to a person, organization, or country that has planned, authorized, aided, or engaged in armed hostilities
against the United States. All right, title, and interest in any property so confiscated shall vest in the Department of
the Treasury. Such vested property shall promptly be transferred to the Development Fund for Iraq.
Sec. 3. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or within the United States that evades or avoids, has the purpose
of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions 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. 4. For purposes of this order:
(a) the term ``person'' means an individual or entity;
(b) the term ``entity'' means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other
organization;
(c) the term ``United States person'' means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, 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;
(d) the term ``former Iraqi regime'' means the Saddam Hussein regime that governed Iraq until on or about May 1, 2003;
(e) the term ``coalition authority'' means the Coalition Provisional Authority under the direction of its Administrator,
and the military forces of the United States, the United Kingdom, and their coalition partners present in Iraq under the
command or operational control of the Commander of United States Central Command; and
(f) the term ``Development Fund for Iraq'' means the fund established on or about May 22, 2003, on the books of the
Central Bank of Iraq, by the Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority responsible for the temporary
governance of Iraq and all accounts held for the fund or for the Central Bank of Iraq in the name of the fund.
Sec. 5. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C.
1702(b)(2)) by or to persons determined to be subject to the sanctions imposed under this order would seriously impair
my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13303 and expanded in scope in this order and
would endanger Armed Forces of the United States that are engaged in hostilities, and I hereby prohibit such donations
as provided by section 1 of this order.
Sec. 6. For those persons listed in the Annex to this order or determined to be subject to this order who might have a
constitutional presence in the United States, I find that because of the ability to transfer funds or other assets
instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to be taken pursuant to this order would render these measures
ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency declared
in Executive Order 13303 and expanded in scope in this order, there need be no prior notice of a listing or
determination made pursuant to section 1 of this order.
Sec. 7. 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 the President by IEEPA
and UNPA 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, consistent with applicable law. All
agencies of the United States Government
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are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the provisions of this order.
Sec. 8. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is authorized to determine,
subsequent to the issuance of this order, that circumstances no longer warrant inclusion of a person in the Annex to
this order and that such person is therefore no longer covered within the scope of the order.
Sec. 9. Nothing in this order is intended to affect the continued effectiveness of any rules, regulations, orders,
licenses, or other forms of administrative action issued, taken, or continued in effect heretofore or hereafter under 31
C.F.R. chapter V, except as expressly terminated, modified, or suspended by or pursuant to this order.
Sec. 10. This order shall not apply to such property as is or may come under the control of the coalition authority in
Iraq. Nothing in this order is intended to affect dispositions of such property or other determinations by the coalition
authority.
Sec. 11. 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, instrumentalities, or
entities, officers or employees, or any other person.
Sec. 12. This order is effective on 12:01 a.m. EDT on August 29, 2003.
Sec. 13. This order shall be transmitted to the Congress and published in the Federal Register.
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THE WHITE HOUSE,
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