What the hell is going on? Of course Obama would do something nuts while we are all distracted. Figure this one out…
The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
Executive Order–Russian Highly Enriched Uranium
EXECUTIVE ORDER
BLOCKING PROPERTY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM EXTRACTED FROM
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
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.) (NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, in view
of the policies underlying Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994,
and Executive Order 13085 of May 26, 1998, and the restrictions put in
place pursuant to Executive Order 13159 of June 21, 2000, find that the
risk of nuclear proliferation created by the accumulation of a large
volume of weapons-usable fissile material in the territory of the
Russian Federation continues to constitute an unusual and extraordinary
threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States,
and hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat. I
hereby order:
Section 1.
A major
national security goal of the United States is to ensure that fissile
material removed from Russian nuclear weapons pursuant to various arms
control and disarmament agreements is dedicated to peaceful uses,
subject to transparency measures, and protected from diversion to
activities of proliferation concern.
As reflected in Executive Order
13085, the full implementation of the Agreement Between the Government
of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian
Federation Concerning the Disposition of Highly Enriched Uranium
Extracted from Nuclear Weapons, dated February 18, 1993, and related
contracts and agreements (collectively, the “HEU Agreements”) is
essential to the attainment of this goal.
The HEU Agreements provide
for the conversion of approximately 500 metric tons of highly enriched
uranium contained in Russian nuclear weapons into low-enriched uranium
for use as fuel in commercial nuclear reactors.
In furtherance of our
national security goals, all heads of departments and agencies of the
United States Government shall continue to take all appropriate measures
within their authority to further the full implementation of the HEU
Agreements.
Sec. 2.
Government
of the Russian Federation assets directly related to the implementation
of the HEU Agreements currently may be subject to attachment, judgment,
decree, lien, execution, garnishment, or other judicial process, thereby
jeopardizing the full implementation of the HEU Agreements to the
detriment of U.S. foreign policy.
In order to ensure the preservation
and proper and complete transfer to the Government of the Russian
Federation of all payments due to it under the HEU Agreements, and
except to the extent provided in regulations, orders, directives, or
licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, or that were issued
pursuant to Executive Order 13159 of June 21, 2000, all property and
interests in property of the Government of the Russian Federation
directly related to the implementation of the HEU Agreements 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 persons, including any foreign branch, are blocked and may
not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in.
Unless licensed or authorized pursuant to this order, or Executive Order
13159 of June 21, 2000, any attachment, judgment, decree, lien,
execution, garnishment, or other judicial process is null and void with
respect to any property or interest in property blocked pursuant to this
order.
Sec. 3.
(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
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 the 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; and
(d) the term “Government of the Russian Federation” means the
Government of the Russian Federation, any political subdivision, agency,
or instrumentality thereof, and any person owned or controlled by, or
acting for or on behalf of, the Government of the Russian Federation.
Sec. 5.
(a) The
Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
the Secretary of Energy, and, as appropriate, other agencies, 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, 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 are
hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their statutory
authority to carry out the provisions of this order.
(b) Nothing contained in this order shall relieve a person from any
requirement to obtain a license or other authorization from any
department or agency of the United States Government in compliance with
applicable laws and regulations subject to the jurisdiction of the
department or agency.
Sec. 6.
The
Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
is hereby authorized to submit the 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. 7.
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.
BARACK OBAMA
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 25, 2012.
June 27, 2012 – BeforeIt’sNews
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