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Title 3—

Executive Order 14014 of February 10, 2021

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), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), 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 and in relation to Burma, and in particular the February 1, 2021, coup, in which the military overthrew the democratically elected civilian government of Burma and unjustly arrested and detained government leaders, politicians, human rights defenders, journalists, and religious leaders, thereby rejecting the will of the people of Burma as expressed in elections held in November 2020 and undermining the country’s democratic transition and rule of law, constitutes 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. (a) 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or control of any United States person of the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any foreign person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State:  to operate in the defense sector of the Burmese economy or any other sector of the Burmese economy as may be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State; to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in, any of the following:  actions or policies that undermine democratic processes or institutions in Burma; actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, or stability of Burma; actions or policies that prohibit, limit, or penalize the exercise of freedom of expression or assembly by people in Burma, or that limit access to print, online, or broadcast media in Burma; or the arbitrary detention or torture of any person in Burma or other serious human rights abuse in Burma;  <li>to be or have been a leader or official of:</li> <ol style="list-style-type:upper-alpha;"> <li>the military or security forces of Burma, or any successor entity to any of the foregoing;</li> <li>the Government of Burma on or after February 2, 2021;</li> <li>an entity that has, or whose members have, engaged in any activity described in subsection (a)(ii) of this section relating to the leader’s or official’s tenure; or</li> </ol> </ol>