Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, Security, or Stability of Burma
Headline: Blocks Property of Persons Threatening Burma's Peace and Security
What it does: Agencies must block property and bar transactions with persons who threaten Burma's peace, commit human rights abuses, or are linked to North Korean arms, and enforce related travel restrictions.
- Freezes and blocks assets and property of designated persons in the United States.
- Prohibits U.S. persons from providing funds, goods, or services to those designated.
- Bars entry to the United States for foreigners meeting the order's criteria.
Summary
This order blocks all property in the United States and bars transactions with any person the Treasury Secretary, working with the Secretary of State, determines threatens Burma's peace, commits human rights abuses, or helps bring North Korean arms to Burma. It also covers senior officials, entities they control, and those who provide them support.
People affected include targeted individuals, their businesses, and U.S. persons who might transact with them; it also suspends entry to the United States for such foreigners. The order is intended to address an emergency that threatens U.S. national security and foreign policy.
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