Taking Additional Steps With Respect to the Situation in Syria

Presidential Document Executive Order

Executive Order 14142: Additional Steps Regarding the Situation in Syria

On January 15, 2025, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. issued Executive Order 14142, which amends a previous order concerning the national emergency in Syria. This order modifies Executive Order 13894, originally issued in 2019, by removing references to Turkey's military actions in northeast Syria and updating the criteria for blocking property and suspending entry of certain individuals. The order emphasizes the need for additional measures in response to evolving circumstances in Syria. It also clarifies that the order does not create enforceable rights against the U.S. government.

  • Executive Order 14142 was issued by President Biden on January 15, 2025.
  • The order amends Executive Order 13894 from October 14, 2019.
  • References to Turkey's military actions in northeast Syria have been removed.
  • Criteria for blocking property and suspending entry of individuals have been updated.
  • The order is implemented in accordance with applicable laws and budgetary constraints.
  • It does not create enforceable rights against the U.S. government or its entities.

Summary last updated: January 18, 2025

Original Text
Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 6709-6710] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-01437] [[Page 6707]] Vol. 90 Friday, No. 11 January 17, 2025 Part IX The President ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Order 14142--Taking Additional Steps With Respect to the Situation in Syria Notice of January 15, 2025--Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Widespread Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan and the Potential for a Deepening Economic Collapse in Afghanistan Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 90 , No. 11 / Friday, January 17, 2025 / Presidential Documents __ Title 3-- The President [[Page 6709]] Executive Order 14142 of January 15, 2025 Taking Additional Steps With Respect to the Situation in Syria 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.), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), 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, in view of changing circumstances on the ground in Syria and in order to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13894 of October 14, 2019 (Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Syria), hereby order: Section 1. Amendments to Executive Order 13894. Executive Order 13894 is hereby amended by: (a) striking from the second paragraph the phrase ``, and in particular the recent actions by the Government of Turkey to conduct a military offensive into northeast Syria,''; (b) striking subsections (1)(a)(i)(B)-(F) and inserting, in lieu thereof, the following: ``(B) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or (C) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order.''; and (c) striking subsection 8(f). Sec. 2. General Provisions. (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. [[Page 6710]] (c) 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 persons. (Presidential Sig.) THE WHITE HOUSE, January 15, 2025. [FR Doc. 2025-01437 Filed 1-16-25; 11:15 am] Billing code 3395-F4-P

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