Executive Order 12544

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States, 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.) and section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code, in order to take steps with respect to Libya additional to those set forth in Executive Order No. 12543 of January 7, 1986, to deal with the threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States referred to in that Order,

I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States, hereby order blocked all property and interests in property of the Government of Libya, its agencies, instrumentalities and controlled entities and the Central Bank of Libya 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 U.S. persons, including overseas branches of U.S. persons.

The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is authorized to employ all powers granted to me by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq., to carry out the provisions of this Order.

This Order is effective immediately and shall be transmitted to the Congress and published in the Federal Register.

Ronald Reagan⁠

The White House,

January 8, 1986.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 5 p.m., January 8, 1986]

Notes

See Related:

Proclamation 4907, March 10, 1982; Proclamation 5141, December 22, 1983 Executive Order 12538, November 15, 1985;⁠ Executive Order 12543, January 7, 1986; Executive Order 12801, April 15, 1992

Department of the Treasury regulations, ( 51 FR 2462 ); Notice of December 23, 1986; Notice of December 15, 1987; Notice of December 28, 1988; Notice of January 4, 1990; Notice of January 2, 1991; Notice of December 26, 1991; Notice of December 14, 1992; Notice of December 2, 1993; Notice of December 22, 1994, ( 59 FR 67119 ); Notice of January 3, 1996, ( 61 FR 383 ); Notice of January 2, 1997, ( 62 FR 587 ); Notice of January 2, 1998, ( 63 FR 653 ); Notice of December 30, 1998, ( 64 FR 383 ); Notice of December 29, 1999, ( 65 FR 199 ); Notice of January 4, 2001, ( 66 FR 1251 ); Notice of January 3, 2002, ( 67 FR 637 ); Notice of January 2, 2003, ( 68 FR 661 ); Notice of January 5, 2004, ( 69 FR 847 )

Revoked by:

• Executive Order 13357, September 20, 2004