Blocking Property and Prohibiting Certain
                Transactions Related to Burma

                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.), the
                Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 (Public Law
                108-61, as amended, 50 U.S.C. 1701 note), and section
                301 of title 3, United States Code, and in order to
                take additional steps with respect to the Government of
                Burma's continued repression of the democratic
                opposition in Burma, and with respect to the national
                emergency declared in Executive Order 13047 of May 20,
                1997, relied upon for additional steps taken in
                Executive Order 13310 of July 28, 2003, and expanded in
                Executive Order 13448 of October 18, 2007,

                I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of
                America, hereby order:

                Section 1. Except to the extent provided in section
                203(b)(1), (3), and (4) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(1),
                (3), and (4)), the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export
                Enhancement Act of 2000 (title IX, Public Law 106-387),
                or regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that
                may be issued pursuant to this order, and
                notwithstanding any contract entered into or any
                license or permit granted prior to the effective date
                of this order, all property and interests in property
                of the following persons 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 United States persons, including their overseas
                branches, are blocked and may not be transferred, paid,
                exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:

                (a) the persons listed in the Annex attached and made a
                part of this order; and

                (b) any person determined by the Secretary of the
                Treasury, after consultation with the Secretary of
                State:

                (i) to be owned or controlled by, directly or
                indirectly, the Government of Burma or an official or
                officials of the Government of Burma;

                (ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or
                provided financial, material, logistical, or technical
                support for, or goods or services in support of, the
                Government of Burma, the State Peace and Development
                Council of Burma, the Union Solidarity and Development
                Association of Burma, any successor entity to any of
                the foregoing, any senior official of any of the
                foregoing, or any person whose property and interests
                in property are blocked pursuant to Executive Order
                13310, Executive Order 13448, or this order; or

                (iii) 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 Executive Order 13310,
                Executive Order 13448, or this order.

                Sec. 2. (a) Any transaction by a United States person
                or within the United States that evades or avoids, has
                the purpose of evading or avoiding, 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.

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                Sec. 3. For 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 Burma' means the
                Government of Burma (sometimes referred to as Myanmar),
                its agencies, instrumentalities and controlled
                entities, and the Central Bank of Burma.

                Sec. 4. I hereby determine that the making of donations
                of the type specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50
                U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of,
                persons whose property and interests in property are
                blocked pursuant to section 1 of this order would
                seriously impair my ability to deal with the national
                emergency declared in Executive Order 13047, relied
                upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order
                13310, and expanded in Executive Order 13448, and
                hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1
                of this order.

                Sec. 5. For those persons whose property and interests
                in property are blocked pursuant to this order who
                might have a constitutional presence in the United
                States, I find that because of the ability to transfer
                funds or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to
                such persons of measures to be taken pursuant to this
                order would render these measures ineffectual. I
                therefore determine that for these measures to be
                effective in addressing the national emergency declared
                in Executive Order 13047, relied upon for additional
                steps taken in Executive Order 13310, and expanded in
                Executive Order 13448, there need be no prior notice of
                a listing or determination made pursuant to section 1
                of this order.

                Sec. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, after
                consultation with the Secretary of State, 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 and
                section 4 of the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of
                2003 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 authority to carry out the
                provisions of this order.

                Sec. 7. The Secretary of the Treasury, after
                consultation with the Secretary of State, is hereby
                authorized to determine, and to take necessary action
                to give effect to that determination, that
                circumstances no longer warrant the blocking of the
                property and interests in property of, or the
                prohibiting of transactions with, a person listed in
                the Annex to this order.

                Sec. 8. Nothing in this order is intended to affect the
                continued effectiveness of any rules, regulations,
                orders, licenses, or other forms of administrative
                action issued, taken, or continued in effect heretofore
                or hereafter under 31 C.F.R. chapter V, except as
                expressly terminated, modified, or suspended by or
                pursuant to this order.

                Sec. 9. 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,
                instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or
                employees, or any other person.

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                Sec. 10. This order is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern
                daylight time on May 1, 2008.
                

                    President, George Bush

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    April 30, 2008.