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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 88 (Thursday, May 7, 2026)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 25061-25065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09173]
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Vol. 91
Thursday,
No. 88
May 7, 2026
Part III
The President
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Executive Order 14404--Imposing Sanctions on Those Responsible for
Repression in Cuba and for Threats to United States National Security
and Foreign Policy
Proclamation 11025--Jewish American Heritage Month, 2026
Notice of May 4, 2026--Continuation of the National Emergency With
Respect to the Central African Republic
Notice of May 4, 2026--Continuation of the National Emergency With
Respect to the Stabilization of Iraq
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 91 , No. 88 / Thursday, May 7, 2026 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 14404 of May 1, 2026
Imposing Sanctions on Those Responsible for
Repression in Cuba and for Threats to United States
National Security and Foreign Policy
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, and in order to
take further steps with respect to the national
emergency declared in Executive Order 14380 of January
29, 2026 (Addressing Threats to the United States by
the Government of Cuba), I hereby determine and order:
Section 1. Policy. The policies, practices, and actions
of the Government of Cuba, as described in Executive
Order 14380, continue to constitute an unusual and
extraordinary threat, which has its source in whole or
substantial part outside the United States, to the
national security and foreign policy of the United
States. Not only are these policies, practices, and
actions designed to harm the United States, but they
are also repugnant to the moral and political values of
free and democratic societies.
Sec. 2. Sanctionable Conduct. (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 persons of the following persons
are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported,
withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:
(i) any foreign person determined by the Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury; or by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State:
(A) to operate in or have operated in the energy, defense and related
materiel, metals and mining, financial services, or security sector of the
Cuban economy, or any other sector of the Cuban economy, as may be
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State;
(B) to be owned, controlled, or directed by, or to have acted or
purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the
Government of Cuba or any person whose property or interests in property
are blocked pursuant to this order;
(C) to own or control, directly or indirectly, any person whose property
or interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order;
(D) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial,
material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in
support of, the Government of Cuba or any person whose property or
interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order;
(E) to be or have been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or
member of the board of directors of the Government of Cuba or an entity
whose property or interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order;
(F) to be a political subdivision, agency, or instrumentality of the
Government of Cuba;
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(G) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or
indirectly engaged in or attempted to engage in, serious human rights abuse
in Cuba;
(H) to be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or
indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in, corruption related to Cuba,
including corruption by, on behalf of, or otherwise related to the
Government of Cuba, or a current or former official at any level of the
Government of Cuba, such as the misappropriation of public assets,
expropriation of private assets for personal gain or political purposes, or
bribery; or
(I) to be an adult family member of a person designated pursuant to this
order.
(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this
section apply except to the extent provided by
statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or
licenses that are issued pursuant to this order, and
notwithstanding any contract entered into or any
license or permit granted prior to the date of this
order; except that this subsection shall not apply to
activities authorized by, and shall not affect the
validity of, any license issued pursuant to part 515 of
chapter 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(c) Except to the extent required by section 203(b)
of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)), or provided in
regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that are
issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any
contract entered into or any license or permit granted
prior to the date of this order:
(i) any transaction or dealing by United States persons or within the
United States in property or interests in property blocked pursuant to this
order is prohibited, including but not limited to the making or receiving
of any contribution of funds, goods, or services to or for the benefit of
those persons whose property or interests in property are blocked pursuant
to this order;
(ii) any transaction by any United States person or within the United
States that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or
attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is
prohibited; and
(iii) any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in
this order is prohibited.
(d) 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 United States persons to persons
determined to be subject to subsection (a) of this
section would seriously impair my ability to deal with
the national emergency declared in Executive Order
14380, and I hereby prohibit such donations.
(e) For those persons determined to be subject to
subsection (a) of this section who might have a
constitutional presence in the United States, I find
that, because of the ability to transfer funds or
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 14380, there need be no prior notice of a listing
or determination made pursuant to subsection (a) of
this section.
Sec. 3. Travel. (a) I hereby find the unrestricted
immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into the United States
of aliens determined to meet one or more of the
criteria in section 2(a)(i) of this order would be
detrimental to the interests of the United States, and
I hereby suspend entry into the United States, as
immigrants or nonimmigrants, of such persons, except
where the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of
State's designee, determines that the person's entry is
in the national interest of the United States. Such
persons shall be treated in the same manner as persons
covered by section 1 of Proclamation 8693 of July 24,
2011 (Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject to United
Nations Security Council Travel Bans and International
Emergency Economic Powers Act Sanctions).
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Sec. 4. Foreign Financial Institutions. (a) The
Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to impose on a
foreign financial institution one or more of the
sanctions described in subsection (b) of this section
upon determining that the foreign financial institution
has conducted or facilitated any significant
transaction or transactions for or on behalf of any
person whose property or interests in property are
blocked pursuant to this order.
(b) With respect to any foreign financial
institution determined to meet the criteria set forth
in subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
may:
(i) prohibit the opening of, or prohibit or impose strict conditions on the
maintenance of, correspondent accounts or payable-through accounts in the
United States; and
(ii) block 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 such foreign financial institution, and provide that such property and
interests in property may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or
otherwise dealt in. The prohibitions described in this subsection shall
include the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or
services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property or
interests in property are blocked pursuant to this subsection; and the
receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from
any such person.
(c) The sanctions described in subsection (b) of
this section apply except to the extent provided by
statutes, or in 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 before the date of this
order; except that this subsection shall not apply to
activities authorized by, and shall not affect the
validity of, any license issued pursuant to part 515 of
chapter 31 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(d) I hereby determine that the making of donations
of the types of articles specified in section 203(b)(2)
of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the
benefit of any person whose property or interests in
property are blocked pursuant to subsection (b) of this
section would seriously impair my ability to deal with
the national emergency declared in Executive Order
14380, and I hereby prohibit such donations.
Sec. 5. Delegation. Consistent with applicable law, the
Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury
are directed and authorized to take all actions
necessary to implement and effectuate this order--
including through temporary suspension or amendment of
regulations or through notices in the Federal Register
and by adopting rules, regulations, or guidance--and to
employ all powers granted to the President, including
by IEEPA, as may be necessary to implement this order.
The head of each executive department and agency
(agency) is authorized to and shall take all
appropriate measures within the agency's authority to
implement this order. The head of each agency may,
consistent with applicable law, including section 301
of title 3, United States Code, redelegate the
authority to take such appropriate measures within the
agency.
Sec. 6. Reporting Directives. The Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State,
is hereby authorized and directed to submit recurring
and final reports to the Congress on the national
emergency declared in, and authorities exercised by,
Executive Order 14380, consistent with section 401 of
the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641) and section 204(c) of IEEPA
(50 U.S.C. 1703(c)).
Sec. 7. Definitions. For the purposes of this order:
(a) the term ``entity'' means a partnership,
association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group,
subgroup, or other organization;
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(b) the term ``Government of Cuba'' means the
Government of Cuba, any political subdivision, agency,
or instrumentality thereof, including the Central Bank
of Cuba, and any person owned, controlled, or acting
for or on behalf of, the Government of Cuba;
(c) the term ``person'' means an individual or
entity;
(d) the term ``United States person'' means any
United States citizen, lawful permanent resident,
entity organized under the laws of the United States or
any jurisdiction within the United States (including
foreign branches of such entities), or any person in
the United States; and
(e) the term ``foreign financial institution''
means any foreign entity that is engaged in the
business of accepting deposits; making, granting,
transferring, holding, or brokering loans or credits;
purchasing or selling foreign exchange, securities,
futures, or options; or procuring purchasers and
sellers thereof, as principal or agent. It includes but
is not limited to depository institutions; banks;
savings banks; money services businesses; operators of
credit card systems; trust companies; insurance
companies; securities brokers and dealers; futures and
options brokers and dealers; forward contract and
foreign exchange merchants; securities and commodities
exchanges; clearing corporations; investment companies;
employee benefit plans; dealers in precious metals,
stones, or jewels; and holding companies, affiliates,
or subsidiaries of any of the foregoing. The term does
not include the international financial institutions
identified in 22 U.S.C. 262r(c)(2), the International
Fund for Agricultural Development, the North American
Development Bank, or any other international financial
institution so notified by the Office of Foreign Assets
Control.
Sec. 8. 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.
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(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 person.
(d) The costs for publication of this order shall
be borne by the Department of State.
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THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 1, 2026.
[FR Doc. 2026-09173
Filed 5-6-26; 11:15 am]
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