(a) All property and interests in property that are in the United States, that come within the United States, or that are or come within the possession or control of any U.S. person of the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in:

(1) Executive Order (E.O.) 13818 Annex. The persons listed in the Annex to E.O. 13818 of December 20, 2017.

(2) E.O. 13818. Any foreign person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General:

(i) To be responsible for or complicit in, or to have directly or indirectly engaged in, serious human rights abuse;

(ii) To be a current or former government official, or a person acting for or on behalf of such an official, who is responsible for or complicit in, or has directly or indirectly engaged in:

(A) Corruption, including the misappropriation of state assets, the expropriation of private assets for personal gain, corruption related to government contracts or the extraction of natural resources, or bribery; or

(B) The transfer or the facilitation of the transfer of the proceeds of corruption;

(iii) To be or have been a leader or official of:

(A) An entity, including any government entity, that has engaged in, or whose members have engaged in, any of the activities described in paragraph (a)(2)(i), (a)(2)(ii)(A), or (a)(2)(ii)(B) of this section relating to the leader's or official's tenure; or

(B) An entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order as a result of activities related to the leader's or official's tenure;

(iv) To have attempted to engage in any of the activities described in paragraph (a)(2)(i), (a)(2)(ii)(A), or (a)(2)(ii)(B) of this section; and

(v) To have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of:

(A) Any activity described in paragraph (a)(2)(i), (a)(2)(ii)(A), or (a)(2)(ii)(B) of this section that is conducted by a foreign person;

(B) Any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section; or

(C) Any entity, including any government entity, that has engaged in, or whose members have engaged in, any of the activities described in paragraph (a)(2)(i), (a)(2)(ii)(A), or (a)(2)(ii)(B) of this section, where the activity is conducted by a foreign person;

(vi) 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 paragraph (a) of this section; or

(vii) To have attempted to engage in any of the activities described in paragraph (a)(2)(v) or (a)(2)(vi) of this section.

(b) The prohibitions in paragraph (a) of this section include prohibitions on the following transactions:

(1) The making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section; and

(2) The receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section.

(c) Unless authorized by this part or by a specific license expressly referring to this part, any dealing in securities (or evidence thereof) held within the possession or control of a U.S. person and either registered or inscribed in the name of, or known to be held for the benefit of, or issued by, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to paragraph (a) of this section is prohibited. This prohibition includes the transfer (including the transfer on the books of any issuer or agent thereof), disposition, transportation, importation, exportation, or withdrawal of, or the endorsement or guaranty of signatures on, any securities on or after the effective date. This prohibition applies irrespective of the fact that at any time (whether prior to, on, or subsequent to the effective date) the registered or inscribed owner of any such securities may have or might appear to have assigned, transferred, or otherwise disposed of the securities.

(d) The prohibitions in paragraph (a) of this section apply except to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, rulings, instructions, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this part, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the effective date.

(e) All transactions prohibited pursuant to any Executive order issued after December 20, 2017 pursuant to the national emergency declared in E.O. 13818 of December 20, 2017 are prohibited pursuant to this part.