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LICENSE No. SDGT-298681-1
GLOBAL TERRORISM SANCTIONS REGULATIONS
TERRORISM SANCTIONS REGULATIONS
FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS SANCTIONS REGULATIONS
LICENSE AMENDMENT
(Granted under the authority of 31 U.S.C. § 321 (b), 50 U.S.C. §§ 1601-1651, 1701-1706,22 U.S.C. § 287c, 8 U.S.C. § 1189(a)(2)(C), 18 U.S.C. § 2339B(a)(2), Executive Orders 12947 and 13224, and 31 C.F.R. Parts 501. 594, 595, and 597.)
To: United States Department of State
United States Agency for International Development
c/o Office of Sanctions Policy and Implementation
2201 C Street, NW
WaShington, DC 20520
Attn.: John-Marshall Klein, Acting Director
1. Based on the November 23, 2012 correspondence from your office (the "Application"), to the Office of Foreign Assets Control, and information otherwise available to the Office of Foreign Assets Control, License No. SDGT-597i is hereby replaced and...
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1) BACKGROUND
In 2006, OFAC determined that:
"Following the January 2006 Palestinian elections, Hamas, a designated terrorist entity whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to §597.201, has been determined to have a property interest in the transactions of the Palestinian Authority. Accordingly, pursuant to §597.201, U.S. persons are prohibited from engaging in transactions with the Palestinian Authority unless authorized." (See e.g. 597.407). This applies to the TSR, FTOSR and GTSR, as Hamas is designated pursuant to all three.
In 2007, OFAC issued FTOSR/GTSR/TSR GL 7, providing that "U.S. persons are authorized to engage in all transactions otherwise prohibited under this part with the Palestinian Authority."
This file includes six specific licenses dated 2007-2015 that, "to the extent authorization is...