Treasury Department, Foreign Assets Control Office
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") has excluded certain transactions from the scope of the general license found in 31 CFR 575.533(a). This exclusion prohibits any attachment, judgment, decree, lien, execution, garnishment, or other judicial process with respect to certain property consisting of historic and modern books, documents, parchment scrolls, and other items pertaining to the Iraqi Jewish community that have been brought to the United States for restoration and temporary exhibition.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control 31 CFR Part 575 AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury. ACTION: Policy statement. SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has excluded certain transactions from the scope of the general license found in 31 CFR 575.533(a) . This exclusion prohibits any attachment, judgment, decree, lien, execution, garnishment, or other judicial process with respect to certain property consisting of historic and modern books, documents, parchment scrolls, and other items pertaining to the Iraqi Jewish community that have been brought to the United States for restoration and temporary exhibition. DATES: Effective August 28, 2003. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC 20220, tel.: 202/622-2500. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 2, 1990, the President issued Executive Order 12722 , declaring a national emergency with respect to Iraq. This order was issued under the authority of, inter alia, 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. ), and section 301 of title 3 of the U.S. Code and imposed economic sanctions, including a complete trade embargo, with respect to Iraq. In keeping with United Nations Security Council Resolution 661 of August 6, 1990, and under the United Nations Participation Act ( 2…
Citation: 68 FR 60625
