International Emergency Economic Powers Act: Difference between revisions

Following the [[September 11 terror attacks|September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks]], President George W. Bush issued [[Executive Order 13224]] under the IEEPA to block the assets of terrorist organizations.<ref>[[Executive Order 13224]], Sec. 1(a), http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2001-09-25/pdf/01-24205.pdf</ref> The President delegated blocking authority to federal agencies led by the U.S. Treasury. In October 2001, Congress passed the [[Patriot Act|USA PATRIOT Act]] which, in part, enhanced IEEPA asset blocking provisions under §1702(a)(1)(B) to permit the blocking of assets during the "pendency of an investigation." This statutory change gave the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control the power to block assets without the need to provide evidence of the blocking subject's wrongdoing nor to permit the blocking subject a chance to effectively respond to the allegations in court.<ref>''KindHearts v. Geithner'', 647 F. Supp. 2d 857, 866, ND Ohio 2009, https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=10931539635102900344&hl=en&as_sdt=2,14&as_vis=1</ref> Executing these blocking actions led to a series of legal cases challenging federal authority to indefinitely prevent charitable organizations from accessing their assets held in the United States.<ref>See e.g., id.</ref>