Executive Order 13382 (United States, 2005)

Executive Order 13382, signed on 28 June 2005, authorises the blocking of property of designated weapons-of-mass-destruction proliferators and their supporters. Issued under IEEPA and the continuing national emergency concerning proliferation, it supports United States Proliferation-financing sanctions by connecting named actors, support relationships and controlled property to the financial system.

Criteria and legal effect

The order identifies initial entities and authorises later designations under stated criteria. Covered persons may include actors engaged in proliferation activity, people providing financial, material, technological or other support, and entities owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, designated persons.

When a person is designated, property and interests in property within United States jurisdiction are blocked. United States persons are generally prohibited from dealing in that property unless an exemption or OFAC authorisation applies. Entities owned 50 per cent or more, directly or indirectly and in aggregate, by blocked persons may also be blocked under the OFAC 50 Percent Rule without being separately named.

Blocking is not forfeiture and a designation is not a criminal conviction. The property is immobilised, title does not automatically pass to the United States, and the listed party may seek administrative reconsideration and judicial review.

Institutional boundary

The President establishes and may amend the authority. State and Treasury hold designation roles under delegations. OFAC administers blocking, licensing, reporting and civil enforcement under 31 CFR Parts 501 and 544. The Department of Justice handles criminal enforcement. Banks and other firms implement applicable prohibitions but do not make government designations.

The programme's legal reach should be separated from its market response. A bank may exit a relationship because of its own risk assessment. That decision is not necessarily commanded by the order. Foreign financial institutions can also face separate provision-specific secondary-sanctions exposure, which must be identified rather than assumed.

Employment and current status

The authority has been used against Iranian, North Korean and other proliferation networks, including banks, shipping firms, procurement agents and entities linked to missile or nuclear programmes. Treasury used Executive Order 13382 on 15 July 2026 against an alleged procurement network supporting the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. That action confirms current use but does not establish the legal or factual status of every historic target.

Every example requires the exact designation basis, legal person, date and current listing status. Official descriptions of conduct remain attributed executive findings unless admitted or independently adjudicated.

Listing also creates ongoing administrative work rather than a one-time prohibition. Holders of blocked property report it under Part 501, parties may apply for specific licences, and OFAC can issue general licences or guidance. Removal is possible when the legal basis or circumstances change. Measuring effect therefore requires more than counting names. The relevant evidence includes assets actually blocked, transactions denied, licences granted, network substitution and whether the stated proliferation activity changed.

See also

Proliferation financing · Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List · OFAC Reporting, Procedures and Penalties Regulations (31 CFR Part 501) · Proliferation Security Initiative

Sources

• National Archives, Executive Orders issued in 2005, including Executive Order 13382 of 28 June 2005.
• United States House of Representatives, International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 USC chapter 35, checked 30 July 2026.
• Electronic Code of Federal Regulations, 31 CFR Part 544, Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators Sanctions Regulations, checked 30 July 2026.
• United States Treasury, Non-proliferation sanctions, checked 30 July 2026.
• United States Department of State, Foreign Affairs Manual, Office of Economic Sanctions Policy and Implementation, checked 30 July 2026.
• United States Treasury, Treasury targets global network procuring weapons for the Iranian regime, 15 July 2026.