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Executive Order 14064

"Protecting Certain Property of Da Afghanistan Bank for the Benefit of the People of Afghanistan"
Type	Executive order
Executive Order number	14064
Signed by	Joe Biden on February 11, 2022 (2022-02-11)
Federal Register details
Federal Register document number	2022-03346
Publication date	11 February 2022
Summary
Using frozen Afghan assets as humanitarian assistance.

Executive Order 14064, officially titled Protecting Certain Property of Da Afghanistan Bank for the Benefit of the People of Afghanistan, was signed on February 11, 2022 and is the 80th executive order signed by U.S. President Joe Biden. The goal of the order is providing humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people by using frozen assets.

Provisions

Due to the lack of a recognized Afghan government, billions of dollars in assets held by Afghanistan's national bank, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), have sat dormant in American financial institutions. As a result, these assets have been the subject of litigation, as victims of the September 11th attacks have attempted to take them in order to satisfy outstanding judgments against the Taliban. Because of this, the Biden administration has proposed a plan that would transfer around half of these assets to a third-party trust where they may be utilized for the benefit of Afghans, while keeping the rest in place until the dispute is concluded.

As part of Afghanistan's foreign exchange reserves, the central bank is thought to hold more than $9 billion in assets overseas. Countries keep foreign exchange reserves for a variety of reasons, including facilitating international commerce and protecting the value of their own currency. Financial institutions in the United States have more than $7 billion of the $9 billion in total assets. The majority are held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY), a popular repository for foreign exchange reserves held by numerous countries.

The legal system in the United States permits terror victims to go after assets through procedures that are beyond the executive branch’s purview. The administration's proposal would protect roughly half of the Afghan assets in question from these attachment efforts, allowing them to be used for a variety of future public policy purposes. It also makes legal arguments in favor of the central bank keeping the remainder of the assets.

See also

• List of executive actions by Joe Biden

References

1. "Protecting Certain Property of Da Afghanistan Bank for the Benefit of the People of Afghanistan". Federal Register. February 15, 2022. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
2. "Executive Order on Protecting Certain Property of Da Afghanistan Bank for the Benefit of the People of Afghanistan". White House. February 11, 2022. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
3. "The Taliban tried to get their hands on the Afghan central bank's nearly $10 billion in reserves, but most of the money is in New York". Business Insider. August 25, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
4. "Executive Order 14064—Protecting Certain Property of Da Afghanistan Bank for the Benefit of the People of Afghanistan". University of California Santa Barbara. February 11, 2022. Retrieved April 21, 2022.

External links

• US Presidential Actions
• Federal Register
• Executive Order on Protecting Certain Property of Da Afghanistan Bank for the Benefit of the People of Afghanistan

• 2022 in American law
• Executive orders of Joe Biden
• February 2022 events in the United States