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Executive Order 14039: Blocking Property With Respect to Certain Russian Energy Export Pipelines

President: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Authorized blocking sanctions against persons involved in specified Russian energy export pipeline activities identified under PEESA and related authorities.

Status: In effect.

Is Executive Order 14039 still in effect? Yes. Active within Russian harmful-activities and pipeline sanctions.

Undersea pipelines, valves, money and a shield appear between stylized Russian and European maps.
Pipeline-related sanctions authority, illustrated symbolically; not a map of actual routes or a statement that every energy transaction is prohibited. EO Explained · site-generated editorial illustration · not documentary evidence.

What does Executive Order 14039 do?

State was assigned reporting under the pipeline statute, while Treasury administered any property blocking and licenses.

Administration position: The order’s findings and policy rationale were the Biden administration’s positions. This guide distinguishes them from implementation records and judicial rulings.
SignedAugust 20, 2021
Lead officialsTreasury/OFAC and State
Express timingImmediate; reports, determinations, designations and licenses as required

Before and after

Before the order

Congress had enacted PEESA pipeline sanctions and EO 14024 supplied broader Russia sanctions authority, but implementation required an additional blocking mechanism.

After the order

OFAC designated pipeline-related property and issued General License 1A, later 1B. The EO 14024 emergency, including steps taken by EO 14039, has been continued and OFAC still lists EO 14039.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
StateIdentify reportable or sanctionable pipeline activityAs required by PEESA
Treasury/OFACBlock property and administer licensesOngoing

What happened next

EO 14039 signed.

The order and General License 1A were issued.

OFAC replaced it with General License 1B.