Foreign policy and sanctions

Executive Order 14014: Blocking Property With Respect to the Situation in Burma

President: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Declared a national emergency after Burma’s military coup and authorized asset blocking against responsible leaders, entities and supporters.

Status: In effect.

Is Executive Order 14014 still in effect? Yes. President Trump’s February 3, 2026 notice continued the emergency declared by EO 14014 for one year beyond February 10, 2026. OFAC continues to publish the Burma program and recorded an individual designation removal on October 9, 2026. That removal does not end the program; a particular transaction still depends on the applicable list entry, directive, license and other law. 2026 continuation notice; October 9 OFAC action.

A stylized Burma map and military silhouette appear beside locked money, civic protest and diplomatic motifs.
Sanctions and the situation in Burma, illustrated symbolically; the picture is not an identification of a designated person or a current sanctions list. EO Explained · site-generated editorial illustration · not documentary evidence.

What does Executive Order 14014 do?

EO 14014 created a new national emergency after the February 1, 2021 military coup. It authorizes targeted blocking determinations, rather than automatically banning every transaction involving Burma. Covered property is property in the United States or within a U.S. person’s possession or control; dealings can be restricted subject to the governing exceptions and licenses. Declaration and section 1.

Different implementing instruments have different reach. OFAC’s August 23, 2023 jet-fuel-sector determination made operators in that sector eligible for designation; it did not by itself list every operator. The October 31 MOGE directive instead prohibits specified financial services by U.S. persons from December 15, 2023, subject to authorization. It expressly leaves other MOGE activities permitted unless another prohibition applies. Jet-fuel determination; MOGE Directive 1.

For practical checks, use OFAC’s current sanctions lists and the actual applicable license or directive. The program page links both the list-search and license-application resources. A general license authorizes only activity within its terms; the existence of a program is not an individual transaction determination. Official program and licensing resources.

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.
SignedFebruary 10, 2021
Lead officialsTreasury/OFAC and State
Express timingImmediate; designations and licenses as determined

Before and after

Before the order

The earlier Burma sanctions emergency had been terminated in 2016, leaving other targeted authorities but no EO 14014 program.

After the order

OFAC issued 31 CFR part 525, designated individuals and entities, expanded sector coverage and continues administering the program.

Section 9 preserves the effectiveness of actions taken under the 2016 termination order. The new 2021 emergency should not be read as automatically restoring all older Burma orders. Property blocking restricts dealings; the text does not itself transfer ownership to the government. Sections 1 and 9.

Who had to do what

Agency / officialDirectionTiming
Secretary of the TreasuryDetermine covered persons and additional sectors in consultation with State; issue implementing measures and rules, with lawful redelegation within Treasury; submit recurring and final emergency reports to Congress in consultation with State.Determinations as made; implementation under section 8. Section 10 uses statutory reporting requirements, not a new fixed order deadline.
Secretary of StateConsult on Treasury determinations, implementation and reports; administer visa restrictions in consultation with DHS and consider applicable entry exceptions.As determinations or visa matters arise; sections 1, 3, 8 and 10. No numerical deadline in the order.
Secretary of Homeland SecurityAdminister noncitizen-entry restrictions in consultation with State and consider entry exceptions within the order’s terms.As entry matters arise; section 3. No numerical deadline.
Attorney GeneralMay recommend an entry exception to State or DHS when entry would further important U.S. law-enforcement objectives.Conditional recommendation under section 3(a), not a mandatory report or a general immigration waiver.
All U.S. departments and agenciesTake appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the order.Section 8; no numerical implementation deadline.

Original signed assignments. Treasury administers the financial measures through OFAC. The order’s statutory reporting authority is distinct from a new fixed implementation deadline. OFAC program framework.

What happened next

Biden signed the new Burma emergency order. Signed order.

EO 14014 was published at 86 FR 9429. Publication record.

OFAC’s initial Burma Sanctions Regulations, 31 CFR part 525, took effect. Implementing final rule.

OFAC’s jet-fuel-sector determination took effect, creating a basis for designating persons determined to operate in that sector. Sector determination.

OFAC issued MOGE Directive 1 covering financial services, with a separate December 15 effective date. Directive 1.

The MOGE financial-services prohibition became operative under the directive’s terms; it was not a blanket ban on all other MOGE activities. Effective-date provision.

Trump continued the emergency for one year beyond February 10, 2026. The congressional document was ordered printed on February 4; that is not the notice’s date. Continuation notice and message.

OFAC lists the Burma program as active.

OFAC’s final rule updated part 525’s relation to the centralized penalties rules and added section 525.105. It did not terminate the Burma sanctions program. Part 525 amendments.

OFAC removed an individual Burma-related designation from the SDN List. This was an individual list change, not termination of EO 14014’s emergency. Dated list update.