123STA T . 3 608PROCL A M AT I O N 83 4 2 —J AN. 16 , 200 9forinsect ions 2a n d3 oft h is p roc l a m ation ,b e detrimental to the inter - ests of the U nited S tates .I therefore hereb y proclaim that
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he entry into the United States, as immi g rants or non- immigrants, of the follo w ing aliens is hereby s u spended: ( a ) Senior go v ernment officials — defined as the heads of ministries or agencies and officials occupying positions within the two bureaucratic levels below those top positions—responsible for domestic law en- forcement, j ustice, or labor affairs who have impeded their govern- ments ’ antitraffic k ing efforts, have failed to implement their govern- ments’ antitrafficking laws and policies, or who otherwise bear respon- sibility for their governments’ failures to take steps recogni z ed inter- nationally as appropriate to combat trafficking in persons, and who are members of governments for which I have made a determination pur- suant to section 1 1 0 (d)(1)-(2) or ( 4 ) of the A ct, in the current year and at least once in the preceding 3 years
(b) The spouses of persons described in subsection (a) of this section. Sec. 2 . Section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply with respect to any person otherwise covered by section 1 where entry of such person would not be contrary to the interest of the United States. Sec. 3 . P ersons covered by sections 1 or 2 of this proclamation shall be identified by the Secretary of State or the Secretary’s designee, in his or her sole discretion, pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary may establish under section 5 of this proclamation. Sec. 4 . N othing in this proclamation shall be construed to derogate from United States G overnment obligations under applicable inter- national agreements. Sec. 5 . The Secretary of State shall implement this proclamation pursu- ant to such procedures as the Secretary, in consultation with the Sec- retary of H omeland Security, may establish. Sec. 6 . This proclamation is effective immediately. It shall remain in effect until such time as the Secretary of State determines that it is no longer necessary and should be terminated, either in whole or in part. Any such determination by the Secretary of State shall be published in the Fed e ralR e gist er. Sec. 7 . This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create any right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable at laworine q uity by any party against the United States, its depart- ments, agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or employees, or any other person. IN W ITN E SS WHE R E OF , I have hereunto set my hand this si x teenth day of J anuary, in the year of our L ord two thousand nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third. GEORGE W. B USH
