[House Document 107-239]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
107th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 107-239
TERMINATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY
WITH RESPECT TO THE TALIBAN
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
HIS TERMINATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO TALIBAN AND
AMENDMENT OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 13224 OF SEPTEMBER 23, 2001, PURSUANT TO
50 U.S.C. 1622(a)
July 8, 2002.--Referred to the Committee on International Relations and
ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
99-011 WASHINGTON : 2002
The White House,
Washington, July 2, 2002.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Speaker: Pursuant to section 202(a) of the
National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1622, I hereby report that
I have issued an Executive Order that terminates the national
emergency described and declared in Executive Order 13129 of
July 4, 1999, related to the actions and policies of the
Taliban, and amends Executive Order 13224 of September 23,
2001, to include reference to Mohammed Omar and the Taliban in
the Annex to that order, thus preserving the sanctions imposed
against the Taliban.
I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
Sincerely,
George W. Bush.
Executive Order
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Termination of Emergency With Respect to the Taliban and Amendment of
Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America,
including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C.
1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 5 of the United Nations
Participation Act of 1945, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c), and
section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of
America, find that the situation that gave rise to the
declaration of a national emergency in Executive Order 13129 of
July 4, 1999, with respect to the Taliban, in allowing
territory under its control in Afghanistan to be used as a safe
haven and base of operations for Usama bin Ladin and the Al-
Qaida organization, has been significantly altered given the
success of the military campaign in Afghanistan, and hereby
revoke that order and terminate the national emergency declared
in that order with respect to the Taliban. At the same time,
and in order to take additional steps with respect to the grave
acts of terrorism and threats of terrorism committed by foreign
terrorists, the continuing and immediate threat of further
attacks on United States nationals or the United States, and
the national emergency described and declared in Executive
Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, I hereby order:
Section 1. The Annex to Executive Order 13224 of September
23, 2001, is amended by adding thereto the following persons in
appropriate alphabetical order:
Mohammed Omar (aka, Amir al-Mumineen [Commander of the
Faithful])
The Taliban.
Sec. 2. For the purposes of this order and Executive Order
13224 of September 23, 2001, the term ``the Taliban'' is also
known as the ``Taleban,'' ``Islamic Movement of Taliban,''
``the Taliban Islamic Movement,'' ``Talibano Islami Tahrik,''
and ``Tahrike Islami'a Taliban''. The Secretary of State, in
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, is hereby
authorized to modify the definition of the term ``the
Taliban,'' as appropriate.
Sec. 3. Nothing contained in this order shall create any
right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable by any
party against the United States, its agencies or
instrumentalities, its officers or employees, or any other
person.
Sec. 4. Pursuant to section 202 of the NEA (50 U.S.C.
1622), termination of the national emergency with respect to
the Taliban shall not affect any action taken or proceeding
pending not finally concluded or determined as of the date of
this order, or any action or proceeding based on any act
committed prior to the date of this order, or any rights or
duties that matured or penalties that were incurred prior to
the date of this order.
George W. Bush.
The White House, July 2, 2002.