[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 356 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 356

   To nullify the effect of certain provisions of various Executive 
                                orders.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 27, 2003

 Mr. Everett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
   To nullify the effect of certain provisions of various Executive 
                                orders.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

     This Act may be cited as the ``Terrorist Elimination Act of 
2003''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

     Congress finds that--
            (1) past Presidents have issued Executive orders which 
        severely limit the use of the military when dealing with 
        potential threats against the United States;
            (2) these Executive orders limit the swift, sure, and 
        precise action needed by the United States to protect our 
        national security;
            (3) present strategy allows United States military forces 
        to bomb large targets hoping to eliminate a terrorist leader, 
        but prevents the United States from designing a limited action 
        which would specifically accomplish that purpose;
            (4) on several occasions the United States military forces 
        have been ordered to use a military strike hoping, in most 
        cases unsuccessfully, to remove a terrorist leader who has 
        committed crimes against the United States;
            (5) as the threat from terrorism grows, the United States 
        must continue to investigate effective ways to combat the 
        menace posed by those who would murder United States citizens 
        simply to make a political point; and
            (6) actions by the United States Government to remove such 
        persons is a remedy which should be used sparingly and 
        considered only after all other reasonable options have failed 
        or are not available; however, this is an option the United 
        States must maintain for cases in which international threats 
        cannot be eliminated by other means.

SEC. 3. NULLIFICATION OF EFFECT OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF VARIOUS 
              EXECUTIVE ORDERS.

     Section 2.11 of Executive Order 12333, and any comparable 
provision contained in any other Executive order, regulation, or other 
order of a department or agency of the executive branch, whether issued 
before or after the enactment of this Act, shall have no force or 
effect.
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