[House Document 106-266]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

106th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 106-
266


 
                 NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF THE NATIONAL


                 EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE TALIBAN

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

  HIS TERMINATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO TALIBAN, 
                     PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(a)




 July 10, 2000.--Referred to the Committee on International Relations 
                       and ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, June 30, 2000.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: Section 202(d) of the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic 
termination of a national emergency unless, prior to the 
anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in 
the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice 
stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the 
anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have 
sent the enclosed notice to the Federal Register for 
publication, stating that the emergency declared with respect 
to the Taliban is to continue in effect beyond July 5, 2000.
    On July 4, 1999, I issued Executive Order 13129, ``Blocking 
Property and Prohibiting Transactions with the Taliban,'' to 
deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 
security and foreign policy of the United States posed by the 
actions and policies of the Taliban in Afghanistan. The order 
blocks all property and interests in property of the Taliban 
and prohibits trade-related transactions by United States 
persons involving the territory of Afghanistan controlled by 
the Taliban.
    The Taliban continues to allow territory under its control 
in Afghanistan to be used as a safe haven and base of 
operations for Usama bin Laden and the Al-Qaida organization, 
who have committed and threaten to continue to commit acts of 
violence against the United States and its nationals. This 
situation continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat 
to the national security and foreign policy interests of the 
United States. For these reasons, I have determined that it is 
necessary to maintain in force these emergency authorities 
beyond July 5, 2000.
            Sincerely,
                                                William J. Clinton.
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