[House Document 106-303]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
106th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 106-303
SIGNIFICANT NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS CENTERED IN COLOMBIA
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MESSAGE
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION THAT THE EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO SIGNIFICANT
NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS CENTERED IN COLOMBIA IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR
ONE YEAR BEYOND OCTOBER 21, 2000, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d).
October 23, 2000.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the
Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
89-011 WASHINGTON : 2000
To the Congress of the United States:
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 significant narcotics
traffickers centered in Colombia is to continue in effect for 1
year beyond October 21, 2000.
The circumstances that led to the declaration on October
21, 1995, of a national emergency have not been resolved. The
actions of significant narcotics traffickers centered in
Colombia continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat
to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the
United States and to cause unparalleled violence, corruption,
and harm in the United States and abroad. For these reasons, I
have determined that it is necessary to maintain economic
pressures on significant narcotics traffickers centered in
Colombia by blocking their property subject to the jurisdiction
of the United States and by depriving them of access to the
United States market and financial system.
William J. Clinton.
The White House, October 19, 2000.
Notice
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Continuation of Emergency With Respect to Significant Narcotics
Traffickers Centered in Colombia
On October 21, 1995, by Executive order 12978, I declared a
national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary
threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of
the United States constituted by the actions of significant
narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia, and the
unparalleled violence, corruption, and harm they cause in the
United States and abroad. The order blocks all property and
interests in property of foreign persons listed in an Annex to
the order, as well as persons determined to play a significant
role in international narcotics trafficking centered in
Colombia, to materially assist in, or provide financial or
technological support for or goods or services in support of,
narcotics trafficking activities of persons designated in or
pursuant to the order, or to be owned or controlled by, or to
act for or on behalf of, persons designated in or pursuant to
the order. The order also prohibits any transaction or dealing
by United States persons or within the United States in such
property or interests in property. Because the activities of
significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia continue
to threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy
of the United States and to cause unparalleled violence,
corruption, and harm in the United States and abroad, the
national emergency declared on October 21, 1995, and the
measures adopted pursuant thereto to deal with that emergency,
must continue in effect beyond October 21, 2000. Therefore, in
accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act
(50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing the national emergency for
1 year with respect to significant narcotics traffickers
centered in Colombia. This notice shall be published in the
Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.
William J. Clinton.
The White House, October 19, 2000.