[House Document 107-133]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                    

107th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 107-133


 
   CONTINUATION OF EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO 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, 2001, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




  October 17, 2001.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
    Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed.
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, 2001.
    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 or interests in property 
that are in the United States or within the possession or 
control of United States persons and by depriving them of 
access to the United States market and financial system.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, October 16, 2001.
                                 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, the 
President 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 
such actions cause in the United States and abroad. The order 
blocks all property and interests in property that are in the 
United States or within the possession or control of United 
States persons or foreign persons listed in an annex to the 
order, as well as of foreign persons determined to play a 
significant role in international narcotics trafficking 
centered in Colombia. The order similarly blocks all property 
and interests in property of foreign persons determined to 
materially assist in, or provide financial or technological 
support for, or goods or services in support of, the narcotics 
trafficking activities of persons designated in or pursuant to 
the order, or persons determined 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 actions 
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, 2001. 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.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, October 16, 2001.

                                
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