[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.

                                  
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