[House Document 114-76]
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 TERMINATION OF EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS AND POLICIES OF 
                FORMER LIBERIAN PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR

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                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

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 THE TERMINATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 
  13348 OF JULY 22, 2004, WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS AND POLICIES OF 
 FORMER LIBERIAN PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1701; 
                       PUB. L. 107-115, SEC. 531

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 November 16, 2015.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
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                                           The White House,
                                     Washington, November 12, 2015.
Hon. Paul D. Ryan,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: Consistent with subsection 204(b) of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(b), 
I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order that 
terminates the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
13348 of July 22, 2004, and revokes that Executive Order. I 
have determined that the situation that gave rise to this 
national emergency has been significantly altered by Liberia's 
advances to promote democracy and the orderly development of 
its political, administrative, and economic institutions.
    The President issued Executive Order 13348 to deal with the 
unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the 
United States posed by the actions and policies of former 
Liberian President Charles Taylor and other persons, in 
particular their unlawful depletion of Liberian resources and 
their removal from Liberia and secreting of Liberian funds and 
property. Executive Order 13348 helped to ensure the 
preservation of Liberia's resources, property, and funds and to 
deprive certain individuals of funding and arms for conflicts 
in West Africa, consistent with U.S. national security and 
foreign policy. Executive Order 13348 also implemented the 
United States asset freeze obligations under United Nations 
Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1532.
    With the advancements in Liberia including presidential 
elections in 2005 and 2011, which were internationally 
recognized as freely held; the 2012 conviction of, and 50-year 
prison sentence for, former Liberian President Charles Taylor 
and the affirmation on appeal of that conviction and sentence; 
and the diminished ability of those connected to former 
Liberian President Charles Taylor to undermine Liberia's 
progress, and the United Nations Security Council's termination 
of asset freeze obligations on September 2, 2015, in UNSCR 
2237, there is no further need for the blocking of assets 
imposed by Executive Order 13348. For these reasons, I have 
determined that it is necessary to terminate the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13348 and revoke that 
order.
    I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.

                            Executive Order

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 Termination of Emergency With Respect to the Actions and Policies of 
                Former Liberian President Charles Taylor

    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.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 5 of the United Nations 
Participation Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c) (UNPA), and 
section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
    I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, 
find that the situation that gave rise to the declaration of a 
national emergency in Executive Order 13348 of July 22, 2004, 
with respect to the actions and policies of former Liberian 
President Charles Taylor and other persons, in particular their 
unlawful depletion of Liberian resources and their removal from 
Liberia and secreting of Liberian funds and property, has been 
significantly altered by Liberia's significant advances to 
promote democracy and the orderly development of its political, 
administrative, and economic institutions, including 
presidential elections in 2005 and 2011, which were 
internationally recognized as freely held; the 2012 conviction 
of, and 50-year prison sentence for, former Liberian President 
Charles Taylor and the affirmation on appeal of that conviction 
and sentence; and the diminished ability of those connected to 
former Liberian President Charles Taylor to undermine Liberia's 
progress. Accordingly, I hereby terminate the national 
emergency declared in Executive Order 13348, revoke that order, 
and further order:
    Section 1. Pursuant to section 202(a) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 
1622(a)), termination of the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 13348 shall not affect any action taken or 
proceeding pending not finally concluded or determined as of 
the effective date of this order, any action or proceeding 
based on any act committed prior to the effective date, or any 
rights or duties that matured or penalties that were incurred 
prior to the effective date of this order.
    Sec. 2. This order is not intended to, and does not, create 
any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at 
law or in equity by any party against the United States, its 
departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or 
agents, or any other person.
    Sec. 3. (a) This order is effective at 2:00 p.m. eastern 
standard time on November 12, 2015.
    (b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress and 
published in the Federal Register.
                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, November 12, 2015.

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