[House Document 117-76]
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117th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 117-76
TERMINATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO BURUNDI
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
A NOTIFICATION OF THE TERMINATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED IN
EXECUTIVE ORDER 13712 OF NOVEMBER 22, 2015, WITH RESPECT TO THE
SITUATION IN BURUNDI, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1703(b); PUBLIC LAW 95-223,
SEC. 204(b); (91 STAT. 1627)
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November 18, 2021.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
29-011 WASHINGTON : 2021
To the Congress of the United States:
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 13712 of
November 22, 2015, and revokes that Executive Order.
The President issued Executive Order 13712 to deal with the
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and
foreign policy of the United States constituted by the
situation in Burundi, which had been marked by the killing of
and violence against civilians, unrest, incitement of imminent
violence, and significant political repression. In Executive
Order 13712, the President addressed the threat by blocking the
property and interests in property of, among others, persons
determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, to be responsible for or complicit
in actions or policies that threaten the peace, security, and
stability of Burundi or undermine democratic processes or
institutions in Burundi, or to have engaged in human rights
abuses.
I have determined that the situation in Burundi that gave
rise to the national emergency declared in Executive Order
13712 has been significantly altered by events of the past
year, including the transfer of power following elections in
2020, significantly decreased violence, and President
Ndayishimiye's pursuit of reforms across multiple sectors. For
these reasons I have determined that it is necessary to
terminate the national emergency declared in Executive Order
13712 and revoke that order.
I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
The White House, November 18, 2021.
Executive Order
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Termination of Emergency With Respect to the Situation in Burundi
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 212(f) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of
title 3, United States Code,
I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of
America, find that the situation that gave rise to the
declaration of a national emergency in Executive Order 13712 of
November 22, 2015 (Blocking Property of Certain Persons
Contributing to the Situation in Burundi), with respect to the
situation in Burundi, including the killing of and violence
against civilians, unrest, incitement of imminent violence, and
significant political repression, which threatened the peace,
security, and stability of Burundi, has been significantly
altered by events of the past year, including the transfer of
power following elections in 2020, significantly decreased
violence, and President Ndayishimiye's pursuit of reforms
across multiple sectors. Accordingly, I hereby terminate the
national emergency declared in Executive Order 13712, and
revoke that order, and further order:
Section 1. In light of the revocation of Executive Order
13712, the suspension of entry as immigrants and nonimmigrants
of individuals meeting the criteria set forth in section 1(a)
of that order will no longer be in effect as of the date of
this order and such individuals will no longer be treated as
persons covered by Presidential Proclamation 8693 of July 24,
2011 (Suspension of Entry of Aliens Subject to United Nations
Security Council Travel Bans and International Emergency
Economic Powers Act Sanctions).
Sec. 2. Pursuant to section 202(a) of the NEA (50 U.S.C.
1622(a)), termination of the national emergency declared in
Executive Order 13712 shall not affect any action taken or
proceeding pending not finally concluded or determined as of
the date of this order, 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.
Sec. 3. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to
impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive
department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget relating to budgetary,
administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(c) 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.
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
The White House, November 18, 2021.
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