[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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                     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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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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