[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 42 (Monday, March 25, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H2715-H2716]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO ANGOLA--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 
               OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 104-189)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, without 
objection, referred to the Committee on International Relations, and 
ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  I hereby report to the Congress on the developments since September 
26, 1995, concerning the national emergency with respect to Angola that 
was declared in Executive Order No. 12865 of September 26, 1993. This 
report is submitted pursuant to section 401(c) of the National 
Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 204(c) of the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c).
  On September 26, 1993, I declared a national emergency with respect 
to Angola, invoking the authority, inter alia, of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) and the United 
Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 U.S.C. 287c). Consistent with 
United Nations Security

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Council Resolution 864, dated September 15, 1993, the order prohibited 
the sale or supply by United States persons or from the United States, 
or using U.S.-registered vessels or aircraft, of arms and related 
materiel of all types, including weapons and ammunition, military 
vehicles, equipment and spare parts, and petroleum and petroleum 
products to the territory of Angola other than through designated 
points of entry. The order also prohibited such sale or supply to the 
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (``UNITA''). United 
States persons are prohibited from activities that promote or are 
calculated to promote such sales or supplies, or from attempted 
violations, or from evasion or avoidance or transactions that have the 
purpose of evasion or avoidance, of the stated prohibitions. The order 
authorized the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, to take such actions, including the promulgation of 
rules and regulations, as might be necessary to carry out the purposes 
of the order.
  1. On December 10, 1993, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign 
Assets Control (``FAC'') issued the UNITA (Angola) Sanctions 
Regulations (the ``Regulations'') (58 Fed. Reg. 64904) to implement the 
President's declaration of a national emergency and imposition of 
sanctions against Angola (UNITA). There have been no amendments to the 
Regulations since my report of September 18, 1995.
  The Regulations prohibit the sale or supply by United States persons 
or from the United States, or using U.S.-registered vessels or 
aircraft, of arms and related materiel of all types, including weapons 
and ammunition, military vehicles, equipment and spare parts, and 
petroleum and petroleum products to UNITA or to the territory of Angola 
other than through designated points. United States persons are also 
prohibited from activities that promote or are calculated to promote 
such sales or supplies to UNITA or Angola, or from any transaction by 
any United States persons that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of 
evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions 
set forth in the Executive order. Also prohibited are transactions by 
United States persons, or involving the use of U.S.-registered vessels 
or aircraft, relating to transportation to Angola or UNITA of goods the 
exportation of which is prohibited.
  The Government of Angola has designated the following points of entry 
as points in Angola to which the articles otherwise prohibited by the 
Regulations may be shipped: Airports: Luanda and Katumbela, Benguela 
Province; Ports: Luanda and Lobito, Benguela Province; and Namibe, 
Namibe Province; and Entry Points: Malongo, Cabinda Province. Although 
no specific license is required by the Department of the Treasury for 
shipments to these designated points of entry (unless the item is 
destined for UNITA), any such exports remain subject to the licensing 
requirements of the Departments of State and/or Commerce.
  2. The FAC has worked closely with the U.S. financial community to 
assure a heightened awareness of the sanctions against UNITA--through 
the dissemination of publications, seminars, and notices to electronic 
bulletin boards. This educational effort has resulted in frequent calls 
from banks to assure that they are not routing funds in violation of 
these prohibitions. United States exporters have also been notified of 
the sanctions through a variety of media, including special fliers and 
computer bulletin board information initiated by FAC and posted through 
the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Government Printing 
Office. There have been no license applications under the program.
  3. The expenses incurred by the Federal Government in the 6-month 
period from September 18, 1995, through March 25, 1996, that are 
directly attributable to the exercise of powers and authorities 
conferred by the declaration of a national emergency with respect to 
Angola (UNITA) are reported to be about $226,000, most of which 
represents wage and salary costs for Federal personnel. Personnel costs 
were largely centered in the Department of the Treasury (particularly 
in the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the U.S. Customs Service, the 
Office of the Under Secretary for Enforcement, and the Office of the 
General Counsel) and the Department of State (particularly the Office 
of Southern African Affairs).
  I will continue to report periodically to the Congress on significant 
developments, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1703(c).
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, March 25, 1996.

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