[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 132 (Thursday, October 19, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Page S10799]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION OF EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SIGNIFICANT 
     NARCOTICS TRAFFICKERS CENTERED IN COLOMBIA--MESSAGE FROM THE 
                           PRESIDENT--PM 134

  The Presiding Officer laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs.

To the Congress of the United States:
  Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C., 1622(d) 
provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, 
prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President 
publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a 
notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the 
anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent the 
enclosed notice to the Federal Register for publication, stating that 
the emergency declared with respect to significant narcotics 
traffickers centered in Colombia is to continue in effect for 1 year 
beyond October 21, 2000.
  The circumstances that led to the declaration on October 21, 1995, of 
a national emergency have not been resolved. The actions of significant 
narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia continue to pose an unusual 
and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and 
economy of the United States and to cause unparalleled violence, 
corruption, and harm in the United States and abroad. For these 
reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to maintain economic 
pressures on significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia by 
blocking their property subject to the jurisdiction of the United 
States and by depriving them of access to the United States market and 
financial system.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
                                     The White House, October 19, 2000.

    Continuation of Emergency With Respect to Significant Narcotics 
                    Traffickers Centered in Colombia

  On October 21, 1995, by Executive Order 12978, I declared a national 
emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States 
constituted by the actions of significant narcotics traffickers 
centered in Colombia, and the unparalleled violence, corruption, and 
harm they cause in the United States and abroad. The order blocks all 
property and interests in property of foreign persons listed in an 
Annex to the order, as well as persons determined to play a significant 
role in international narcotics trafficking centered in Colombia, to 
materially assist in, or provide financial or technological support for 
or goods or services in support of, narcotics trafficking activities of 
persons designated in or pursuant to the order, or to be owned or 
controlled by, or to act for or on behalf of, persons designated in or 
pursuant to the order. The order also prohibits any transaction or 
dealing by United States persons or within the United States in such 
property or interests in property. Because the activities of 
significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia continue to 
threaten the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the 
United States and to cause unparalleled violence, corruption, and harm 
in the United States and abroad, the national emergency declared on 
October 21, 1995, and the measures adopted pursuant thereto to deal 
with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond October 21, 2000. 
Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing the national 
emergency for 1 year with respect to significant narcotics traffickers 
centered in Colombia. This notice shall be published in the Federal 
Register and transmitted to the Congress.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
The White House, October 19, 2000.

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