[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 226 (Monday, November 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 65981]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29311]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Office of the Secretary

[Public Notice: 4542]


Extension of the Restriction on the Use of United States 
Passports for Travel to, in, or Through Libya

    On December 11, 1981, pursuant to the authority of 22 U.S.C. 211a 
and Executive Order 11295 (31 FR 10603), and in accordance with 22 CFR 
51.73(a)(3), all United States passports were declared invalid for 
travel to, in, or through Libya unless specifically validated for such 
travel. This restriction has been renewed yearly because of the 
unsettled relations between the United States and the Government of 
Libya and the possibility of hostile acts against Americans in Libya. 
The American Embassy in Tripoli remains closed, thus preventing the 
United States from providing routine diplomatic protection or consular 
assistance to Americans who may travel to Libya.
    In light of these events and circumstances, I have determined that 
Libya continues to be a country ``where there is imminent danger to the 
public health or physical safety of United States travellers'' within 
the meaning of 22 U.S.C. 211a and 22 CFR 51.73(a)(3).
    Accordingly, all United States passports shall remain invalid for 
travel to, in, or through Libya unless specifically validated for such 
travel under the authority of the Secretary of State.
    This Public Notice shall be effective upon publication in the 
Federal Register and the restriction herein shall expire at midnight 
November 24, 2004, unless extended or sooner revoked by Public Notice. 
The Department of State will review this restriction every three months 
while it remains in effect.

    Dated: November 17, 2003.
Colin L. Powell,
Secretary of State, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-29311 Filed 11-21-03; 8:45 am]
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