[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 35 (Monday, August 31, 1998)]
[Pages 1649-1650]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13099--Prohibiting Transactions With Terrorists Who 
Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process

August 20, 1998

    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.), and section 301 of title 3, 
United States Code,
    I, William J. Clinton, President of the United States of America, in 
order to take additional steps with respect to grave acts of violence 
committed by foreign terrorists that disrupt the Middle East peace 
process and the national emergency described and declared in Executive 
Order 12947 of January 23, 1995, hereby order:
    Section 1. The title of the Annex to Executive Order 12947 of 
January 23, 1995, is revised to read ``Terrorists Who Threaten To 
Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process.''
    Sec. 2. The Annex to Executive Order 12947 of January 23, 1995, is 
amended by adding thereto the following persons in appropriate 
alphabetical order:
    Usama bin Muhammad bin Awad bin Ladin (a.k.a. Usama bin Ladin)
    Islamic Army (a.k.a. Al-Qaida, Islamic Salvation Foundation, The 
Islamic Army for the Liberation of the Holy Places, The World Islamic 
Front for Jihad Against Jews and Crusaders, and The Group for the 
Preservation of the Holy Sites)
    Abu Hafs al-Masri
    Rifa'i Ahmad Taha Musa
    Sec. 3. Nothing contained in this order shall create any right or 
benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable by any party against the 
United States, its agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or 
employees, or any other person.
    Sec. 4. (a) This order is effective at 12:01 a.m., eastern daylight 
time on August 21, 1998.
    (b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress and published in 
the Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
August 20, 1998.

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[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., August 24, 
1998]

Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on August 22, and it was published in the Federal Register on 
August 25.