[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 27 (Monday, July 12, 1999)]
[Pages 1281-1283]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13129--Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions 
With the Taliban

July 4, 1999

    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.) (``IEEPA''), 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, 
find that the actions and policies of the Taliban in Afghanistan, in 
allowing territory under its control in Afghanistan to be used as a safe 
haven and base of operations for Usama bin Ladin and the Al-Qaida 
organization who have committed and threaten to continue to commit acts 
of violence against the United States and its nationals, constitute an 
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
policy of the United States, and hereby declare a national emergency to 
deal with that threat.
    I hereby order:
    Section 1. Except to the extent provided in section 203(b) of IEEPA 
(50 U.S.C. 1702(b)) and in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses 
that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any 
contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the 
effective date:

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    (a) all property and interests in property of the Taliban; and
    (b) all property and interests in property of persons determined by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State and the Attorney General:
    (i) to be owned or controlled by, or to act for or on behalf of, the 
Taliban; or
    (ii) to provide financial, material, or technological support for, 
or services in support of, any of the foregoing,

that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United 
States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control 
of United States persons, are blocked.
    Sec. 2. Except to the extent provided in section 203(b) of IEEPA (50 
U.S.C. 1702(b)) and in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that 
may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract 
entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the effective 
date:
    (a) any transaction or dealing by United States persons or within 
the United States in property or interests in property blocked pursuant 
to this order is prohibited, including the making or receiving of any 
contribution of funds, goods, or services to or for the benefit of the 
Taliban or persons designated pursuant to this order;
    (b) the exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or 
indirectly, from the United States, or by a United States person, 
wherever located, of any goods, software, technology (including 
technical data), or services to the territory of Afghanistan controlled 
by the Taliban or to the Taliban or persons designated pursuant to this 
order is prohibited;
    (c) the importation into the United States of any goods, software, 
technology, or services owned or controlled by the Taliban or persons 
designated pursuant to this order or from the territory of Afghanistan 
controlled by the Taliban is prohibited;
    (d) any transaction by any United States person or within the United 
States that evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, 
or attempts to violate, any of the prohibitions set forth in this order 
is prohibited; and
    (e) any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set 
forth in this order is prohibited.
    Sec. 3. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, is hereby directed to authorize commercial sales of 
agricultural commodities and products, medicine, and medical equipment 
for civilian end use in the territory of Afghanistan controlled by the 
Taliban under appropriate safeguards to prevent diversion to military, 
paramilitary, or terrorist end users or end use or to political end use.
    Sec. 4. For the purposes of this order:
    (a) the term ``person'' means an individual or entity;
    (b) the term ``entity'' means a partnership, association, 
corporation, or other organization, group, or subgroup;
    (c) the term ``the Taliban'' means the political/military entity 
headquartered in Kandahar, Afghanistan that as of the date of this order 
exercises de facto control over the territory of Afghanistan described 
in paragraph (d) of this section, its agencies and instrumentalities, 
and the Taliban leaders listed in the Annex to this order or designated 
by the Secretary of State in consultation with the Secretary of the 
Treasury and the Attorney General. The Taliban is also known as the 
``Taleban,'' ``Islamic Movement of Taliban,'' ``the Taliban Islamic 
Movement,'' ``Talibano Islami Tahrik,'' and ``Tahrike Islami'a 
Taliban'';
    (d) the term ``territory of Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban'' 
means the territory referred to as the ``Islamic Emirate of 
Afghanistan,'' known in Pashtun as ``de Afghanistan Islami Emarat'' or 
in Dari as ``Emarat Islami-e Afghanistan,'' including the following 
provinces of the country of Afghanistan: Kandahar, Farah, Helmund, 
Nimruz, Herat, Badghis, Ghowr, Oruzghon, Zabol, Paktiha, Ghazni, 
Nangarhar, Lowgar, Vardan, Faryab, Jowlan, Balkh, and Paktika. The 
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, 
is hereby authorized to modify the description of the term ``territory 
of Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban'';
    (e) the term ``United States person'' means any United States 
citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws

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of the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the 
United States.
    Sec. 5. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State and the Attorney General, is hereby authorized to 
take such actions, including promulgation of rules and regulations, and 
to employ all powers granted to me by IEEPA as may be necessary to carry 
out the purposes of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may 
redelegate any of these functions to other officers and agencies of the 
United States Government. All agencies of the United States Government 
are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their 
authority to carry out the provisions of this order.
    Sec. 6. 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. 7. (a) This order is effective at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight 
Time on July 6, 1999.
    (b) This order shall be transmitted to the Congress and published in 
the Federal Register.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
July 4, 1999.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 12:38 p.m., July 6, 
1999]

Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on July 6, and it was published in the Federal Register on 
July 7.