[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 14 (Monday, April 9, 2001)]
[Page 573]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13206--Termination of Emergency Authority for Certain 
Export Controls

April 4, 2001

    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.), the Export 
Administration Act of 1979, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.) 
(the ``Act''), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, it is 
hereby ordered as follows:
    Section 1. In view of the reauthorization and extension of the Act 
by Public Law 106-508, Executive Order 12924 of August 19, 1994, which 
continued the effect of export control regulations under IEEPA, is 
revoked, and the declaration of economic emergency is rescinded, as 
provided in this order.
    Sec. 2. The revocation of Executive Order 12924 shall not affect any 
violation of any rules, regulations, orders, licenses, or other forms of 
administrative action under that order that occurred during the period 
the order was in effect. All rules and regulations issued or continued 
in effect under the authority of IEEPA and Executive Order 12924, 
including those codified at 15 C.F.R. 730-74 (2000), and all orders, 
regulations, licenses, and other forms of administrative action issued, 
taken, or continued in effect pursuant thereto, remain in full force and 
effect, as if issued, taken, or continued in effect pursuant to and as 
authorized by the Act or by other appropriate authority until amended or 
revoked by the proper authority. Nothing in this order shall affect the 
continued applicability of the provision for the administration of the 
Act and delegations of authority set forth in Executive Order 12002 of 
July 7, 1977, Executive Order 12214 of May 2, 1980, Executive Order 
12938 of November 14, 1994, as amended, Executive Order 12981 of 
December 5, 1995, as amended, and Executive Order 13026 of November 15, 
1996.
    Sec. 3. All rules, regulations, orders, licenses, and other forms of 
administrative action issued, taken, or continued in effect pursuant to 
the authority of IEEPA and Executive Order 12924 relating to the 
administration of section 38(e) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 
U.S.C. 2778(e)) shall remain in full force and effect until amended or 
revoked under proper authority.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 April 4, 2001.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., April 6, 
2001]

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
April 9.