[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 50 (Monday, December 17, 2001)]
[Pages 1787-1788]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13239--Designation of Afghanistan and the Airspace Above 
as a Combat Zone

December 12, 2001

    Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President by the 
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including 
section 112 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 112), I 
designate, for purposes of that section, Afghanistan, including the 
airspace above, as an area in which Armed Forces of the United States 
are and have been engaged in combat.
    For purposes of this order, I designate September 19, 2001, as the 
date of the commencement of combatant activities in such zone.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 December 12, 2001.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:38 a.m., December 
13, 2001]

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Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on December 14, and was published in the Federal Register on 
December 14.