[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 27 (Monday, July 8, 2002)]
[Pages 1129-1130]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13268--Termination of Emergency With Respect to the 
Taliban and Amendment of Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001

July 2, 2002

    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.) (NEA), section 5 of the United 
Nations Participation Act of 1945, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c), and 
section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
    I, George W. Bush, President of the United States of America, find 
that the situation that gave rise to the declaration of a national 
emergency in Executive Order 13129 of July 4, 1999, with respect to the 
Taliban, 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, has been significantly altered given the success 
of the military campaign in Afghanistan, and hereby revoke that order 
and terminate the national emergency declared in that order with respect 
to the Taliban. At the same time, and in order to take additional steps 
with respect to the grave acts of terrorism and threats of terrorism 
committed by foreign terrorists, the continuing and immediate threat of 
further attacks on United States nationals or the United States, and the 
national emergency described and declared in Executive Order 13224 of 
September 23, 2001, I hereby order:
    Section 1. The Annex to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001, 
is amended by adding thereto the following persons in appropriate 
alphabetical order:
    Mohammed Omar (aka, Amir al-Mumineen [Commander of the Faithful])
    The Taliban.
    Sec. 2. For the purposes of this order and Executive Order 13224 of 
September 23, 2001, the term ``the Taliban'' is also known as the 
``Taleban,'' ``Islamic Movement of Taliban,'' ``the Taliban Islamic 
Movement,'' ``Talibano Islami Tahrik,'' and ``Tahrike Islami'a 
Taliban''. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of 
the Treasury, is hereby authorized to modify the definition of the term 
``the Taliban,'' as appropriate.
    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. Pursuant to section 202 of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1622), 
termination of the national emergency with respect to the Taliban shall 
not affect any action taken or proceeding pending not finally concluded 
or determined as of the date of this order, or any action or proceeding 
based on any act committed prior to the date of this order, or any 
rights or duties that matured or penalties that were incurred prior to 
the date of this order.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 July 2, 2002.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:09 a.m., July 2, 
2002]

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Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on July 
3.