    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 43 (Monday, November 3, 2008)]
    [Pages 1395-1397]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Executive Order 13477--Settlement of Claims Against Libya

    October 31, 2008

        By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and
    the laws of the United States of America, and pursuant to the August 14,
    2008, claims settlement agreement between the United States of America
    and Libya (Claims Settlement Agreement), and in recognition of the
    October 31, 2008, certification of the Secretary of State, pursuant to
    section 5(a)(2) of the Libyan Claims Resolution Act (Public Law 110-
    301), and

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    in order to continue the process of normalizing relations between the
    United States and Libya, it is hereby ordered as follows:
        Section 1. All claims within the terms of Article I of the Claims
    Settlement Agreement (Article I) are settled.
        (a) Claims of United States nationals within the terms of Article I
    are espoused by the United States and are settled according to the terms
    of the Claims Settlement Agreement.
         (i) No United States national may assert or maintain any claim
          within the terms of Article I in any forum, domestic or foreign,
          except under the procedures provided for by the Secretary of
          State.
         (ii) Any pending suit in any court, domestic or foreign, by United
          States nationals (including any suit with a judgment that is still
          subject to appeal or other forms of direct judicial review) coming
          within the terms of Article I shall be terminated.
         (iii) The Secretary of State shall provide for procedures governing
          applications by United States nationals with claims within the
          terms of Article I for compensation for those claims.
         (iv) The Attorney General shall enforce this subsection through all
          appropriate means, which may include seeking the dismissal, with
          prejudice, of any claim of a United States national within the
          terms of Article I pending or filed in any forum, domestic or
          foreign.
        (b) Claims of foreign nationals within the terms of Article I are
    settled according to the terms of the Claims Settlement Agreement.
         (i) No foreign national may assert or maintain any claim coming
          within the terms of Article I in any court in the United States.
         (ii) Any pending suit in any court in the United States by foreign
          nationals (including any suit with a judgment that is still
          subject to appeal or other forms of direct judicial review) coming
          within the terms of Article I shall be terminated.
         (iii) Neither the dismissal of the lawsuit, nor anything in this
          order, shall affect the ability of any foreign national to pursue
          other available remedies for claims coming within the terms of
          Article I in foreign courts or through the efforts of foreign
          governments.

         (iv) The Attorney General shall enforce this subsection through all
          appropriate means, which may include seeking the dismissal, with
          prejudice, of any claim of a foreign national within the terms of
          Article I pending or filed in any court in the United States.

        Sec. 2. For purposes of this order:

        (a) The term ``United States national'' has the same meaning as
    ``national of the United States'' in section 101(a)(22) of the
    Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(22)), but also
    includes any entity organized under the laws of the United States or any
    jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches).

        (b) The term ``foreign national'' means any person other than a
    United States national.

        (c) The term ``person'' means any individual or entity, including
    both natural and juridical persons.

        (d) The term ``entity'' means a partnership, association, trust,
    joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization.

        Sec. 3. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any
    right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in
    equity by any party against the United States, its departments,
    agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or employees, or
    any other person.

                                                    George W. Bush

     The White House,
     October 31, 2008.

     [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., November 4,
    2008]

    Note: This Executive order will be published in the Federal Register on
    November 5.

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