federal register Wednesday July 7 1999 Part IV The President Executive Order 13129—Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With the Taliban 36759 Federal Register Presidential Documents Vol 64 No 129 Wednesday July 7 1999 Title 3— Executive Order 13129 of July 4 1999 The President Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With the Taliban 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 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 36760 Federal Register Vol 64 No 129 Wednesday July 7 1999 Presidential Documents 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 Islamie 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 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 the 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 Federal Register Vol 64 No 129 Wednesday July 7 1999 Presidential Documents 36761 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 œ– THE WHITE HOUSE July 4 1999 Billing code 3195–01–P Annex FR Doc 99–17444 Filed 7–6–99 12 38 pm Billing code 4710–10–M Mohammed Omar Amir al-Mumineen Commander of the Faithful