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Presidential Notice 12947

Continuation of Emergency Regarding Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process

President Clinton continued the national emergency first declared in 1995 regarding foreign terrorists threatening the Middle East peace process, extending sanctions that block assets of designated terrorists and prohibit U.S. persons from transactions with them. The continuation, issued under the National Emergencies Act, extends the emergency and its measures beyond their January 23, 2001 expiration date.

Federal Register Open PDF 66 FR 7371

Impact dates

  1. Prior emergency authority would have expired without continuation

Key directives

  • Continue national emergency declared January 23, 1995
  • Continue measures effective January 24, 1995
  • Publish notice in Federal Register
  • Transmit notice to Congress

Timeline

Immediate

  • National emergency and asset-blocking sanctions continue beyond January 23, 2001

Near term (90d)

  • Annual congressional notification and Federal Register publication

Long term

  • Ongoing sanctions regime remains in effect until further notice or termination

Risks & tensions

  • Procedural continuation without policy reassessment may perpetuate authorities indefinitely
  • Bin Laden designation (1998) shows evolution of threat beyond original Middle East peace process scope
Presidential Notice 12947: Continuation of Emergency Regarding Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process · Executive Orders