Termination of Emergency With Respect to the Actions and Policies of the Government of Burma

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 12, 2016)]

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Executive Order 13742 of October 7, 2016

Termination of Emergency With Respect to the

Actions and Policies of the Government of Burma

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

570 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and

Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997 (Public Law

104-208), the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003

(Public Law 108-61), the Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE

(Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008 (Public

Law 110-286) (the ``JADE Act''), section 212(f) of the

Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended (8

U.S.C. 1182(f)) (INA), and section 301 of title 3,

United States Code.

of 2003

(Public Law 108-61), the Tom Lantos Block Burmese JADE

(Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2008 (Public

Law 110-286) (the ``JADE Act''), section 212(f) of the

Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, as amended (8

U.S.C. 1182(f)) (INA), and section 301 of title 3,

United States Code.

I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of

America, find that the situation that gave rise to the

declaration of a national emergency in Executive Order

13047 of May 20, 1997, with respect to the actions and

policies of the Government of Burma, in particular a

deepening pattern of severe repression by the State Law

and Order Restoration Council, the then-governing

regime in Burma, as modified in scope by Executive

Order 13448 of October 18, 2007, and Executive Order

13619 of July 11, 2012, has been significantly altered

by Burma's substantial advances to promote democracy,

including historic elections in November 2015 that

resulted in the former opposition party, the National

League for Democracy, winning a majority of seats in

the national parliament and the formation of a

democratically elected, civilian-led government; the

release of many political prisoners; and greater

enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms,

including freedom of expression and freedom of

association and peaceful assembly

rity of seats in

the national parliament and the formation of a

democratically elected, civilian-led government; the

release of many political prisoners; and greater

enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms,

including freedom of expression and freedom of

association and peaceful assembly. Accordingly, I

hereby terminate the national emergency declared in

Executive Order 13047, and revoke that order, Executive

Order 13310 of July 28, 2003, Executive Order 13448,

Executive Order 13464 of April 30, 2008, Executive

Order 13619, and Executive Order 13651 of August 6,

2013, and further order:

Section 1. Pursuant to section 202(a) of the NEA (50

U.S.C. 1622(a)), termination of the national emergency

declared in Executive Order 13047, as modified in scope

by Executive Order 13448, and Executive Order 13619,

shall not affect any action taken or proceeding pending

not finally concluded or determined as of the effective

date of this order, any action or proceeding based on

any act committed prior to the effective date of this

order, or any rights or duties that matured or

penalties that were incurred prior to the effective

date of this order.

Sec. 2. Pursuant to section 5(i) of the JADE Act, I

hereby determine and certify that it is in the national

interest of the United States to waive, and hereby

waive, the sanctions described in section 5(b) of the

JADE Act.

penalties that were incurred prior to the effective

date of this order.

Sec. 2. Pursuant to section 5(i) of the JADE Act, I

hereby determine and certify that it is in the national

interest of the United States to waive, and hereby

waive, the sanctions described in section 5(b) of the

JADE Act.

Sec. 3. In light of the revocation of Executive Order

13310, Executive Order 13448, and Executive Order

13464, the suspension of entry as immigrants and

nonimmigrants, pursuant to Presidential Proclamation

8693 of July 24, 2011, and section 212(f) of the INA,

of individuals meeting the criteria in said orders will

no longer be in effect as of the effective date of this

order. In light of the revocation of Executive Order

13619, the suspension of entry as immigrants and

nonimmigrants of individuals meeting the criteria

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in that order will no longer be in effect as of the

effective date of this order and such individuals will

no longer be treated as persons covered by Presidential

Proclamation 8693.

Sec. 4. 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, or

entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any

other person.

Sec. 5. This order is effective at 1:00 p.m. eastern

daylight time on October 7, 2016.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

October 7, 2016.

s, its departments, agencies, or

entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any

other person.

Sec. 5. This order is effective at 1:00 p.m. eastern

daylight time on October 7, 2016.

(Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

October 7, 2016.

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