Termination of Combat Zone Designation in Vietnam and Waters Adjacent Thereto
Signed May 13, 1996·William J. Clinton·61 FR 24665
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Plain-language summary
Sets midnight on June 30, 1996, as the official end date for combat activities in the zone covering Vietnam and adjacent waters, as originally described in Executive Order 11216 of April 24, 1965. The designation is made under a provision of the Internal Revenue Code that allows the President to identify combat zones for tax purposes, meaning that after this termination date the area will no longer be treated as an active combat zone under that law.
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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 112(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C.
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The order, in full
Executive Order 13002 of May 13, 1996
Termination of Combat Zone Designation in Vietnam
and Waters Adjacent Thereto
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including section 112(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 112(c)(3)), June 30,
1996, as of midnight thereof, is hereby designated as
the date of termination of combatant activities in the
zone comprised of the area described in Executive Order
No. 11216 of April 24, 1965.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 13, 1996.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed May 13, 1996. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.