Termination of Emergency With Respect to the Situation in Zimbabwe
Signed March 4, 2024·Joseph R. Biden Jr.·89 FR 15945
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Terminates the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13288 of 2003 regarding actions by certain members of Zimbabwe's government and others to undermine the country's democratic processes, and revokes that order along with Executive Order 13391 and Executive Order 13469, which had relied on and expanded it. The order states continued concern about violence, human rights abuses against political opponents, and public corruption in Zimbabwe, but finds the emergency declaration no longer necessary. It specifies that ending the emergency does not affect pending legal actions, actions based on acts committed before the order, or rights and duties already established. It also clarifies that the order does not alter existing agency authority or the budgetary functions of the Office of Management and Budget, and creates no enforceable legal rights for outside parties.
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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 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), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code
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Disposition
Revokes: EO 13288, March 6, 2003; EO 13391, November 22, 2005; EO 13469, July 25, 2008
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The order, in full
Executive Order 14118 of March 4, 2024
Termination of Emergency With Respect to the
Situation in Zimbabwe
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), and
section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States
of America, find that the declaration of a national
emergency in Executive Order 13288 of March 6, 2003,
with respect to the actions and policies of certain
members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons
to undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or
institutions, as relied upon for additional steps taken
in Executive Order 13391 of November 22, 2005, and as
expanded by Executive Order 13469 of July 25, 2008,
should no longer be in effect. Although I continue to
be concerned with the situation in Zimbabwe,
particularly with respect to acts of violence and other
human rights abuses against political opponents and
with respect to public corruption, including misuse of
public authority, the declaration of a national
emergency in Executive Order 13288 is no longer needed.
Accordingly, I hereby terminate the national emergency
declared in Executive Order 13288, and revoke that
order, Executive Order 13391, and Executive Order
13469, 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 13288, as relied upon for
additional steps taken in Executive Order 13391, and as
expanded by Executive Order 13469, shall not affect any
action taken or proceeding pending not finally
concluded or determined as of the date of this order,
any action or proceeding based on any act committed
prior to the date of this order, or any rights or
duties that matured or penalties that were incurred
prior to the date of this order.
Sec. 2. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to
impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or
the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.
(c) 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.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 4, 2024.Reproduced from the Federal Register plain-text record, signed March 4, 2024. Typesetting artifacts are removed; no wording is changed.