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Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President of the Senate
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 13, 2006

Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President of the Senate


˙˙˙˙˙ In Focus: Africa

October 13, 2006

Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)

Consistent with subsection 204(b) of the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(b)(IEEPA), and section 301 of the National
Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1631 (NEA), I hereby report that I have issued
an Executive Order (the "order") to take additional steps with respect to
the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13067 of November 3,
1997.

On October 13, 2006, I signed into law the Darfur Peace and Accountability
Act of 2006 (DPAA), which, among other things, calls for support of the
regional government of Southern Sudan, assistance with the peace efforts in
the Darfur region of Sudan, and provision of economic assistance in
specified areas of Sudan. Section 7 of the DPAA maintains the sanctions
currently imposed on the Government of Sudan. However, section 8(e) of the
DPAA exempts from the prohibitions of Executive Order 13067 certain areas
in Sudan, including Southern Sudan, Southern Kordofan/Nuba Mountains State,
Blue Nile State, Abyei, Darfur, and marginalized areas in and around
Khartoum.

Pursuant to IEEPA and the NEA, I determined that the Government of Sudan
continues to implement policies and actions that violate human rights, in
particular with respect to the conflict in Darfur, where the Government of
Sudan exercises administrative and legal authority and pervasive practical
influence, and that the Government of Sudan has a pervasive role in the
petroleum and petrochemical industries in Sudan. In light of these
determinations, and in order to reconcile sections 7 and 8 of the DPAA, I
issued this order to continue the country wide blocking of the Government
of Sudan's property and to prohibit transactions relating to the petroleum
and petrochemical industries in Sudan.

The order blocks the property and interests in property of the Government
of Sudan 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, including their overseas branches. The
order also prohibits all transactions by United States persons relating to
the petroleum or petrochemical industries in Sudan, including, but not
limited to, oilfield services and oil or gas pipelines.

The order specifies that Executive Order 13067 remains in force, but that
the prohibitions in section 2 of that order shall not apply to activities
and transactions with respect to Southern Sudan, Southern Kordofan/Nuba
Mountains State, Blue Nile State, Abyei, Darfur, or marginalized areas in
and around Khartoum, provided that the activities or transactions do not
involve any property or interests in property of the Government of Sudan.

Sincerely,

GEORGE W. BUSH

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