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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1901. Findings and policy
(a) Findings
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Presidential Decision Directive 42, issued on October 21,
1995, ordered agencies of the executive branch of the United
States Government to, inter alia, increase the priority and
resources devoted to the direct and immediate threat
international crime presents to national security, work more
closely with other governments to develop a global response to
this threat, and use aggressively and creatively all legal means
available to combat international crime.
(2) Executive Order No. 12978 of October 21, 1995, provides for
the use of the authorities in the International Emergency
Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to target
and apply sanctions to four international narcotics traffickers
and their organizations that operate from Colombia.
(3) IEEPA was successfully applied to international narcotics
traffickers in Colombia and based on that successful case study,
Congress believes similar authorities should be applied
worldwide.
(4) There is a national emergency resulting from the activities
of international narcotics traffickers and their organizations
that threatens the national security, foreign policy, and economy
of the United States.
(b) Policy
It shall be the policy of the United States to apply economic and
other financial sanctions to significant foreign narcotics
traffickers and their organizations worldwide to protect the
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States
from the threat described in subsection (a)(4) of this section.
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