Termination of Emergency With Respect to the Situation in Burundi
Headline: Terminates United States National Emergency and Entry Restrictions on Burundi
What it does: Federal agencies must end enforcement of the 2015 Burundi national emergency and lift the related entry suspension.
- People who met prior criteria will no longer be barred from entry.
- Pending actions or penalties for conduct before this order remain unaffected.
- Agencies keep their legal authorities; implementation depends on available funding.
Summary
This order ends the national emergency the United States declared in 2015 over the situation in Burundi and revokes that earlier order. It also ends the suspension on entry for people who met the criteria in that 2015 order, so those individuals will no longer be treated as covered by the prior travel proclamation.
The order cites recent changes — a transfer of power after 2020 elections, decreased violence, and reforms — as reasons for termination. It preserves ongoing legal actions from before the order and says agencies retain their authority while implementation depends on applicable law and available funding.
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