Termination of Emergency With Respect to Haiti

1994-10-18Executive Order 12932
Signed by: William J. Clinton
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Headline: Ends Haiti National Emergency and Revokes Related Federal Orders

What it does: Agencies must treat the Haiti national emergency as terminated and apply the revocations of the listed executive orders, effective October 16, 1994.

Real World Impact:
  • Ends the national emergency for Haiti, stopping emergency measures by the government.
  • Revokes multiple prior executive orders tied to the Haiti emergency.
  • Keeps ongoing legal actions, penalties, and rights arising before effective date.
Topics: foreign policy, national security, Haiti, government orders

Summary

This executive order ends the national emergency concerning Haiti and revokes several prior executive orders related to that emergency.

It affects federal agencies that were carrying out measures under the Haiti emergency and people or businesses who were subject to those measures; ongoing legal actions, penalties, or rights tied to events before the effective date remain in force.

The order finds that the restoration of a democratically elected government in Haiti removed the threat that justified the emergency, and it takes effect at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on October 16, 1994.

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