Foreign
Relations Bill X
H. R. 19
A BILL
To nullify the effect of certain provisions of various Executive orders.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the `Terrorist Elimination Act of 2001'.
Congress finds that--
(1) past Presidents have issued Executive orders which severely limit the use of the military when dealing with potential threats against the United States of America;
(2) these Executive orders limit the swift, sure, and precise action needed by the United States to protect our national security;
(3) present strategy allows the military forces to bomb large targets hoping to eliminate a terrorist leader, but prevents our country from designing a limited action which would specifically accomplish that purpose;
(4) on several occasions the military has been ordered to use a military strike hoping, in most cases unsuccessfully, to remove a terrorist leader who has committed crimes against the United State;
(5) as the threat from terrorism grows, America must continue to investigate effective ways to combat the menace posed by those who would murder American citizens simply to make a political point; and
(6) actions by the United States Government to remove such persons is a remedy which should be used sparingly and considered only after all other reasonable options have failed or are not available; however, this is an option our country must maintain for cases in which international threats cannot be eliminated by other means.
The following provisions of Executive orders shall have no further force or effect:
(1) Section 5(g) of Executive Order 11905. g) Prohibition of Assassination. No employee of the United States Government shall engage in, or conspire to engage in, political assassination.
(2) Section 2-305 of Executive Order 12036.
(3) Section 2.11 of Executive Order 12333.