14 December 2001
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[Federal Register: December 14, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 241)]
[Presidential Documents]
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Part II

The President

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Executive Order 13239--Designation of Afghanistan and the Airspace
Above as a Combat Zone

                        Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Executive Order 13239 of December 12, 2001


                Designation of Afghanistan and the Airspace Above
                as a Combat Zone

                Pursuant to the authority vested in me as President by
                the Constitution and the laws of the United States of
                America, including section 112 of the Internal Revenue
                Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 112), I designate, for purposes
                of that section, Afghanistan, including the airspace
                above, as an area in which Armed Forces of the United
                States are and have been engaged in combat.

                For purposes of this order, I designate September 19,
                2001, as the date of the commencement of combatant
                activities in such zone.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    December 12, 2001.

[FR Doc. 01-31119
Filed 12-13-01; 11:38 am]
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