Defense and national security

Executive Order 13099: Prohibiting Transactions With Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process

President: Bill Clinton

Updated the 1995 Middle East peace-process sanctions order, renamed its annex and added Usama bin Ladin, al-Qaida and two other people.

Status: In effect.

Is Executive Order 13099 still in effect? Yes. Active amendment to EO 12947; OFAC continues to list it as a counterterrorism authority.

What does Executive Order 13099 do?

EO 13099 amended EO 12947 by retitling its annex and adding Usama bin Ladin, the Islamic Army (identified in the order by aliases including al-Qaida), Abu Hafs al-Masri and Rifa’i Ahmad Taha Musa. EO 12947’s existing blocking and transaction prohibitions then applied to the added entries. EO 13224 later established a broader global terrorism authority, and EO 13886 updated that framework. OFAC still lists EO 13099 among the authorities for its Counter Terrorism Sanctions program.

Administration position: The order added named entries to EO 12947’s sanctions annex; it did not impose a geographic embargo on the Middle East.
SignedAugust 20, 1998
EffectiveAugust 21, 1998, 12:01 a.m. EDT
AmendedEO 12947 and its annex

Before and after

Before the order

EO 12947 already blocked property and restricted transactions involving persons in its annex.

After the order

The annex was retitled and four entries were added; the existing prohibitions applied to them.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
Treasury SecretaryAdminister blocking rules and licensesContinuing
US personsAvoid dealings with covered persons and propertyContinuing
Financial institutionsBlock and report covered propertyContinuing

What happened next

EO 13099 was signed.

It took effect at 12:01 a.m. EDT.

EO 13224 took effect as a broader terrorism authority.

EO 13886 modernized terrorism sanctions.