[Federal Register: November 24, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 226)]
[Notices]
[Page 65981]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Secretary
[Public Notice: 4542]
Extension of the Restriction on the Use of United States
Passports for Travel to, in, or Through Libya
On December 11, 1981, pursuant to the authority of 22 U.S.C. 211a
and Executive Order 11295 (31 FR 10603), and in accordance with 22 CFR
51.73(a)(3), all United States passports were declared invalid for
travel to, in, or through Libya unless specifically validated for such
travel. This restriction has been renewed yearly because of the
unsettled relations between the United States and the Government of
Libya and the possibility of hostile acts against Americans in Libya.
The American Embassy in Tripoli remains closed, thus preventing the
United States from providing routine diplomatic protection or consular
assistance to Americans who may travel to Libya.
In light of these events and circumstances, I have determined that
Libya continues to be a country ``where there is imminent danger to the
public health or physical safety of United States travellers'' within
the meaning of 22 U.S.C. 211a and 22 CFR 51.73(a)(3).
Accordingly, all United States passports shall remain invalid for
travel to, in, or through Libya unless specifically validated for such
travel under the authority of the Secretary of State.
This Public Notice shall be effective upon publication in the
Federal Register and the restriction herein shall expire at midnight
November 24, 2004, unless extended or sooner revoked by Public Notice.
The Department of State will review this restriction every three months
while it remains in effect.
Dated: November 17, 2003.
Colin L. Powell,
Secretary of State, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-29311 Filed 11-21-03; 8:45 am]
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