Executive Orders EO 13269 States, its agencies or instrumentalities, its officers or employees, or any other person. Sec. 4. Pursuant to section 202 of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1622), termination of the national emergency with respect to the Taliban shall not affect any action taken or proceeding pending not finally concluded or determined as of the date of this order, or any action or proceeding based on any act com- mitted prior to the date of this order, or any rights or duties that matured or penalties that were incurred prior to the date of this order. GEORGE W. BUSH THE WHITE HOUSE, i\177]y 2, 2002. Executive Order 13269 of July 3, 2002 Expedited Naturalization of Aliens and Noncitizen Nationals Serving in an Active-Duty Status During the War on Terrorism By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the ]aws of the United States of America, including section 329 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1440) (the "Act"), and solely in order to pro- vide expedited naturalization for aliens and noncitizen nationals serving in an active-duty status in the Armed Forces of the United States during the period of the war against terrorists of global reach, it is hereby ordered as follows: For the purpose of determining qualification for the exception from the usual requirements for naturalization, I designate as a period in which the Armed Forces of the United States were engaged in armed conflict with a hostile foreign force the period beginning on September \177, 200\177. Such pe- riod will be deemed to terminate on a date designated by future Executive Order. Those persons serving honorably in active-duty status in the Armed Forces of the United States, during the period beginning on September 1l, 200% and terminating on the date to be so designated, are eligible for natu- ralization in accordance with the statutory exception to the naturalization requirements, as provided in section 329 of the Act. Nothing contained in this order is intended to affect, nor does it affect, any other power, right, or obligation of the United States, its agencies, officers, employees, or any other person under Federal law or the law of nations. GEORGE W. BUSH THE WHITE HOUSE, July 3, 2002. 241
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