[House Document 109-21]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

109th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 109-21

 
      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SYRIA

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

   NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO BLOCKING 
    PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS AND PROHIBITING THE EXPORTATION AND 
REEXPORTATION OF CERTAIN GOODS TO SYRIA, ORIGINALLY DECLARED ON MAY 11, 
2004, BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 13338, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MAY 11, 
                  2005, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




May 9, 2005.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the Committee 
          on International Relations and ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                           Washington, May 5, 2005.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: Section 202(d) of the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic 
termination of a national emergency unless, prior to the 
anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in 
the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice 
stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the 
anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have 
sent the enclosed notice, stating that the national emergency 
declared in Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004, blocking 
property of certain persons and prohibiting the exportation and 
reexportation of certain goods to Syria, is to continue in 
effect beyond May 11, 2005, to the Federal Register for 
publication.
    The actions of the Government of Syria in supporting 
terrorism, pursuing weapons of mass destruction and missile 
programs, undermining United States and international efforts 
with respect to the stabilization and reconstruction of Iraq, 
and with respect to Lebanon pose a continuing, unusual, and 
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, 
and economy of the United States. For these reasons, I have 
determined that it is necessary to continue in effect the 
national emergency authorizing the blocking of property of 
certain persons and prohibiting the exportation and 
reexportation of certain goods to Syria, and to maintain in 
force the sanctions to respond to this threat.
            Sincerely,
                                                    George W. Bush.
                                 Notice

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  Continuation of the National Emergency Blocking Property of Certain 
      Persons and Prohibiting the Export of Certain Goods to Syria

    On May 11, 2004, pursuant to my authority under the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-
1706) and the Syria Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty 
Restoration Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-175), I issued 
Executive Order 13338 in which I declared a national emergency 
blocking the property of certain persons and prohibiting the 
exportation or reexportation of certain goods to Syria. I took 
this action to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat 
to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the 
United States constituted by the actions of the Government of 
Syria in supporting terrorism, continuing its occupation of 
Lebanon, pursuing weapons of mass destruction and missile 
programs, and undermining United States and international 
efforts with respect to the stabilization and reconstruction of 
Iraq.
    Because the actions and policies of the Government of Syria 
continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United 
States, the national emergency declared on May 11, 2004, and 
the measures adopted on that date to deal with that emergency, 
must continue in effect beyond May 11, 2005. Therefore, in 
accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national 
emergency blocking the property of certain persons and 
prohibiting the exportation or reexportation of certain goods 
to Syria.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, May 5, 2005.