[House Document 110-109]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

110th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 110-109

 
      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SYRIA

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

                              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, 
                  2008, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




May 8, 2008.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the Committee 
              on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
To the Congress of the United States:
    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 to the Federal 
Register for publication the enclosed notice, stating that the 
national emergency declared in Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 
2004, and expanded in scope in Executive Order 13399 of April 
25, 2006, and Executive Order 13460 of February 13, 2008, 
authorizing the blocking of property of certain persons and 
prohibiting the exportation and re-exportation of certain goods 
to Syria, is to continue in effect beyond May 11, 2008.
    The actions of the Government of Syria in supporting 
terrorism, interfering in Lebanon, pursuing weapons of mass 
destruction and missile programs including the recent 
revelation of illicit nuclear cooperation with North Korea, and 
undermining U.S. and international efforts with respect to the 
stabilization and reconstruction of Iraq 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 declared with respect to this 
threat and to maintain in force the sanctions I have ordered to 
address this national emergency.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, May 7, 2008.
                                 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 
with respect to the actions of the Government of Syria. To deal 
with this national emergency, Executive Order 13338 authorized 
the blocking of property of certain persons and prohibited the 
exportation or re-exportation of certain goods to Syria. On 
April 25, 2006, and February 13, 2008, I issued Executive Order 
13399 and Executive Order 13460, respectively, to take 
additional steps with respect to this national emergency.
    I took these actions 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, maintaining 
its then-existing occupation of Lebanon, pursuing weapons of 
mass destruction and missile programs including the recent 
revelation of illicit nuclear cooperation with North Korea, and 
undermining U.S. 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 and on April 25, 2006, in 
Executive Order 13399, and on February 13, 2008, in Executive 
Order 13460, to deal with that emergency, must continue in 
effect beyond May 11, 2008. 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 
authorizing the blocking of property of certain persons and 
prohibiting the exportation or re-exportation 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 7, 2008.

                                  
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