[House Document 110-33]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




110th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 110-33

 
                 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, 
                  2007, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)





    May 10, 2007.--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, authorizing the blocking of property of certain 
persons and prohibiting the exportation and reexportation of 
certain goods to Syria, is to continue in effect beyond May 11, 
2007.
    The actions of the Government of Syria in supporting 
terrorism, interfering in 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 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 8, 2007.
                                 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 
authorizing the blocking of property of certain persons and 
prohibiting the exportation or reexportation of certain goods 
to Syria. On April 25, 2006, I issued Executive Order 13399 to 
expand the scope of 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, 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 and on April 25, 2006, in 
Executive Order 13399, to deal with that emergency, must 
continue in effect beyond May 11, 2007. 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 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 8, 2007.

                                  
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