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                                                       110-53

 
      DECLARATION OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO LEBANON

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

  A DECLARATION OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO BLOCKING THE 
 PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS UNDERMINING THE SOVEREIGNTY OF LEBANON OR 
 ITS DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES AND INSTITUTIONS, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1701




   August 2, 2007.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
To the Congress of the United States:
    Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers 
Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), I hereby 
report that I have issued an Executive Order declaring a 
national emergency to deal with the threat in Lebanon posed by 
the actions of certain persons to undermine Lebanon's 
legitimate and democratically elected government or democratic 
institutions, to contribute to the deliberate breakdown in the 
rule of law in Lebanon, including through politically motivated 
violence and intimidation, to reassert Syrian control or 
contribute to Syrian interference in Lebanon or to infringe 
upon or undermine Lebanese sovereignty, contributing to 
political and economic instability in that country and the 
region. Such actions constitute an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security and foreign policy of the 
United States.
    This order will block the property and interests in 
property of persons determined by the Secretary of the 
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to have 
taken, or to pose a significant risk of taking, actions, 
including acts of violence, that have the purpose or effect of 
undermining Lebanon's democratic processes or institutions or 
contributing to the breakdown of the rule of law in Lebanon, 
supporting the reassertion of Syrian control or contributing to 
Syrian interference in Lebanon, or infringing upon or 
undermining Lebanese sovereignty. The order further authorizes 
the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, to block the property and interests in 
property of those persons determined to have materially 
assisted, sponsored, or provided financing, material, 
logistical, or technical support for, or goods or services in 
support of, such actions or any person whose property and 
interests in property are blocked pursuant to the order; to be 
a spouse or dependent child of any person whose property and 
interests in property are blocked pursuant to the order; or to 
be owned or controlled by, or to act or purport to act for or 
on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property 
and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the order.
    I delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, the authority to take 
such actions, including the promulgation of rules and 
regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President 
by IEEPA as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of my 
order.
    I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, August 1, 2007.
                            Executive Order

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Blocking Property of Persons Undermining the Sovereignty of Lebanon or 
               Its Democratic Processes and Institutions

    By the authority vested in me as President by the 
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, 
including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United 
States Code,
    I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of 
America, determine that the actions of certain persons to 
undermine Lebanon's legitimate and democratically elected 
government or democratic institutions, to contribute to the 
deliberate breakdown in the rule of law in Lebanon, including 
through politically motivated violence and intimidation, to 
reassert Syrian control or contribute to Syrian interference in 
Lebanon, or to infringe upon or undermine Lebanese sovereignty 
contribute to political and economic instability in that 
country and the region and constitute an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
policy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national 
emergency to deal with that threat. I hereby order:
    Section 1. (a) Except to the extent provided in section 
203(b)(1), (3), and (4) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(1), (3), 
and (4)), or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses 
that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding 
any contract entered into or any license or permit granted 
prior to the date of this order, all property and interests in 
property that are in the United States, that hereafter come 
within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within 
the possession or control of any United States person, 
including any overseas branch, of the following persons are 
blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, 
or otherwise dealt in:
    (i) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, 
in consultation with the Secretary of State:
    (A) to have taken, or to pose a significant risk of taking, 
actions, including acts of violence, that have the purpose or 
effect of undermining Lebanon's democratic processes or 
institutions, contributing to the breakdown of the rule of law 
in Lebanon, supporting the reassertion of Syrian control or 
otherwise contributing to Syrian interference in Lebanon, or 
infringing upon or undermining Lebanese sovereignty;
    (B) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided 
financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or 
services in support of, such actions, including acts of 
violence, or any person whose property and interests in 
property are blocked pursuant to this order;
    (C) to be a spouse or dependent child of any person whose 
property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this 
order; or
    (D) to be owned or controlled by, or acting or purporting 
to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 
to this order.
    (b) I hereby determine that the making of donations of the 
type of articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 
U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of any person 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant 
to paragraph (a) of this section would seriously impair my 
ability to deal with the national emergency declared in this 
order, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by 
paragraph (a) of this section.
    (c) The prohibitions in paragraph (a) of this section 
include but are not limited to (i) the making of any 
contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, 
or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests 
in property are blocked pursuant to this order, and (ii) the 
receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or 
services from any such person.
    Sec. 2. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or 
within the United States that evades or avoids, has the purpose 
of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate any of the 
prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
    (b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the 
prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
    Sec. 3. For the purposes of this order:
    (a) the term ``person'' means an individual or entity;
    (b) the term ``entity'' means a partnership, association, 
trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other 
organization; and
    (c) the term ``United States person'' means any United 
States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized 
under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within 
the United States (including foreign branches), or any person 
in the United States.
    Sec. 4. For those persons whose property and interests in 
property are blocked pursuant to this order who might have a 
constitutional presence in the United States, I find that, 
because of the ability to transfer funds or other assets 
instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to be 
taken pursuant to this order would render these measures 
ineffectual. I therefore determine that, for these measures to 
be effective in addressing the national emergency declared in 
this order, there need be no prior notice of a listing or 
determination made pursuant to section 1 of this order.
    Sec. 5. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such 
actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations, 
and to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA, as 
may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. The 
Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of these functions 
to other officers and agencies of the United States Government, 
consistent with applicable law. All agencies of the United 
States Government are hereby directed to take all appropriate 
measures within their authority to carry out the provisions of 
this order and, where appropriate, to advise the Secretary of 
the Treasury in a timely manner of the measures taken. The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall ensure compliance with those 
provisions of section 401 of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641) 
applicable to the Department of the Treasury in relation to 
this order.
    Sec. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation 
with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to submit the 
recurring and final reports to the Congress on the national 
emergency declared in this order, consistent with section 
401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)) and section 204(c) of 
IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)).
    Sec. 7. This order is not intended to create, nor does it 
create, any right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or 
procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party 
against the United States, its departments, agencies, 
instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or employees, or 
any other person.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, August 1, 2007.

                                  
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