[House Document 111-105]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
111th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 111-105
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 SYRIA,
ORIGINALLY DECLARED ON MAY 11, 2004, BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 13338, IS TO
CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND MAY 11, 2010, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)
May 5, 2010.--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 with respect to the actions of the
Government of Syria declared in Executive Order 13338 of May
11, 2004, and relied upon for additional steps taken in
Executive Order 13399 of April 25, 2006, and Executive Order
13460 of February 13, 2008, is to continue in effect beyond May
11, 2010.
While the Syrian government has made some progress in
suppressing foreign fighter networks infiltrating suicide
bombers into Iraq, its actions and policies, including
continuing support for terrorist organizations and pursuit of
weapons of mass destruction and missile programs, 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 to
address this national emergency. As we have communicated to the
Syrian government directly, Syrian actions will determine
whether this national emergency is renewed or terminated in the
future.
Barack Obama.
The White House, May 3, 2010.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Actions of
the Government of Syria
On May 11, 2004, pursuant to his 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, the President
issued Executive Order 13338, in which he 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, the
President issued Executive Order 13399 and Executive Order
13460, respectively, to take additional steps with respect to
this national emergency.
The President 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 U.S.
and international efforts with respect to the stabilization and
reconstruction of Iraq.
While the Syrian government has made some progress in
suppressing networks of foreign fighters bound for Iraq, its
actions and policies, including continuing support for
terrorist organizations and pursuit of weapons of mass
destruction and missile programs, continue to pose an unusual
and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign
policy, and economy of the United States. As a result, the
national emergency declared on May 11, 2004, and the measures
adopted on that date, 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,
2010. 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 declared with respect to
certain actions of the Government of Syria. The United States
will consider changes in the policies and actions of the
Government of Syria in determining whether to continue or
terminate this national emergency in the future and would
welcome progress by the Government of Syria on these matters.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
Barack Obama.
The White House, May 3, 2010.