[House Document 111-59]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




111th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 111-59

 
     CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO LEBANON

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

                              transmitting

 NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO THE 
 ACTIONS OF CERTAIN PERSONS TO UNDERMINE THE SOVEREIGNTY OF LEBANON OR 
  ITS DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES AND INSTITUTIONS IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT 
          BEYOND AUGUST 1, 2009, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




    July 31, 2009.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Commitee 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 with respect to the actions of 
certain persons to undermine the sovereignty of Lebanon or its 
democratic processes and institutions is to continue in effect 
beyond August 1, 2009.
    In the past 6 months, the United States has used dialogue 
with the Syrian government to address concerns and identify 
areas of mutual interest, including support for Lebanese 
sovereignty. Despite some positive developments in the past 
year, including the establishment of diplomatic relations and 
an exchange of ambassadors between Lebanon and Syria, the 
actions of certain persons continue to contribute to political 
and economic instability in Lebanon and the region and 
constitute a continuing unusual and extraordinary threat to the 
national security and foreign policy of the United States. For 
these reasons, I have determined that it is necessary to 
continue the national emergency declared on August 1, 2007, to 
deal with that threat and the related measures adopted on that 
date to respond to the emergency.
                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, July 30, 2009.

                                 Notice

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 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Actions of 
    Certain Persons To Undermine the Sovereignty of Lebanon or Its 
                 Democratic Processes and Institutions

    On August 1, 2007, by Executive Order 13441, the President 
declared a national emergency and ordered related measures 
blocking the property of certain persons undermining the 
sovereignty of Lebanon or its democratic processes or 
institutions and certain other persons, pursuant to the 
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-
1706). The President determined 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.
    Despite some positive developments in the past year, 
including the establishment of diplomatic relations and an 
exchange of ambassadors between Syria and Lebanon, the actions 
of certain persons continue to contribute to political and 
economic instability in Lebanon and continue to pose an unusual 
and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
policy of the United States. Therefore, the national emergency 
declared on August 1, 2007, and the measures adopted on that 
date to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect 
beyond August 1, 2009. 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 in 
Executive Order 13441.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, July 30, 2009.

                                  
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