[House Document 112-127]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



112th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 112-127


 
       CONTINUATION OF 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 IS 
  TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND AUGUST 1, 2012, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 
                                1622(d)




    July 24, 2012.--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, within 90 days 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, 2012.
    Certain ongoing activities, such as continuing arms 
transfers to Hizballah that include increasingly sophisticated 
weapons systems, undermine Lebanese sovereignty, contribute to 
political and economic instability in the region, and continue 
to constitute an 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 24, 2012.
                                 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 or 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.
    Certain ongoing activities, such as continuing arms 
transfers to Hizballah that include increasingly sophisticated 
weapons systems, serve to undermine Lebanese sovereignty, 
contribute to political and economic instability in Lebanon, 
and continue to constitute 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, 2012. 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 24, 2012.

                                  
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