[House Document 113-142]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
113th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 113-142
CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO LEBANON
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MESSAGE
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
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, 2014, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C.
1622(d)
July 30, 2014.--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 with respect to Lebanon that was
declared in Executive Order 13441 of August 1, 2007, is to
continue in effect beyond August 1, 2014.
Certain ongoing activities, such as continuing arms
transfers to Hizballah, which 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 this reason, I have determined that it is necessary
to continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order
13441 with respect to Lebanon.
Barack Obama.
The White House, July 29, 2014.
Notice
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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Lebanon
On August 1, 2007, by Executive Order 13441, the President
declared a national emergency with respect to Lebanon pursuant
to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
1701-1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to
the national security and foreign policy of the United States
constituted 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. Such
actions contribute to political and economic instability in
that country and the region.
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.
For this reason, 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, 2014.
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 with respect to Lebanon 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 29, 2014.