[House Document 115-145]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
115th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 115-145
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO LEBANON
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COMMUNICATION
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO
LEBANON THAT WAS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13441 OF AUGUST 1, 2007 IS
TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND AUGUST 1, 2018, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C.
1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)
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July 31, 2018.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and
ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
79-011 WASHINGTON : 2018
The White House,
Washington, July 27, 2018.
Hon. Paul D. Ryan,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Mr. Speaker: 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
before 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 declared in Executive Order 13441 of August
1, 2007, is to continue in effect beyond August 1, 2018.
Certain ongoing activities, such as Iran's 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.
Sincerely,
Donald J. Trump.
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 Iran's continuing arms
transfers to Hizballah--which include increasingly
sophisticated weapons systems--serve to 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, 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, 2018. 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
with respect to Lebanon declared in Executive Order 13441.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
Donald J. Trump.
The White House, July 27, 2018.