[House Document 118-155]
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118th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-155
 
     CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO LEBANON

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 THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
                              transmitting

   NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO LEBANON, 
DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13441 ON AUGUST 1, 2007, IS TO CONTINUE IN 
EFFECT BEYOND AUGUST 1, 2024, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 
                  94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  
                  

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   July 30, 2024.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                         
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                                           The White House,
                                         Washington, July 29, 2024.
Hon. Mike Johnson,
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 
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 declared in Executive Order 13441 of August 
1, 2007, is to continue in effect beyond August 1, 2024.
    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.
    Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to 
continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
13441 with respect to Lebanon.
            Sincerely,
                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

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