[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 9, 2007)]
[House]
[Pages H4734-H4735]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY BLOCKING PROPERTY OF CERTAIN 
 PERSONS AND PROHIBITING THE EXPORT OF CERTAIN GOODS TO SYRIA--MESSAGE 
      FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 110-33)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, without objection, referred to the 
Committee on Appropriations 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 in Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004, 
and expanded in scope in Executive Order 13399 of April 25, 2006, 
authorizing the blocking of property of certain persons and prohibiting 
the exportation and reexportation of certain goods to Syria, is to 
continue in effect beyond May 11, 2007.
  The actions of the Government of Syria in supporting terrorism, 
interfering in Lebanon, pursuing weapons of mass destruction and 
missile programs, and undermining United States and

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international efforts with respect to the stabilization and 
reconstruction of Iraq pose a continuing unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the 
United States. For these reasons, I have determined that it is 
necessary to continue in effect the national emergency declared with 
respect to this threat and to maintain in force the sanctions I have 
ordered to address this national emergency.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, May 8, 2007.

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