[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 30, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S7775]
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  REPORT RELATIVE TO THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH 
RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS OF CERTAIN PERSONS TO UNDERMINE THE SOVEREIGNTY 
     OF LEBANON OR ITS DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES AND INSTITUTIONS--PM 61

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs:
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 the 
enclosed notice to the Federal Register for publication stating that 
the national emergency and related measures blocking the property of 
persons undermining the sovereignty of Lebanon or its democratic 
processes and institutions and certain other persons are to continue in 
effect beyond August 1, 2008.
  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 a continuing 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 and related measures blocking the property of 
persons undermining the sovereignty of Lebanon or its democratic 
processes and institutions and certain other persons.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, July 30, 2008.

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