[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 4, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H3100]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SYRIA--MESSAGE FROM 
        THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 111-105)

  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, 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, 
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 the actions of the Government of 
Syria declared in Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004, and relied 
upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13399 of April 25, 
2006, and Executive Order 13460 of February 13, 2008, is to continue in 
effect beyond May 11, 2010.
  While the Syrian government has made some progress in suppressing 
foreign fighter networks infiltrating suicide bombers into Iraq, its 
actions and policies, including continuing support for terrorist 
organizations and pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and missile 
programs, 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 to address this national 
emergency. As we have communicated to the Syrian government directly, 
Syrian actions will determine whether this national emergency is 
renewed or terminated in the future.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, May 3, 2010.

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