[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 113 (Thursday, July 29, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H6355]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO ACTIONS OF CERTAIN 
PERSONS TO UNDERMINE SOVEREIGNTY OF LEBANON OR ITS DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES 
 AND INSTITUTIONS--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. 
                           DOC. NO. 111-136)

  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 declared with respect to the actions of certain 
persons to undermine the sovereignty of Lebanon or its democratic 
processes and institutions is to continue in effect beyond August 1, 
2010.
  While there have been some recent positive developments in the 
Syrian-Lebanese relationship, continuing arms transfers to Hizballah 
that include increasingly sophisticated weapons systems serve to 
undermine Lebanese sovereignty, contribute to political and economic 
instability in the region, and continue to pose an 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 declared on August 1, 
2007, to deal with that threat and the related measures adopted on that 
date to respond to the emergency.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, July 29, 2010.

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