[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 113 (Thursday, July 29, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S6517]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  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 65

  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 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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