[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 115 (Thursday, July 28, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H5678]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO LEBANON--MESSAGE 
      FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 112-47)

  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, 
2011.
  Certain ongoing activities, such as 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 28, 2011.

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