[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 111 (Tuesday, July 24, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H5141]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS 
   OF CERTAIN PERSONS TO UNDERMINE THE SOVEREIGNTY OF LEBANON OR ITS 
DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES OR INSTITUTIONS--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
                  UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 112-127)

  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, 
within 90 days 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, 2012.
  Certain ongoing activities, such as continuing arms transfers to 
Hizballah that include increasingly sophisticated weapons systems, 
undermine Lebanese sovereignty, contribute to political and economic 
instability in the region, and continue to constitute 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 24, 2012.

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