[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 120 (Tuesday, July 29, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5045-S5046]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY THAT WAS 
 ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13441 WITH RESPECT TO LEBANON--
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  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

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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 with respect to Lebanon that was declared in 
Executive Order 13441 of August 1, 2007, is to continue in effect 
beyond August 1, 2014.
  Certain ongoing activities, such as continuing arms transfers to 
Hizballah, which 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 this reason, I have determined that it is necessary 
to continue the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13441 
with respect to Lebanon.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, July 29, 2014.

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