[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 20, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S4975]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

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     REPORT OF THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY THAT WAS 
 ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13441 OF AUGUST 1, 2007, WITH 
                       RESPECT TO LEBANON--PM 11

  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, 
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 declared in 
Executive Order 13441 of August 1, 2007, is to continue in effect 
beyond August 1, 2021.
  Certain ongoing activities, such as Iran's continuing arms transfers 
to Hizballah--which include increasingly sophisticated weapons 
systems--serve to 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.
                                                 Joseph R. Biden, Jr.  
The White House, July 20, 2021.

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