[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12312]
[From the U.S. 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--
                                 PM 16

  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, 
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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