[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 90 (Thursday, May 10, 2007)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 26707-26708]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2356]


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                Notice of May 8, 2007

                
Continuation of the National Emergency Blocking 
                Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Export 
                of Certain Goods to Syria

                On May 11, 2004, pursuant to my authority under the 
                International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
                1701-1706) and the Syria Accountability and Lebanese 
                Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-
                175), I issued Executive Order 13338 in which I 
                declared a national emergency authorizing the blocking 
                of property of certain persons and prohibiting the 
                exportation or reexportation of certain goods to Syria. 
                On April 25, 2006, I issued Executive Order 13399 to 
                expand the scope of this national emergency. I took 
                these actions to deal with the unusual and 
                extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign 
                policy, and economy of the United States constituted by 
                the actions of the Government of Syria in supporting 
                terrorism, maintaining its then-existing occupation of 
                Lebanon, pursuing weapons of mass destruction and 
                missile programs, and undermining United States and 
                international efforts with respect to the stabilization 
                and reconstruction of Iraq.

                Because the actions and policies of the Government of 
                Syria continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary 
                threat to the national security, foreign policy, and 
                economy of the United States, the national emergency 
                declared on May 11, 2004, and the measures adopted on 
                that date and on April 25, 2006, in Executive Order 
                13399, to deal with that emergency, must continue in 
                effect beyond May 11, 2007. Therefore, in accordance 
                with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 
                U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the 
                national emergency authorizing the blocking of property 
                of certain persons and prohibiting the exportation or 
                reexportation of certain goods to Syria.

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                This notice shall be published in the Federal Register 
                and transmitted to the Congress.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    May 8, 2007.

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