    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2008, Book II)]
    [July 30, 2008]
    [Page 1070]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With
    Respect to the Actions of Certain Persons To Undermine the Sovereignty
    of Lebanon or its Democratic Processes and Institutions
    July 30, 2008

    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 the
    enclosed notice to the Federal Register for publication stating that the
    national emergency and related measures blocking the property of persons
    undermining the sovereignty of Lebanon or its democratic processes and
    institutions and certain other persons are to continue in effect beyond
    August 1, 2008.
        The actions of certain persons to undermine Lebanon's legitimate and
    democratically elected government or democratic institutions, to
    contribute to the deliberate breakdown in the rule of law in Lebanon,
    including through politically motivated violence and intimidation, to
    reassert Syrian control or contribute to Syrian interference in Lebanon,
    or to infringe upon or undermine Lebanese sovereignty contribute to
    political and economic instability in that country and the region and
    constitute a continuing 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
    and related measures blocking the property of persons undermining the
    sovereignty of Lebanon or its democratic processes and institutions and
    certain other persons.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     July 30, 2008.

    Note: The notice is listed in Appendix D at the end of this volume.