[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 26 (Monday, July 2, 2007)]
[Pages 887-889]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 8158--Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants 
of Persons Responsible for Policies and Actions That Threaten Lebanon's 
Sovereignty and Democracy

 June 28, 2007

 By the President of the United States

 of America

 A Proclamation

    In order to foster democratic institutions in Lebanon, to help the 
Lebanese people preserve their sovereignty and achieve their aspirations 
for democracy and regional stability, and to end the sponsorship of 
terrorism in Lebanon, it is in the interest of the United States to 
restrict the international travel, and to suspend the entry into the 
United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of aliens who 
deliberately undermine or harm Lebanon's sovereignty, its legitimate 
government, or its democratic institutions, contribute to the breakdown 
in the rule of law in Lebanon, or benefit from policies or actions that 
do so, including through

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the sponsorship of terrorism, politically motivated violence and 
intimidation, or the reassertion of Syrian control in Lebanon.
    Now, Therefore, I, George W. Bush, President of the United States of 
America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws 
of the United States, including section 212(f) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act of 1952, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f), and section 301 of title 3, 
United States Code, hereby find that the unrestricted immigrant and 
nonimmigrant entry into the United States of persons described in 
section 1 of this proclamation would, except as provided for in sections 
2 and 3 of this proclamation, be detrimental to the interests of the 
United States.
    I therefore hereby proclaim that:
    Section 1. The entry into the United States, as immigrants or 
nonimmigrants, of the following aliens is hereby suspended:
    (a) Lebanese government officials, former Lebanese government 
officials, and private persons who deliberately undermine or harm 
Lebanon's sovereignty, its legitimate government, or its democratic 
institutions, or contribute to the breakdown in the rule of law in 
Lebanon, including through the sponsorship of terrorism, politically 
motivated violence or intimidation, or the reassertion of Syrian control 
in Lebanon;
    (b) Syrian government officials, former Syrian government officials, 
and persons who meet the criteria for designation under section 3(a)(i) 
or (ii) of Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004, who deliberately 
undermine or harm Lebanon's sovereignty, its legitimate government, or 
its democratic institutions, or contribute to the breakdown in the rule 
of law in Lebanon, including through the sponsorship of terrorism, 
politically motivated violence or intimidation, or the reassertion of 
Syrian control in Lebanon;
    (c) Persons in Lebanon who act on behalf of, or actively promote the 
interests of, Syrian government officials by deliberately undermining or 
harming Lebanon's sovereignty, its legitimate government, or its 
democratic institutions, or contribute to the breakdown in the rule of 
law in Lebanon, including through the sponsorship of terrorism, 
politically motivated violence or intimidation, or the reassertion of 
Syrian control in Lebanon;
    (d) Persons who, through their business dealings with any of the 
persons described in subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section, derive 
significant financial benefit from, or materially support, policies or 
actions that deliberately undermine or harm Lebanon's sovereignty, its 
legitimate government, or its democratic institutions, or contribute to 
the breakdown in the rule of law in Lebanon, including through the 
sponsorship of terrorism, politically motivated violence or 
intimidation, or the reassertion of Syrian control in Lebanon; and
    (e) The spouses and dependent children of persons described in 
subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this section.
    Sec. 2. Section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply with respect 
to any person otherwise covered by section 1 where entry of such person 
would not be contrary to the interests of the United States.
    Sec. 3. Persons covered by section 1 or 2 of this proclamation shall 
be identified by the Secretary of State or the Secretary's designee, in 
his or her sole discretion, pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary 
may establish under section 5 of this proclamation.
    Sec. 4. Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed to derogate 
from U.S. Government obligations under applicable international 
agreements.
    Sec. 5. The Secretary of State shall have responsibility for 
implementing this proclamation pursuant to such procedures as the 
Secretary, in the Secretary's sole discretion, may establish.
    Sec. 6. This proclamation is effective immediately. It shall remain 
in effect until such time as the Secretary of State determines that it 
is no longer necessary and should be terminated, either in whole or in 
part. Any such determination by the Secretary of State shall be 
published in the Federal Register.
    Sec. 7. This proclamation is not intended to, and does not, create 
any right, benefit, or privilege, substantive or procedural, enforceable 
at law or in equity, by any party against the United States, its 
departments, agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its officers or 
employees, or any other person.
    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth 
day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand seven,

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and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred 
and thirty-first.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:52 a.m., July 2, 
2007]

Note: This proclamation was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on June 29, and it will be published in the Federal Register 
on July 3.