U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 

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19–011 2012

112th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 112–127 

CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH 

RESPECT TO LEBANON 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED 

WITH RESPECT TO THE ACTIONS OF CERTAIN PERSONS TO UNDERMINE THE SOVEREIGNTY OF LEBANON IS TO CONTINUE IN 

EFFECT BEYOND AUGUST 1, 2012, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 

1622(d) 

JULY 24, 2012.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed 


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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 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, 2012. 

Certain ongoing activities, such as continuing arms transfers to 

Hizballah that include increasingly sophisticated weapons systems, 

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 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 24, 2012. 


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NOTICE

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO

THE ACTIONS OF CERTAIN PERSONS TO UNDERMINE THE SOVEREIGNTY OF LEBANON OR ITS DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES OR INSTITUTIONS

On August 1, 2007, by Executive Order 13441, the President declared a national emergency and ordered related measures blocking 

the property of certain persons undermining the sovereignty of 

Lebanon or its democratic processes or institutions and certain 

other persons, pursuant to the International Emergency Economic 

Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706). The President determined that 

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 an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the 

United States. 

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 Lebanon, and continue to constitute an 

unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States. Therefore, the national emergency 

declared on August 1, 2007, and the measures adopted on that date 

to deal with that emergency, must continue in effect beyond August 

1, 2012. 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 declared in Executive Order 13441. 

This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, July 24, 2012. 

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