U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 

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59–011 2007

110th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 110–53 

DECLARATION OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH 

RESPECT TO LEBANON 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

A DECLARATION OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO 

BLOCKING THE PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS UNDERMINING 

THE SOVEREIGNTY OF LEBANON OR ITS DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES AND INSTITUTIONS, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1701 

AUGUST 2, 2007.—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: 

Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 

as amended (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), I hereby report that 

I have issued an Executive Order declaring a national emergency 

to deal with the threat in Lebanon posed by 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, contributing 

to political and economic instability in that country and the region. 

Such actions constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the 

national security and foreign policy of the United States. 

This order will block the property and interests in property of 

persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to have taken, or to pose a significant risk of taking, actions, including acts of violence, that have the 

purpose or effect of undermining Lebanon’s democratic processes or 

institutions or contributing to the breakdown of the rule of law in 

Lebanon, supporting the reassertion of Syrian control or contributing to Syrian interference in Lebanon, or infringing upon or undermining Lebanese sovereignty. The order further authorizes the 

Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of 

State, to block the property and interests in property of those persons determined to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided 

financing, material, logistical, or technical support for, or goods or 

services in support of, such actions or any person whose property 

and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the order; to be 

a spouse or dependent child of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the order; or to be 

owned or controlled by, or to act or purport to act for or on behalf 

of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests 

in property are blocked pursuant to the order. 

I delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 

the Secretary of State, the authority to take such actions, including 

the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA as may be necessary to 

carry out the purposes of my order. 

I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued. 

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, August 1, 2007. 


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EXECUTIVE ORDER

BLOCKING PROPERTY OF PERSONS UNDERMINING THE SOVEREIGNTY

OF LEBANON OR ITS DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES AND INSTITUTIONS

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution 

and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) 

(IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 

(NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, 

I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, determine 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, and I hereby declare a national 

emergency to deal with that threat. I hereby order: 

Section 1. (a) Except to the extent provided in section 203(b)(1), 

(3), and (4) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(1), (3), and (4)), or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant 

to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any 

license or permit granted prior to the date of this order, all property and interests in property that are in the United States, that 

hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter 

come within the possession or control of any United States person, 

including any overseas branch, of the following persons are blocked 

and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: 

(i) any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in 

consultation with the Secretary of State: 

(A) to have taken, or to pose a significant risk of taking, actions, 

including acts of violence, that have the purpose or effect of undermining Lebanon’s democratic processes or institutions, contributing 

to the breakdown of the rule of law in Lebanon, supporting the reassertion of Syrian control or otherwise contributing to Syrian interference in Lebanon, or infringing upon or undermining Lebanese 

sovereignty; 

(B) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, 

material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, such actions, including acts of violence, or any person 

whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 

this order; 


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(C) to be a spouse or dependent child of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; 

or 

(D) to be owned or controlled by, or acting or purporting to act 

for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property 

and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order. 

(b) I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type 

of articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 

1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property 

and interests in property are blocked pursuant to paragraph (a) of 

this section would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in this order, and I hereby prohibit such 

donations as provided by paragraph (a) of this section. 

(c) The prohibitions in paragraph (a) of this section include but 

are not limited to (i) the making of any contribution or provision 

of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person 

whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 

this order, and (ii) the receipt of any contribution or provision of 

funds, goods, or services from any such person. 

Sec. 2. (a) Any transaction by a United States person or within 

the United States that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading 

or avoiding, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth 

in this order is prohibited. 

(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set 

forth in this order is prohibited. 

Sec. 3. For the purposes of this order: 

(a) the term ‘‘person’’ means an individual or entity; 

(b) the term ‘‘entity’’ means a partnership, association, trust, 

joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; 

and 

(c) the term ‘‘United States person’’ means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of 

the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States. 

Sec. 4. For those persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence in the United States, I find that, because of the 

ability to transfer funds or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to be taken pursuant to this order 

would render these measures ineffectual. I therefore determine 

that, for these measures to be effective in addressing the national 

emergency declared in this order, there need be no prior notice of 

a listing or determination made pursuant to section 1 of this order. 

Sec. 5. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 

Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ 

all powers granted to the President by IEEPA, as may be necessary 

to carry out the purposes of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may redelegate any of these functions to other officers and 

agencies of the United States Government, consistent with applicable law. All agencies of the United States Government are hereby 

directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to 

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ures taken. The Secretary of the Treasury shall ensure compliance 

with those provisions of section 401 of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641) 

applicable to the Department of the Treasury in relation to this 

order. 

Sec. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the 

Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to submit the recurring 

and final reports to the Congress on the national emergency declared in this order, consistent with section 401(c) of the NEA (50 

U.S.C. 1641(c)) and section 204(c) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)). 

Sec. 7. This order is not intended to create, nor does it 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. 

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, August 1, 2007. 

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