Presidential Documents

36587 

Federal Register 

Vol. 72, No. 127 

Tuesday, July 3, 2007 

Title 3— 

The President 

Proclamation 8158 of June 28, 2007 

Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of 

Persons Responsible for Policies and Actions That Threaten 

Lebanon’s Sovereignty and Democracy 

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 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; 


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(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, and of the 

Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirtyfirst. 

[FR Doc. 07–3275 

Filed 7–2–07; 8:52 am] 

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