Presidential Documents

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Federal Register 

Vol. 72, No. 149 

Friday, August 3, 2007 

Title 3— 

The President 

Executive Order 13441 of August 1, 2007 

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and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt 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

(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 


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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 

carry out the provisions of this order and, where appropriate, to advise 

the Secretary of the Treasury in a timely manner of the measures 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)). 


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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. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, 

August 1, 2007. 

[FR Doc. 07–3835 

Filed 8–2–07; 9:10 am] 

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