U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON : 

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69–011 2008

110th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 110–95 

ADDITION TO THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO SYRIA 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT AN EXECUTIVE ORDER HAS BEEN ISSUED 

BLOCKING ADDITIONAL PERSONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE 

NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13338 

OF MAY 11, 2004, CONCERNING ACTIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT 

OF SYRIA, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1701 

FEBRUARY 14, 2008.—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 taking additional steps with respect to the Government of Syria’s continued engagement in certain conduct that formed the basis for the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004, including but not 

limited to its efforts to undermine the stabilization and reconstruction of Iraq. 

This order will block the property and interests in property of 

persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the Secretary of State, to be responsible for, to have 

engaged in, to have facilitated, or to have secured improper advantage as a result of, public corruption by senior officials within the 

Government of Syria. The order also revises a provision in Executive Order 13338 to block the property and interests in property of 

persons determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the Secretary of State, to be responsible for or otherwise significantly contributing to actions or decisions of the Government of Syria that have the purpose or effect of undermining 

efforts to stabilize Iraq or of allowing the use of Syrian territory or 

facilities to undermine efforts to stabilize Iraq. 

I delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury the authority to take 

such actions, after consultation with the Secretary of State, 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 wish to emphasize, as well, my ongoing concern over the destabilizing role Syria continues to play in Lebanon, including its efforts to obstruct, through intimidation and violence, Lebanon’s 

democratic processes. 

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

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, February 13, 2008. 


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EXECUTIVE ORDER

BLOCKING PROPERTY OF ADDITIONAL PERSONS IN CONNECTION

WITH THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO SYRIA

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.), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, 

I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, find that the Government of Syria continues to engage in certain conduct that formed the basis for the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004, including but not 

limited to undermining efforts with respect to the stabilization of 

Iraq. I further find that the conduct of certain members of the Government of Syria and other persons contributing to public corruption related to Syria, including by misusing Syrian public assets or 

by misusing public authority, entrenches and enriches the Government of Syria and its supporters and thereby enables the Government of Syria to continue to engage in certain conduct that formed 

the basis for the national emergency declared in Executive Order 

13338. In light of these findings, and to take additional steps with 

respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 

13338 of May 11, 2004, 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)), the Trade 

Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (title IX, 

Public Law 106–387), or 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 effective 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: persons 

determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation 

with the Secretary of State, to be responsible for, to have engaged 

in, to have facilitated, or to have secured improper advantage as 

a result of, public corruption by senior officials within the Government of Syria. 

(b) 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 

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tribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such 

person. 

Sec. 2. Section 3(a)(iv) of Executive Order 13338 is hereby 

amended to read as follows: ‘‘(iv) to be or to have been responsible for or otherwise significantly contributing to actions taken or decisions made by 

the Government of Syria that have the purpose or effect of undermining efforts to stabilize Iraq or of allowing the use of Syrian territory or facilities to undermine efforts to stabilize Iraq; 

or’’. Sec. 3. (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. 4. For purposes of this order: 

(a) the term ‘‘person’’ means any 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. 5. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the 

type specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) 

by, to, or for the benefit of, persons whose property and interests 

in property are blocked pursuant to section 1 of this order would 

seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13338 and relied upon for additional 

steps taken in Executive Order 13399 of April 25, 2006, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of this order. 

Sec. 6. For those persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to section 1 of 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 Executive Order 13338 and relied 

upon for additional steps taken in Executive Order 13399, there 

need be no prior notice of a determination made pursuant to this 

order. 

Sec. 7. The Secretary of the Treasury, after 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 executive 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 apVerDate Aug 31 2005 04:10 Feb 15, 2008 Jkt 069011 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 6602 E:\HR\OC\HD095.XXX HD095

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propriate, to advise the Secretary of the Treasury in a timely manner of the measures taken. 

Sec. 8. Nothing in this order is intended to affect the continued 

effectiveness of any rules, regulations, orders, licenses, or other 

forms of administrative action issued, taken, or continued in effect 

heretofore or hereafter under 31 C.F.R. chapter V, except as expressly terminated, modified, or suspended by or pursuant to this 

order. 

Sec. 9. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any 

right or benefit, 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, February 13, 2008. 

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