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79–011 2018

115th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 115–145 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO LEBANON 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED 

WITH RESPECT TO LEBANON THAT WAS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13441 OF AUGUST 1, 2007 IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND AUGUST 1, 2018, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); 

PUBLIC LAW 94–412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257) 

JULY 31, 2018.—Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, July 27, 2018. 

Hon. PAUL D. RYAN, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: 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 before 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 

with respect to Lebanon declared in Executive Order 13441 of August 1, 2007, is to continue in effect beyond August 1, 2018. 

Certain ongoing activities, such as Iran’s continuing arms transfers to Hizballah—which 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 this reason, I have 

determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency 

declared in Executive Order 13441 with respect to Lebanon. 

Sincerely, 

DONALD J. TRUMP. 

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NOTICE

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO

LEBANON

On August 1, 2007, by Executive Order 13441, the President declared a national emergency with respect to Lebanon pursuant to 

the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 

1701–1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to 

the national security and foreign policy of the United States constituted 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. Such actions contribute to political and economic 

instability in that country and the region. 

Certain ongoing activities, such as Iran’s continuing arms transfers to Hizballah—which include increasingly sophisticated weapons systems—serve to 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 this reason, 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, 2018. Therefore, 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 with respect to 

Lebanon declared in Executive Order 13441. 

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

DONALD J. TRUMP. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, July 27, 2018. 

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