[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 91 (Friday, May 9, 2008)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 26939-26940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-1248]



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Part VI





The President





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Notice of May 7, 2008--Continuation of the National Emergency Blocking 
Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Export of Certain Goods 
to Syria


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 91 / Friday, May 9, 2008 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Notice of May 7, 2008

                
Continuation of the National Emergency Blocking 
                Property of Certain Persons and Prohibiting the Export 
                of Certain Goods to Syria

                On May 11, 2004, pursuant to my authority under the 
                International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
                1701-1706) and the Syria Accountability and Lebanese 
                Sovereignty Restoration Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-
                175), I issued Executive Order 13338, in which I 
                declared a national emergency with respect to the 
                actions of the Government of Syria. To deal with this 
                national emergency, Executive Order 13338 authorized 
                the blocking of property of certain persons and 
                prohibited the exportation or re-exportation of certain 
                goods to Syria. On April 25, 2006, and February 13, 
                2008, I issued Executive Order 13399 and Executive 
                Order 13460, respectively, to take additional steps 
                with respect to this national emergency.

                I took these actions to deal with the unusual and 
                extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign 
                policy, and economy of the United States constituted by 
                the actions of the Government of Syria in supporting 
                terrorism, maintaining its then-existing occupation of 
                Lebanon, pursuing weapons of mass destruction and 
                missile programs including the recent revelation of 
                illicit nuclear cooperation with North Korea, and 
                undermining U.S. and international efforts with respect 
                to the stabilization and reconstruction of Iraq.

                Because the actions and policies of the Government of 
                Syria continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary 
                threat to the national security, foreign policy, and 
                economy of the United States, the national emergency 
                declared on May 11, 2004, and the measures adopted on 
                that date and on April 25, 2006, in Executive Order 
                13399, and on February 13, 2008, in Executive Order 
                13460, to deal with that emergency, must continue in 
                effect beyond May 11, 2008. 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 authorizing the blocking of property 
                of certain persons and prohibiting the exportation or 
                re-exportation of certain goods to Syria.

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                This notice shall be published in the Federal Register 
                and transmitted to the Congress.
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                    (Presidential Sig.)

                THE WHITE HOUSE,

                    May 7, 2008.

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