[House Document 117-137]
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117th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - House Document 117-137

 
     CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO LEBANON

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                                MESSAGE

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                     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, 2022, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 
        1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)












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    July 28, 2022.--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:
    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 prior to 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, 2022.
    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. Therefore, I have determined that 
it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 13441 with respect to Lebanon.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, July 28, 2022.




























                                 Notice

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     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 et seq.) 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, must continue in effect 
beyond August 1, 2022. 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.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, July 28, 2022.

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