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DECLARATION OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO LEBANON
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MESSAGE
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
A DECLARATION OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO BLOCKING THE
PROPERTY OF CERTAIN PERSONS UNDERMINING THE SOVEREIGNTY OF LEBANON OR
ITS DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES AND INSTITUTIONS, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1701
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August 2, 2007.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
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 declaring a
national emergency to deal with the threat in Lebanon posed 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, contributing to
political and economic instability in that country and the
region. Such actions constitute an unusual and extraordinary
threat to the national security and foreign policy of the
United States.
This order will block the property and interests in
property of persons determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, 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 or
contributing to the breakdown of the rule of law in Lebanon,
supporting the reassertion of Syrian control or contributing to
Syrian interference in Lebanon, or infringing upon or
undermining Lebanese sovereignty. The order further authorizes
the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, to block the property and interests in
property of those persons determined to have materially
assisted, sponsored, or provided financing, material,
logistical, or technical support for, or goods or services in
support of, such actions or any person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to the order; to be
a spouse or dependent child of any person whose property and
interests in property are blocked pursuant to the order; or to
be owned or controlled by, or to act or purport to act for or
on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property
and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the order.
I delegated to the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, the authority 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 my
order.
I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
George W. Bush.
The White House, August 1, 2007.
Executive Order
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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 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)).
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.
George W. Bush.
The White House, August 1, 2007.
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