Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Lebanon

• Published date: 30 July 2020
• Citation: 85 FR 45965
• Record Number: 2020-16816
• Section: Presidential Documents
• Court: Executive Office Of The President

Federal Register, Volume 85 Issue 147 (Thursday, July 30, 2020)

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                Notice of July 29, 2020--Continuation of the National Emergency With
                Respect to Lebanon
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                Title 3--
                The President
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                 Notice of July 29, 2020
                
                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, 2020. 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.
                
                
                 (Presidential Sig.)
                 THE WHITE HOUSE,
                 July 29, 2020.
                [FR Doc. 2020-16816
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