July 29, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 134 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

[Pages H3967-H3968]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO LEBANON--MESSAGE 
     FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 116-141)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Cisneros) laid before the House the 
following message from the President of the United States; which was 
read and, together with the 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 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, 2020.
  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, I have 
determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency 
declared in Executive Order 13441 with respect to Lebanon.
                                                     Donald J. Trump.  
The White House, July 29, 2020.

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