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Executive Order: Blocking Property of Persons Undermining the Sovereignty
of Lebanon or Its Democratic Processes and Institutions
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For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary August 2, 2007

Executive Order: Blocking Property of Persons Undermining the Sovereignty
of Lebanon or Its Democratic Processes and Institutions

˙˙White House News

˙˙˙˙˙ Message to the Congress of the United States

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withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: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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