Statement on Renewal
of Syria Sanctions
(May 8, 2006)
On May
11, 2004, pursuant to my authority under
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50
U.S.C. 1701- 1706) and the Syria
Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration
Act of 2003 (Public
Law 108-175), I issued Executive
Order 13338 in which
I declared a national emergency authorizing the blocking
of property of certain persons and prohibiting the
exportation or reexportation of certain goods to Syria.
On April 25, 2006, I issued Executive Order 13399 to
expand the scope of this national emergency. I took
these actions to deal with the unusual and extraordinary
threat to the national security, foreign policy, and
economy of the United
States constituted by the actions
of the Government of Syria in supporting terrorism,
interfering in Lebanon, pursuing weapons of mass destruction
and missile programs, and undermining United States
and international efforts with respect to the stabilization
and reconstruction of Iraq.
Because the actions and policies of the Government
of Syria continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary
threat to the national security, foreign policy, and
economy of the United States, the national emergency
declared on May 11, 2004, and the measures adopted
on that date to deal with that emergency, must continue
in effect beyond May 11, 2006. 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 authorizing the blocking of property
of certain persons and prohibiting the exportation
or reexportation of certain goods to Syria.
This notice shall be published in the Federal Register
and transmitted to the Congress.
GEORGE W. BUSH
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 8, 2006.
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