Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Responsible for Policies and Actions That Threaten Lebanon's Sovereignty and Democracy, 36587-36588 [07-3275]

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 127 (Tuesday, July 3, 2007)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 36587-36588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-3275]



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Part III





The President





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Proclamation 8158--Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants 
of Persons Responsible for Policies and Actions That Threaten Lebanon's 
Sovereignty and Democracy


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 127 / Tuesday, July 3, 2007 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 8158 of June 28, 2007

                
Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and 
                Nonimmigrants of Persons Responsible for Policies and 
                Actions That Threaten Lebanon's Sovereignty and 
                Democracy

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                In order to foster democratic institutions in Lebanon, 
                to help the Lebanese people preserve their sovereignty 
                and achieve their aspirations for democracy and 
                regional stability, and to end the sponsorship of 
                terrorism in Lebanon, it is in the interest of the 
                United States to restrict the international travel, and 
                to suspend the entry into the United States, as 
                immigrants or nonimmigrants, of aliens who deliberately 
                undermine or harm Lebanon's sovereignty, its legitimate 
                government, or its democratic institutions, contribute 
                to the breakdown in the rule of law in Lebanon, or 
                benefit from policies or actions that do so, including 
                through the sponsorship of terrorism, politically 
                motivated violence and intimidation, or the reassertion 
                of Syrian control in Lebanon.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 
                United States of America, by the authority vested in me 
                by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, 
                including section 212(f) of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act of 1952, 8 U.S.C. 1182(f), and section 
                301 of title 3, United States Code, hereby find that 
                the unrestricted immigrant and nonimmigrant entry into 
                the United States of persons described in section 1 of 
                this proclamation would, except as provided for in 
                sections 2 and 3 of this proclamation, be detrimental 
                to the interests of the United States.

                I therefore hereby proclaim that:

                Section 1. The entry into the United States, as 
                immigrants or nonimmigrants, of the following aliens is 
                hereby suspended:

                (a) Lebanese government officials, former Lebanese 
                government officials, and private persons who 
                deliberately undermine or harm Lebanon's sovereignty, 
                its legitimate government, or its democratic 
                institutions, or contribute to the breakdown in the 
                rule of law in Lebanon, including through the 
                sponsorship of terrorism, politically motivated 
                violence or intimidation, or the reassertion of Syrian 
                control in Lebanon;

                (b) Syrian government officials, former Syrian 
                government officials, and persons who meet the criteria 
                for designation under section 3(a)(i) or (ii) of 
                Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004, who deliberately 
                undermine or harm Lebanon's sovereignty, its legitimate 
                government, or its democratic institutions, or 
                contribute to the breakdown in the rule of law in 
                Lebanon, including through the sponsorship of 
                terrorism, politically motivated violence or 
                intimidation, or the reassertion of Syrian control in 
                Lebanon;

                (c) Persons in Lebanon who act on behalf of, or 
                actively promote the interests of, Syrian government 
                officials by deliberately undermining or harming 
                Lebanon's sovereignty, its legitimate government, or 
                its democratic institutions, or contribute to the 
                breakdown in the rule of law in Lebanon, including 
                through the sponsorship of terrorism, politically 
                motivated violence or intimidation, or the reassertion 
                of Syrian control in Lebanon;

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                (d) Persons who, through their business dealings with 
                any of the persons described in subsection (a), (b), or 
                (c) of this section, derive significant financial 
                benefit from, or materially support, policies or 
                actions that deliberately undermine or harm Lebanon's 
                sovereignty, its legitimate government, or its 
                democratic institutions, or contribute to the breakdown 
                in the rule of law in Lebanon, including through the 
                sponsorship of terrorism, politically motivated 
                violence or intimidation, or the reassertion of Syrian 
                control in Lebanon; and

                (e) The spouses and dependent children of persons 
                described in subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) of this 
                section.

                Sec. 2. Section 1 of this proclamation shall not apply 
                with respect to any person otherwise covered by section 
                1 where entry of such person would not be contrary to 
                the interests of the United States.

                Sec. 3. Persons covered by section 1 or 2 of this 
                proclamation shall be identified by the Secretary of 
                State or the Secretary's designee, in his or her sole 
                discretion, pursuant to such procedures as the 
                Secretary may establish under section 5 of this 
                proclamation.

                Sec. 4. Nothing in this proclamation shall be construed 
                to derogate from U.S. Government obligations under 
                applicable international agreements.

                Sec. 5. The Secretary of State shall have 
                responsibility for implementing this proclamation 
                pursuant to such procedures as the Secretary, in the 
                Secretary's sole discretion, may establish.

                Sec. 6. This proclamation is effective immediately. It 
                shall remain in effect until such time as the Secretary 
                of State determines that it is no longer necessary and 
                should be terminated, either in whole or in part. Any 
                such determination by the Secretary of State shall be 
                published in the Federal Register.

                Sec. 7. This proclamation is not intended to, and does 
                not, 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.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-eighth day of June, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand seven, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and thirty-first. 
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 07-3275
Filed 7-2-07; 8:52 am]
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