EO 13399 Title 3--The President order, any functions of the President under that Act, except that of report- ing to the Congress, shall be performed by the Secretary in accordance with the guidelines issued by the Administrator of General Services. (f) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable by any party at law or in equity against the United States, its departments, agencies, entities, officers, em- ployees, or agents, or any other person. Sec. 7. Termination. Unless hereafter extended by the President, this Advi- sory Panel shall terminate 2 years after the date of this order. GEORGE W. BUSH The White House, April 18, 2006. Executive Order 13399 of April 25, 2006 Blocking Property of Additional Persons in Connection With the National Emergency With Respect to Syria 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 e! seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emer- gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), section 5 of the United Nations Partici- pation Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287c) (UNPA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code; and in view of United Nations Security Council Res- olution (UNSCR) 1636 of October 31, 2005, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, determine that it is in the interests of the United States to (1) assist the international independent investigation Commission (the "Commission") established pursuant to UNSCR 1595 of April 7, 2005, (2) assist the Government of Lebanon in identifying and holding accountable in accordance with appli- cable law those persons who were involved in planning, sponsoring, orga- nizing, or perpetrating the terrorist act in Beirut, Lebanon, on February 14, 2005, that resulted in the assassination of former Prime Minister of Leb- anon Rafiq Hariri, and the deaths of 22 others, and other bombings or as- sassination attempts in Lebanon since October 1, 2004, that are related to Hariri's assassination or that implicate the Government of Syria or its offi- cers or agents, and (3) take note of the Commission's conclusions in its re- port of October 19, 2005, that there is converging evidence pointing to both Lebanese and Syrian involvement in terrorist acts, that interviewees tried to mislead the Commission's investigation by giving false or inaccurate statements, and that a senior official of Syria submitted false information to the Commission. In light of these determinations, and to take additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13338 of May 11, 2004, concerning certain actions of the Government of Syria, I hereby order: Section 1. (a) Except to the extent that sections 203(b)(1), (3), and (4) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(1), (3) and (4)) may apply, or to the extent pro- vided in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pur- suant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any 218
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