[House Document 105-271]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



105th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-271


 
  DEVELOPMENTS CONCERNING THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
             PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

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                                MESSAGE

                                  FROM

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

  A REPORT ON THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 
  12938 OF NOVEMBER 14, 1994, IN RESPONSE TO THE THREAT POSED BY THE 
 PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS (``WEAPONS 
  OF MASS DESTRUCTION'') AND OF THE MEANS OF DELIVERING SUCH WEAPONS, 
                     PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1703(c)





    June 9, 1998.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
     Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed


To the Congress of the United States:
    As required by section 204 of the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)) and section 401(c) of 
the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)), I transmit 
herewith a 6-month report on the national emergency declared by 
Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994, in response to the 
threat posed by the proliferation of nuclear, biological, and 
chemical weapons (``weapons of mass destruction'') and of the 
means of delivering such weapons.

                                                William J. Clinton.
    The White House, June 9, 1998.