    [House Document 105-79]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

    105th Congress, 1st Session  - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 105-79

       COMPREHENSIVE READINESS PROGRAM FOR COUNTERING PROLIFERATION OF
                          WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

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                                    MESSAGE

                                      FROM

                       THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                                  TRANSMITTING

       A REPORT THAT DESCRIBES THE UNITED STATES COMPREHENSIVE READINESS
     PROGRAM FOR COUNTERING PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION,
         PURSUANT TO PUBLIC LAW 104-201, SEC. 1443(c) (110 STAT. 2729)

         May 5, 1997.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the
       Committees on National Security and International Relations, and
                             ordered to be printed

    To the Congress of the United States:
        The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997
    (Public Law 104-201), title XIV, section 1443 (Defense Against
    Weapons of Mass Destruction), requires the President to
    transmit a report to the Congress that describes the United
    States comprehensive readiness program for countering
    proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. In accordance
    with this provision, I enclose the attached report.

                                                    William J. Clinton.
        The White House, May 2, 1997.