[House Document 107-174]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

107th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 107-174


 
               PERIODIC REPORT ON THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY

                WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

                               __________

                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

A 6-MONTH PERIODIC REPORT ON THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
 RISK OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION CREATED BY THE ACCUMULATION OF WEAPONS-
USABLE FISSILE MATERIAL IN THE TERRITORY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION THAT 
WAS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13159 OF JUNE 21, 2000, PURSUANT TO 50 
                  U.S.C. 1641(c) AND 50 U.S.C. 1703(c)




January 24, 2002.--Referred to the Committee on International Relations 
                       and ordered to be printed
To the Congress of the United States:
    As required by section 401(c) of the National Emergencies 
Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 204(c) of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), I transmit 
herewith a 6-month periodic report on the national emergency 
with respect to the risk of nuclear proliferation created by 
the accumulation of weapons-usable fissile material in the 
territory of the Russian Federation that was declared in 
Executive Order 13159 of June 21, 2000.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, January 23, 2002.
 Periodic Report on the National Emergency With Respect to the Risk of 
  Nuclear Proliferation Created by the Accumulation of Weapons-Usable 
      Fissile Material in the Territory of the Russian Federation

    This report to the Congress covers developments over the 
past six months concerning the national emergency with respect 
to the risk of nuclear proliferation created by the 
accumulation of weapons-usable fissile material (``Highly 
Enriched Uranium'') in the territory of the Russian Federation 
that was declared in Executive Order 13159 of June 21, 2000 
(the ``Order''). This report is submitted pursuant to section 
204(c) 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).
    1. On July 25, 2001, the Department of the Treasury's 
Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') issued the final 
HEU Agreement Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 540 
(66 FR 38554, July 25, 2001) (the ``regulations''), 
incorporating public comments made on the interim regulations 
issued January 12, 2001. A copy of the Regulations is attached.
    2. OFAC has issued, as of October 31, 2001, 14 licenses 
during the current reporting period in furtherance of the 
Order's goals of protecting the blocked assets and ensuring 
full implementation of the Regulations. These licenses 
authorize the importation of and payment for low enriched 
uranium, as well as the sale and exportation of and payment for 
natural uranium.
    3. The expenses incurred by the Federal Government in the 
six-month period from June 21 through December 20, 2001, that 
are directly attributable to the exercise of powers and 
authorities conferred by the declaration of the national 
emergency with respect to the risk of nuclear proliferation 
created by the accumulation of weapons-usable material in the 
territory of the Russian Federation are estimated at 
approximately $5,500, most of which represent wage and salary 
costs for Federal personnel. Personnel costs were largely 
centered in the Department of the Treasury (particularly in the 
Office of Foreign Assets Control, the Office of the Under 
Secretary for Enforcement, and the Office of the General 
Counsel), the Department of State (particularly the Bureau of 
Economic and Business Affairs, the Bureau of Nonproliferation, 
and the Office of the Legal Advisor), and the Department of 
Energy (particularly in the Office of the General Counsel, and 
the Office of Nuclear Energy).
    4. The Order provides an effective tool for protecting from 
attachment judgment, decree, lien, execution, garnishment, or 
other judicial process the property and interests in property 
of the Government of the Russian Federation that are directly 
related to the implementation of the HEU Agreements and subject 
to U.S. jurisdiction.

                                
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