[House Document 107-280]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

107th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 107-280


 
   CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY POSED BY WEAPONS OF MASS 
                              DESTRUCTION

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                   THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY POSED BY THE PROLIFERATION OF 
  WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND THEIR DELIVERY SYSTEMS DECLARED BY 
 EXECUTIVE ORDER 12938 ON NOVEMBER 14, 1994, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT 
        BEYOND NOVEMBER 14, 2002, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




  November 12, 2002.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
     Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed
To the Congress of the United States:
    Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 
1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national 
emergency unless, prior to the anniversary date of its 
declaration, the President publishes in the Federal Register 
and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the 
emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. 
In accordance with this provision, I have sent the enclosed 
notice, stating that the emergency posed by the proliferation 
of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems 
declared by Executive Order 12938 on November 14, 1994, as 
amended, is to continue in effect beyond November 14, 2002, to 
the Federal Register for publication. The most recent notice 
continuing this emergency was published in the Federal Register 
on November 13, 2001 (66 FR 56965).
    The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the 
means of delivering them continues to pose an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, 
and economy of the United States. Therefore, I have determined 
the national emergency previously declared must continue in 
effect beyond November 14, 2002.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, November 6, 2002.
                                 NOTICE

    Continuation of Emergency Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction

    On November 14, 1994, by Executive Order 12938, President 
Clinton declared a national emergency with respect to the 
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, 
foreign policy, and economy of the United States posed by the 
proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons 
(weapons of mass destruction) and the means of delivering such 
weapons. On July 28, 1998, the President issued Executive Order 
13094 to amend Executive Order 12938 to more effectively 
respond to the worldwide threat of weapons of mass destruction 
proliferation activities. Because the proliferation of weapons 
of mass destruction and the means of delivering them continues 
to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 
security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States, the 
national emergency first declared on November 14, 1994, and 
extended on November 14, 1995, November 12, 1996, November 13, 
1997, November 12, 1998, November 10, 1999, November 12, 2000, 
and November 9, 2001, must continue in effect beyond November 
14, 2002. In accordance with section 202(d) of the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year 
the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12938, as 
amended.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, November 6, 2002.

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