[House Document 107-87]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
107th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 107-87
PERIODIC REPORT ON THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY
WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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MESSAGE
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)
June 12, 2001.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the
Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed
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U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
89-011 WASHINGTON : 2001
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, June 11, 2001.
President's 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
I hereby report to the Congress on 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
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).
1. On January 12, 2001, the Department of the Treasury's
Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') issued the HEU
Agreement Assets Control Regulations, 31 CFR Part 540 (66 Fed.
Reg. 3304, January 12, 2001) (the ``Regulations''), as an
interim rule with request for public comment to implement
Executive Order 13159. A copy of the Regulations is attached.
2. The Regulations have been disseminated by OFAC through
both conventional and electronic means and affected parties
have been notified. Federal agencies will continue to work
closely to identify and block those assets directly related to
the implementation of the HEU Agreements in which the
Government of the Russian Federation has an interest and will
vigorously enforce the Order to protect these assets while
ensuring the continued effective operation of the HEU
Agreements.
3. During the current reporting period, as of May 15, 2001,
17 licenses have been issued in furtherance of the Order's
goals of protecting the blocked assets and ensuring full
implementation of the HEU 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.
4. The expenses incurred by the Federal Government in the
six-month period from December 21, 2000 through June 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 fissile material
in the territory of the Russian Federation are estimated at
approximately $2,000, 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 Offices 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 Adviser), and the Department of
Energy (particularly in the Office of the General Counsel, and
the Office of Nuclear Energy).
5. The Order provides a 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. I shall continue to exercise the powers
at my disposal and will continue to report periodically to the
Congress on significant developments pursuant to 50 U.S.C.
1703(c).