[House Document 108-84]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
108th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 108-84
CONTINUATION OF A NATIONAL EMERGENCY
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MESSAGE
from
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
transmitting
NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO THE
RISK OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION CREATED BY THE ACCUMULATION OF WEAPONS-
USABLE FISSILE MATERIAL IN THE TERRITORY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION IS
TO CONTINUE BEYOND JUNE 21, 2003, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)
June 11, 2003.--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 declared with respect to the
accumulation of a large volume of weapons-usable fissile
material in the territory of the Russian Federation is to
continue beyond June 21, 2003, to the Federal Register for
publication. The most recent notice continuing this emergency
was published in the Federal Register on June 20, 2002 (67 FR
42181).
It remains a major national security goal of the United
States to ensure that fissile material removed from Russian
nuclear weapons pursuant to various arms control and
disarmament agreements is dedicated to peaceful uses, subject
to transparency measures, and protected from diversion to
activities of proliferation concern. The accumulation of a
large volume of weapons-usable fissile material in the
territory of the Russian Federation continues to pose an
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and
foreign policy of the United States. For this reason, I have
determined that it is necessary to continue the national
emergency declared with respect to the accumulation of a large
volume of weapons-usable fissile material in the territory of
the Russian Federation and maintain in force these emergency
authorities to respond to this threat.
George W. Bush.
The White House, June 10, 2003.
Notice
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Continuation 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
On June 21, 2000, the President issued Executive Order
13159 (the ``Order'') blocking property and interests in
property of the Government of the Russian Federation that are
in the United States, that hereafter come within the United
States, or that are or hereinafter come within the possession
or control of United States persons that are directly related
to the implementation of the Agreement Between the Government
of the United States of America and the Government of the
Russian Federation Concerning the Disposition of Highly
Enriched Uranium Extracted from Nuclear Weapons, dated February
18, 1993, and related contracts and agreements (collectively,
the ``HEU Agreements''). The HEU Agreements allow for the
downblending of highly enriched uranium derived from nuclear
weapons to low enriched uranium for peaceful commercial
purposes. The Order invoked the authority, inter alia, of the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701 et
seq., and declared a national emergency to deal with the
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and
foreign policy of the United States posed by the risk of
nuclear proliferation created by the accumulation of a large
volume of weapons-usable fissile material in the territory of
the Russian Federation.
A major national security goal of the United States is to
ensure that fissile material removed from Russian nuclear
weapons pursuant to various arms control and disarmament
agreements is dedicated to peaceful uses (such as downblended
to low enriched uranium for peaceful commercial uses), subject
to transparency measures, and protected from diversion to
activities of proliferation concern. Pursuant to the HEU
Agreements, weapons-grade uranium extracted from Russian
nuclear weapons is converted to low enriched uranium for use as
fuel in commercial nuclear reactors. The Order blocks and
protects 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 that are in the United States, that
hereafter come within the United States, or that are or
hereafter come within the possession or control of United
States persons.
The national emergency declared on June 21, 2000, must
continue beyond June 21, 2003, to provide continued protection
from attachment, judgment, decree, lien, execution,
garnishment, or other judicial process for 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. Therefore,
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 with respect to weapons-usable fissile
material in the territory of the Russian Federation. This
notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
George W. Bush.
The White House, June 10, 2003.