[House Document 108-9]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

108th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 108-9


 
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 7, 2003.--Referred to the Committee on International Relations 
                       and ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                     Washington, December 17, 2002.
Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. Speaker: 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 am transmitting a 6-month periodic report prepared 
by my Administration 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.
            Sincerely,
                                                    George W. Bush.
 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 
course of the past 6 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'', ``HEU'') 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. There have been no amendments to the HEU Agreement 
Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 540 (the 
``Regulations'').
    2. The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign 
Assets Control has issued, as of April 24, 2002, 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 
6-month period from June 21, 2002, through December 20, 2002, 
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 $10,000, 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 Office of the Under 
Secretary for Enforcement, and the Office of the General 
Counsel), the Department of State, and the Department of 
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. I shall exercise the powers at my 
disposal to deal with this unusual and extraordinary threat and 
will continue to report periodically to the Congress on 
significant developments as required by law.