[House Document 110-152]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]





110th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 110-152


 
   CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY REGARDING WEAPONS OF MASS 
                              DESTRUCTION

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                                MESSAGE

                                  from

                     THEPRESIDENTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

                              transmitting

 NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED WITH RESPECT TO THE 
  PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION DECLARED BY EXECUTIVE 
ORDER 12938 ON NOVEMBER 14, 1994, AS AMENDED, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT 
        BEYOND NOVEMBER 14, 2008, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




  November 19, 2008.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                     Washington, November 10, 2008.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Madam Speaker: In accordance with section 202(d) of 
the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I have sent 
the enclosed notice to the Federal Register for publication, 
stating that the national emergency with respect to the 
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction that was declared 
in Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994, as amended, is 
to continue in effect beyond November 14, 2008.
            Sincerely,
                                                    George W. Bush.
                                 Notice

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  Continuation of National Emergency With Respect to Weapons of Mass 
                              Destruction

    On November 14, 1994, by Executive Order 12938, the 
President declared a national emergency with respect to the 
unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, 
foreign policy, and the 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 amending Executive Order 12938 to respond more 
effectively to the worldwide threat of weapons of mass 
destruction proliferation activities. On June 28, 2005, I 
issued Executive Order 13382 that, inter alia, further amended 
Executive Order 12938 to improve our ability to combat 
proliferation. 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, the 
national emergency first declared on November 14, 1994, and 
extended in each subsequent year, must continue. 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 10, 2008.

                                  
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