[House Document 110-74]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                     

110th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 110-74

 
    CONTINUATION OF 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 AND THEIR DELIVERY SYSTEMS 
DECLARED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 12938 ON NOVEMBER 14, 1994, AS AMENDED, IS 
 TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND NOVEMBER 14, 2007, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 
                                1622(d)




  November 9, 2007.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed

    To the Congress of the United States:
    In accordance with section 202(d) of the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I transmit herewith notice 
of a 1-year continuation of 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.

                                                    George W. Bush.
    The White House, November 8, 2007.
                                 Notice

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    Continuation of Emergency Regarding 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 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 which, 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 8, 2007.