[House Document 111-154]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



111th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 111-154

 
      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
              PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

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                             COMMUNICATION

                                  from

                 THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              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, 2010, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




 November 18, 2010.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, November 4, 2010.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Madam Speaker: 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 to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed 
notice, stating that the national emergency with respect to the 
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction that was declared 
in Executive Order 12938, as amended, is to continue in effect 
for 1 year beyond November 14, 2010.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.
                                 Notice

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 Continuation of 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 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 July 28, 2005, the 
President 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.
                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, November 4, 2010.

                                  
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