[House Document 111-75]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



111th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 111-75


 
      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
              PROLIFERATION OF 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, 2009, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)




  November 6, 2009.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Foreign Affairs 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 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, 2009.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, November 6, 2009.
                                 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 June 28, 2005, the 
President 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.

                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, November 6, 2009.

                                  
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