[House Document 112-151]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




112th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - House Document 112-151
 
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO WEAPONS OF MASS 
                              DESTRUCTION

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   NOTIFICATION THAT THE CONTINUATION OF 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, 2012




  November 2, 2012.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, November 1, 2012.
Hon. John Boehner,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
    Dear Mr. 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, within the 90-day 
period 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, 2012.
                        Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.
                                 Notice

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Continuation of the 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 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 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 1, 2012.

                                  
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