[House Document 114-179]
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114th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - -- House Document 114-179

 
      CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
              PROLIFERATION OF 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 
BEYOND NOVEMBER 14, 2016, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-
                   412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)


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 November 14, 2016.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, November 8, 2016.
Hon. Paul D. Ryan,
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 90 days 
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 is to continue in 
effect beyond November 14, 2016.
            Sincerely,
                                                      Barack Obama.

                                 Notice

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      Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the 
              Proliferation of 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 the national emergency declared in 
Executive Order 12938.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                      Barack Obama.
    The White House, November 8, 2016.

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