[House Document 117-157]
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117th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 117-157

 
      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 OF NOVEMBER 14, 1994, AS AMENDED, IS 
 TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND NOVEMBER 14, 2022, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 
        1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)

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 November 10, 2022.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
                         ordered to be printed
                                           The White House,
                                      Washington, November 8, 2022.
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, 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 
declared in Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994, is to 
continue in effect beyond November 14, 2022.
            Sincerely,

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

                                 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, by Executive Order 13094, the 
President amended Executive Order 12938 to respond more 
effectively to the worldwide threat of weapons of mass 
destruction proliferation activities. On June 28, 2005, by 
Executive Order 13382, the President, among other things, 
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. For this 
reason, the national emergency declared in Executive Order 
12938 of November 14, 1994, with respect to the proliferation 
of weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering such 
weapons must continue beyond November 14, 2022. Therefore, 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.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, November 8, 2022.

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