[House Document 118-76]
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118th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - House Document 118-76

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

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                                MESSAGE

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                     THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

                              transmitting

 NOTICE OF 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, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 
        1622(d); PUBLIC LAW 94-412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257)








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  November 1, 2023.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the 
         Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed  
         
         
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                 U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
                 
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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, 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, 2023.

                                               Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
    The White House, November 1, 2023.






























                                 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, 2023. 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 1, 2023.

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