[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 140 (Friday, September 30, 1994)]
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DECLARATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY CONCERNING NONPROLIFERATION CONTROLS 
  AND RESTRICTING PARTICIPATION IN WEAPONS PROLIFERATION ACTIVITIES--
 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 103-319)


  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States, which was read and, together 
with the accompanying papers, without objection, referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed:
To the Congress of the United States:
  Pursuant to section 204(b) of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1703(b)) and section 301 of the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1631), I hereby report to the Congress that 
I have exercised my statutory authority to declare a national emergency 
and to issue an Executive order, which authorizes and directs the 
Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to 
take such actions, including the promulgation of rules, regulations, 
and amendments thereto, and to employ such powers granted to the 
President by, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as may 
be necessary to continue to regulate the activities of United States 
persons in order to prevent their participation in activities, which 
could contribute to the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and 
biological weapons, and the means of their delivery.
  These actions are necessary in view of the danger posed to the 
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States by 
the continued proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical 
weapons, and of the means of delivering such weapons, and in view of 
the need for more effective controls on activities sustaining such 
proliferation. In the absence of these actions, the participation of 
United States persons in activities contrary to U.S. nonproliferation 
objectives and policies, and which may not be adequately controlled, 
could take place without effective control, posing an unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and 
economy of the United States.
  The countries and regions affected by this action would include those 
currently identified in Supplements to Part 778 of Title 15 of the Code 
of Federal Regulations, concerning nonproliferation controls, as well 
as such other countries as may be of concern from time to time due to 
their involvement in the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, 
or due to the risk of their being points of diversion to proliferation 
activities.
  It is my intention to review the appropriateness of proposing 
legislation to provide standing authority for these controls, and 
thereafter to terminate the Executive order.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, September 29, 1994.

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