[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 31 (Thursday, February 16, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2821-S2822]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 REPORT RELATIVE TO NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS--MESSAGE 
                       FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 20

  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs.

To the Congress of the United States:
  On September 29, 1994, in Executive Order No. 12930, I declared a 
national 
[[Page S2822]] emergency under the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (IEEPA) (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to deal with the threat to 
the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States 
posed by the continued proliferation of nuclear, biological, and 
chemical weapons, and their means of delivery. Specifically, this order 
provided necessary authority under the Enhanced Proliferation Control 
Initiative (EPCI), as provided in the Export Administration 
Regulations, set forth in Title 15, Chapter VII, Subchapter C, of the 
Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 768 to 799 inclusive, to continue to 
regulate the activities of United States persons in order to prevent 
their participation in activities that could contribute to the 
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery means.
  I issued Executive Order No. 12930 pursuant to the authority vested 
in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of 
America, including the IEEPA, the National Emergencies Act (NEA) (50 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3 of the United States 
Code. At that time, I also submitted a report to the Congress pursuant 
to section 204(b) of the IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(b)).
  Executive Order No. 12930 was revoked by Executive Order No. 12938 of 
November 14, 1994. Executive Order No. 12938 consolidates a number of 
authorities and eliminated certain redundant authorities. All 
authorities contained in Executive Order No. 12930 were transferred to 
Executive Order No. 12938.
  Section 204 of the IEEPA requires follow-up reports, with respect to 
actions or changes, to be submitted every 6 months. Additionally, 
section 401(c) of the NEA requires that the President: (1) within 90 
days the end of each 6-month period following a declaration of a 
national emergency, report to the Congress on the total expenditures 
directly attributable to that declaration; or (2) within 90 days after 
the termination of an emergency, transmit a final report to the 
Congress on all expenditures. This report, covering the period from 
September 29, 1994, to November 14, 1994, is submitted in compliance 
with these requirements.
  Since the issuance of Executive Order No. 12930, the Department of 
Commerce has continued to administer and enforce the provisions 
contained in the Export Administration Regulations concerning 
activities by United States persons that may contribute to the 
proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and missiles. In addition, 
the Department of Commerce has conducted ongoing outreach to educate 
concerned communities regarding these restrictions. Regulated 
activities may include financing, servicing, contracting, or other 
facilitation of missile or weapons projects, and need not be linked to 
exports or reexports of U.S.-origin items. No applications for licenses 
to engage in such activities were received during the period covered by 
this report.
  No expenses directly attributable to the exercise of powers or 
authorities conferred by the declaration of a national emergency in 
Executive Order No. 12930 were incurred by the Federal Government in 
the period from September 29, 1994, to November 14, 1994.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, February 16, 1995.
  

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