[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 56 (Monday, May 5, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H2159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 REPORT DESCRIBING U.S. READINESS PROGRAM FOR COUNTERING PROLIFERATION 
   OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE 
                   UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 105-79)

  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 National Security and International Relations and ordered 
to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public 
Law 104-201), title XIV, section 1443 (Defense Against Weapons of Mass 
Destruction), requires the President to transmit a report to the 
Congress that describes the United States comprehensive readiness 
program for countering proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. In 
accordance with this provision, I enclose the attached report.

                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, May 2, 1997.
  
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