[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 56 (Monday, May 5, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S3959]
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REPORT ON THE U.S. COMPREHENSIVE PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM--MESSAGE FROM THE 
                            PRESIDENT--PM 32

  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 Armed Services:

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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