[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 76 (Thursday, June 5, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S5339]
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REPORT CONCERNING THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY TO THE THREAT POSED BY WEAPONS 
         OF MASS DESTRUCTION--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT--PM 45

  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:
  As required by section 204 of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)) and section 401(c) of the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)), I transmit herewith a 6-month 
report on the national emergency declared by Executive Order 12938 of 
November 14, 1994, in response to the threat posed by the proliferation 
of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons (``weapons of mass 
destruction'') and of the means of delivering such weapons.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, June 5, 1997.

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