[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 94 (Tuesday, June 29, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H5002]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  IMPLEMENTATION OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS 
CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION ACT--MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
                      STATES (H. DOC. NO. 106-86)

  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 International Relations and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  On November 14, 1994, in light of the danger of the proliferation of 
nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons (weapons of mass destruction) 
and of the means of delivering such weapons, using my authority under 
the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et 
seq.), I issued Executive Order 12938, declaring a national emergency 
to deal with this danger. Because the proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to 
the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United 
States, I have renewed the national emergency declared in Executive 
Order 12938 annually, most recently on November 12, 1998. Pursuant to 
section 204(b) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
U.S.C. 1703(b)), I hereby report to the Congress that I have exercised 
my statutory authority to further amend Executive Order 12938 in order 
to more effectively respond to the worldwide threat of weapons of mass 
destruction proliferation activities.
  The new executive order, which implements the Chemical Weapons 
Convention Implementation Act of 1998, strengthens Executive Order 
12938 by amending section 3 to authorize the United States to implement 
important provisions of the Convention on the Prohibition of the 
Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on 
Their Destruction, a multilateral agreement that serves to reduce the 
threat posed by chemical weapons. Specifically, the amendment enables 
the United States Government to ensure that imports into the United 
States of certain chemicals from any source are permitted in a manner 
consistent with the relevant provisions of the Convention.
                                                  William J. Clinton.  
  The White House, June 25, 1999.

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