[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 89 (Thursday, June 20, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4790-S4791]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     REPORT ON THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY THAT WAS 
  ORIGINALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13617 OF JUNE 25, 2012, WITH 
  RESPECT TO THE DISPOSITION OF RUSSIAN HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM--PM 14

  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:
  Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) 
provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, 
within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the 
President publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the 
Congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect 
beyond the anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have 
sent to the Federal Register for publication the

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enclosed notice stating that the emergency declared in Executive Order 
13617 of June 25, 2012, with respect to the disposition of Russian 
highly enriched uranium is to continue in effect beyond June 25, 2013.
  The risk of nuclear proliferation created by the accumulation of a 
large volume of weapons-usable fissile material in the territory of the 
Russian Federation continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary 
threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United 
States. Therefore, I have determined that it is necessary to continue 
the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13617 with respect 
to the disposition of Russian highly enriched uranium.
                                                        Barack Obama.  
The White House, June 20, 2013.

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