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Administration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr., 2023

November 1, 2023

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 enclosed notice stating that the national emergency with respect to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction declared in Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994, is to continue in effect beyond November 14, 2023.

Joseph R. Biden Jr.

The White House, November 1, 2023.

NOTE: An original was not available for verification of the content of this message.

Categories: Communications to Congress : Weapons of mass destruction, U.S. national emergency, message on continuation.

Subjects: Nuclear weapons, nonproliferation efforts; Weapons of mass destruction, U.S. national emergency.

DCPD Number: DCPD202300969.

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