    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (1999, Book II)]
    [July 13, 1999]
    [Page 1198]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report on the National Emergency
    With Respect to Weapons of Mass Destruction
    July 13, 1999

    To the Congress of the United States:
        As required by section 204 of the International Emergency Economics
    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,

    July 13, 1999.