[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: GEORGE W. BUSH (2001, Book I)]
[June 11, 2001]
[Pages 637-638]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With 
Respect to Russia
June 11, 2001

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, 
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. I have sent the enclosed notice to the Federal 
Register for publication. This notice states that the emergency declared 
with respect to the accumulation of a large volume of weapons-usable 
fissile material in the territory of the Russian Federation is to 
continue beyond June 21, 2001.
    It remains a major national security goal of the United States to 
ensure that fissile material removed from Russian nuclear

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weapons pursuant to various arms control and disarmament agreements is 
dedicated to peaceful uses, subject to transparency measures, and 
protected from diversion to activities of proliferation concern. 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. For this reason, I have determined that it is necessary 
to maintain in force these emergency authorities beyond June 21, 2001.

                                                          George W. Bush

 The White House,

 June 11, 2001.

Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on 
June 12.