    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book I)]
    [June 18, 2002]
    [Pages 1011-1012]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report on the National Emergency
    With Respect to Weapons-Usable Fissile Material in the Territory of the
    Russian Federation
    June 18, 2002

    To the Congress of the United States:
        As required by section 401(c) of the National Emergencies Act, 50
    U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 204(c) of the International Emergency
    Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), I transmit herewith a 6-month
    periodic report prepared by my Administration on the national emergency

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    with respect to the risk of nuclear proliferation created by the
    accumulation of weapons-usable fissile material in the territory of the
    Russian Federation that was declared in Executive Order 13159 of June
    21, 2000.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     June 18, 2002.

    Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    June 19.