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

    Message to the Congress on Continuation of 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:
        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. In accordance with this provision, I have sent the
    enclosed notice, stating 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, 2002,
    to the Federal Register for publication. The most recent notice
    continuing this emergency was published in the Federal Register on June
    14, 2001, (66 FR 32207).
        It remains a major national security goal of the United States to
    ensure that fissile material removed from Russian nuclear 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 continue the
    national emergency declared with respect to the accumulation of a large
    volume of weapons-usable fissile material in the territory of the
    Russian Federation and maintain in force these emergency authorities to
    respond to this threat.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     June 18, 2002.

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