    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book I)]
    [January 23, 2002]
    [Page 110]
    [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
    January 23, 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 on the national emergency 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,

     January 23, 2002.

    Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    January 24.