    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book II)]
    [November 6, 2002]
    [Page 2063]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency With
    Respect to the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
    November 6, 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 posed by the proliferation
    of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems declared by
    Executive Order 12938 on November 14, 1994, as amended, is to continue
    in effect beyond November 14, 2002, to the Federal Register for
    publication. The most recent notice continuing this emergency was
    published in the Federal Register on November 13, 2001 (66 FR 56965).
        The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the means of
    delivering them continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to
    the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.
    Therefore, I have determined the national emergency previously declared
    must continue in effect beyond November 14, 2002.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     November 6, 2002.

    Note: This message was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    November 12. The notice of November 6 is listed in Appendix D at the end
    of this volume.