    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2002, Book II)]
    [December 17, 2002]
    [Page 2202]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Letter to Congressional Leaders Transmitting a Report on the National
    Emergency With Respect to Weapons-Usable Fissile Material in the
    Territory of the Russian Federation
    December 17, 2002

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)
        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 am transmitting a 6-month
    periodic report prepared by my Administration 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.
             Sincerely,

                                                              George W. Bush

    Note: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the
    House of Representatives, and Richard B. Cheney, President of the
    Senate.