    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2003, Book I)]
    [June 10, 2003]
    [Page 621]
    [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 10, 2003

    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
    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 10, 2003.