    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2005, Book II)]
    [October 25, 2005]
    [Page 1596]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Message to the Congress on Continuation of the National Emergency
    Regarding the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
    October 25, 2005

    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 to the
    Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice, stating that the
    emergency posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and
    their means of delivery declared by Executive Order 12938 on November
    14, 1994, as amended, is to continue in effect beyond November 14, 2005.
    The most recent notice continuing this emergency was signed on November
    4, 2004, and published in the Federal Register on November 8, 2004 (69
    FR 64637).
        Because 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, I have determined the national emergency previously
    declared must continue in effect beyond November 14, 2005.

                                                              George W. Bush

     The White House,

     October 25, 2005.

    Note: The notice is listed in Appendix D at the end of this volume.