    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2006, Book II)]
    [October 27, 2006]
    [Page 1946]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to Congressional Leaders on Continuation of the National
    Emergency Regarding the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction
    October 27, 2006

    Dear Mr. Speaker:  (Dear Mr. President:)
        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 to the Federal Register for publication, 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, 2006.
        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, 2006.
             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. This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on
    October 30. The notice of October 27 is listed in Appendix D at the end
    of this volume.