[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 39 (Monday, October 4, 1993)]
[Pages 1936-1937]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress on Restriction of Weapons Proliferation 
Activities

 September 30, 1993

To the Congress of the United States:

    Pursuant to section 204(b) of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1703(b)) and section 301 of the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1631), I hereby report to the Congress that I 
have exercised my statutory authority to declare a national emergency 
and to issue an Executive order, which authorizes and directs the 
Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to 
take such actions, including the promulgation of rules, regulations, and 
amendments thereto, and to employ such powers granted to the President 
by the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, as may be necessary 
to continue to regulate the activities of United States persons in order 
to prevent their participation in activities, which could contribute to 
the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, and the 
means of their delivery.
    These actions are necessary in view of the danger posed to the 
national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States by 
the continued proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical 
weapons, and of the means of delivering such weapons, and in view of the 
need for more effective controls on activities sustaining such 
proliferation. In the absence of these actions, the participation of 
U.S. persons in activities contrary to U.S. nonproliferation objectives 
and policies, and which may not be adequately controlled through the 
exercise of the authorities conferred by the Export Administration Act 
of 1979, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2401 et. seq.), could take place 
without effective control, posing an unusual and extraordinary threat to 
the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.
    The countries and regions affected by this action would include 
those currently identified in Supplements 4, 5, and 6 to Part 778 of 
Title 15 of the Code of Federal Regulations, concerning nonproliferation 
controls, as well as such other countries as may be of concern from time 
to time due to their involvement in the proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction, or due to the risk of their being points of diversion to 
proliferation activities.
    It is my intention to review the appropriateness of proposing 
legislation to provide standing authority for these controls, and 
thereafter to terminate the Executive order.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
September 30, 1993.

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