[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 39 (Monday, October 3, 1994)]
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[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress Reporting on Proliferation of Chemical and 
Biological Weapons

September 29, 1994

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 
United States persons in activities contrary to U.S. nonproliferation 
objectives and policies, and which may not be adequately controlled, 
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 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 29, 1994.