[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 31, Number 7 (Monday, February 20, 1995)]
[Pages 257-258]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Message to the Congress on the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass 
Destruction

February 16, 1995

To the Congress of the United States:

    On September 29, 1994, in Executive Order No. 12930, I declared a 
national emergency under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act 
(IEEPA) (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) to deal with the threat to the national 
security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States posed by the 
continued proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, 
and their means of delivery. Specifically, this order provided necessary 
authority under the Enhanced Proliferation Control Initiative (EPCI), as 
provided in the Export Administration Regulations, set forth in Title 
15, Chapter VII, Subchapter C, of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 
768 to 799 inclusive, to continue to regulate the activities of United 
States persons in order to prevent their participation in activities 
that could contribute to the proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction and their delivery means.
    I issued Executive Order No. 12930 pursuant to the authority vested 
in me as President by the Constitution and laws of the United States of 
America, including the IEEPA, the National Emergencies Act (NEA) (50 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), and section 301 of title 3 of

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the United States Code. At that time, I also submitted a report to the 
Congress pursuant to section 204(b) of the IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(b)).
    Executive Order No. 12930 was revoked by Executive Order No. 12938 
of November 14, 1994. Executive Order No. 12938 consolidates a number of 
authorities and eliminated certain redundant authorities. All 
authorities contained in Executive Order No. 12930 were transferred to 
Executive Order No. 12938.
    Section 204 of the IEEPA requires follow-up reports, with respect to 
actions or changes, to be submitted every 6 months. Additionally, 
section 401(c) of the NEA requires that the President: (1) within 90 
days after the end of each 6-month period following a declaration of a 
national emergency, report to the Congress on the total expenditures 
directly attributable to that declaration; or (2) within 90 days after 
the termination of an emergency, transmit a final report to the Congress 
on all expenditures. This report, covering the period from September 29, 
1994, to November 14, 1994, is submitted in compliance with these 
requirements.
    Since the issuance of Executive Order No. 12930, the Department of 
Commerce has continued to administer and enforce the provisions 
contained in the Export Administration Regulations concerning activities 
by United States persons that may contribute to the proliferation of 
weapons of mass destruction and missiles. In addition, the Department of 
Commerce has conducted ongoing outreach to educate concerned communities 
regarding these restrictions. Regulated activities may include 
financing, servicing, contracting, or other facilitation of missile or 
weapons projects, and need not be linked to exports or reexports of 
U.S.-origin items. No applications for licenses to engage in such 
activities were received during the period covered by this report.
    No expenses directly attributable to the exercise of powers or 
authorities conferred by the declaration of a national emergency in 
Executive Order No. 12930 were incurred by the Federal Government in the 
period from September 29, 1994, to November 14, 1994.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
February 16, 1995.