[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 9 (Monday, March 3, 1997)]
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Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report on Weapons of Mass 
Destruction

February 26, 1997

To the Congress of the United States:

    The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997 (Public 
Law 104-201), title XIV, section 1411 requires the President to transmit 
a report to the Congress that assesses the capabilities of the Federal 
Government to prevent and respond to terrorist incidents involving 
weapons of mass destruction and to support State and local prevention 
and response efforts. In accordance with this provision, I transmit the 
attached report on the subject issue.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
February 26, 1997.