[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 11 (Monday, March 17, 2003)]
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Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report on the Plan for Securing 
Nuclear Weapons, Material, and Expertise of the States of the Former 
Soviet Union

March 11, 2003

To the Congress of the United States:

    As required by section 1205 of the National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107-107) and section 1205 of the 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-
314), I am providing a report prepared by my Administration which 
presents a plan for securing nuclear weapons, material, and expertise of 
the states of the Former Soviet Union and reports on implementation of 
that plan during Fiscal Year 2002.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 March 11, 2003.