[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 43 (Monday, October 31, 2005)]
[Page 1594]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Notice--Continuation of National Emergency Regarding the Proliferation 
of Weapons of Mass Destruction

October 25, 2005

    On November 14, 1994, by Executive Order 12938, President Clinton 
declared a national emergency with respect to the unusual and 
extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and 
economy of the United States posed by the proliferation of nuclear, 
biological, and chemical weapons (weapons of mass destruction) and the 
means of delivering such weapons. On July 28, 1998, the President issued 
Executive Order 13094 amending Executive Order 12938 to respond more 
effectively to the worldwide threat of weapons of mass destruction 
proliferation activities. On June 28, 2005, I issued Executive Order 
13382 which, inter alia, further amended Executive Order 12938 to 
improve our ability to combat proliferation. Because the proliferation 
of weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them 
continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national 
security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States, the national 
emergency first declared on November 14, 1994, must continue in effect 
beyond November 14, 2005. In accordance with section 202(d) of the 
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year 
the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12938, as amended.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and 
transmitted to the Congress.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 October 25, 2005.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., October 26, 
2005]

Note: This notice was published in the Federal Register on October 27.