[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 45 (Monday, November 12, 2007)]
[Pages 1480-1481]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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

November 8, 2007

    On November 14, 1994, by Executive Order 12938, the President 
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

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12938 to improve our ability to combat proliferation. 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; therefore, 
the national emergency first declared on November 14, 1994, and extended 
in each subsequent year, must continue. 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,
 November 8, 2007.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:54 a.m., November 9, 
2007]

Note: This notice was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on 
November 9, and it will be published in the Federal Register on November 
13.