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69–011 2016

114th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 114–179 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL 

EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION THAT WAS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 12938, AS AMENDED, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT 

BEYOND NOVEMBER 14, 2016, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d); 

PUBLIC LAW 94–412, SEC. 202(d); (90 STAT. 1257) 

NOVEMBER 14, 2016.—Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 

ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, November 8, 2016. 

Hon. PAUL D. RYAN, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

Washington, DC. 

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies 

Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of 

a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in the Federal 

Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the 

emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. In 

accordance with this provision, I have sent to the Federal Register 

for publication the enclosed notice, stating that the national emergency with respect to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction that was declared in Executive Order 12938 is to continue in 

effect beyond November 14, 2016. 

Sincerely, 

BARACK OBAMA. 


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NOTICE

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO

THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

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, 

the President issued Executive Order 13382, which, inter alia, further amended Executive Order 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 the national emergency declared in Executive Order 

12938. 

This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, November 8, 2016. 

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