U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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90–011 2001

107th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 107–147

EXTENSION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY REGARDING

PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, AND

CHEMICAL WEAPONS

MESSAGE

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

TRANSMITTING

A NOTIFICATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT

TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY, FOREIGN POLICY, AND ECONOMY

OF THE UNITED STATES POSED BY THE PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR, BIOLOGICAL, AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS DECLARED BY

EXECUTIVE ORDER 12938 ON NOVEMBER 14, 1994, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND NOVEMBER 14, 2001, PURSUANT TO

50 U.S.C. 1622(d)

NOVEMBER 13, 2001.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the

Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed

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To the Congress of the United States:

Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C.

1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, 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 the enclosed notice to the Federal Register for publication. The notice states that the 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 declared by Executive Order 12938 on November 14, 1994, is to continue in effect beyond November 14, 2001. The most recent notice

continuing this emergency was published in the Federal Register on

November 13, 2000 (65 Fed. Reg. 68063).

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, I have determined that it is necessary to

continue the national emergency declared on November 14, 1994,

regarding weapons of mass destruction, beyond November 14, 2001.

GEORGE W. BUSH.

THE WHITE HOUSE, November 9, 2001.

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NOTICE

CONTINUATION OF EMERGENCY REGARDING WEAPONS OF MASS

DESTRUCTION

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. 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, and extended on November 14, 1995, November 12, 1996, November 13, 1997, November 12, 1998, November 10, 1999, and November 12, 2000, must continue in effect beyond November 14,

2001. 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.

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

GEORGE W. BUSH.

THE WHITE HOUSE, November 9, 2001.

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