U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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19–011 2003

108th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 108–83

PERIODIC REPORT ON THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

MESSAGE

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

TRANSMITTING

A 6-MONTH PERIODIC REPORT ON THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO THE RISK OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION 

CREATED BY THE ACCUMULATION OF WEAPONS-USABLE 

FISSILE MATERIAL IN THE TERRITORY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION THAT WAS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13159 OF 

JUNE 21, 2000, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1641(c) AND 50 U.S.C. 

1703(c)

JUNE 11, 2003.—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: 

As required by section 401(c) of the National Emergencies Act, 

50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 204(c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), I transmit herewith 

a 6-month periodic report prepared by my Administration on the 

national emergency with respect to the risk of nuclear proliferation 

created by the accumulation of weapons-usable fissile material in 

the territory of the Russian Federation that was declared in Executive Order 13159 of June 21, 2000.

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, June 10, 2003. 

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1The prior report, as printed in House Document 108–9, H.R. Doc. No. 9, 108th Cong., 1st 

Sess. 3 (2003), mistakenly listed the number of licenses issued during that reporting period as 

14, as of April 24, 2002. The correct language is: ‘‘The Department of the Treasury’s Office of 

Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued, as of October 21, 2002, 12 licenses during the current reporting period in furtherance of the Order’s goals of protecting the blocked assets and 

ensuring full implementation of the Regulations.’’

PERIODIC REPORT ON THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO

THE RISK OF NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION CREATED BY THE ACCUMULATION OF WEAPONS-USABLE FISSILE MATERIAL IN THE TERRITORY OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

This report to the Congress covers developments over the course 

of the past 6 months concerning the national emergency with respect to the risk of nuclear proliferation created by the accumulation of weapons-usable fissile material (Highly Enriched Uranium 

(HEU)) in the territory of the Russian Federation that was declared in Executive Order 13159 of June 21, 2000, (the Order). This 

report is submitted pursuant to section 204(c) of the International 

Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), and section 

401(c) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c). 

1. There have been no amendments to the HEU Agreement Assets Control Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Part 540 (the Regulations). 

2. The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets 

Control (OFAC) has issued, as of April 21, 2003, five licenses during the current reporting period in furtherance of the Order’s goals 

of protecting the blocked assets and ensuring full implementation 

of the Regulations.1 These licenses authorize the importation of 

and payment for low enriched uranium, as well as the sale and exportation of and payment for natural uranium. 

3. The expenses incurred by the Federal Government in the 6-

month period from December 21, 2002, through June 20, 2003, that 

are directly attributable to the exercise of powers and authorities 

conferred by the declaration of the national emergency with respect 

to the risk of nuclear proliferation created by the accumulation of 

weapons-usable fissile material in the territory of the Russia Federation are estimated at approximately $10,000, most of which represent wage and salary costs for Federal personnel. Personnel costs 

were largely centered in the Department of the Treasury (particularly in the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the Office of the 

Under Secretary for Enforcement, and the Office of the General 

Counsel), the Department of State, and the Department of Energy. 

4. The Order provides an effective tool for protecting from attachment, judgment, decree, lien, execution, garnishment, or other judicial process the property and interests in property of the Government of the Russian Federation that are directly related to the imVerDate Jan 31 2003 01:14 Jun 14, 2003 Jkt 019011 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6601 Sfmt 6601 E:\HR\OC\HD083.XXX HD083
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plementation of the HEU Agreements and subject to U.S. jurisdiction.

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