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39–011 2004

108th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 108–229 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO PROLIFERATION OF WMD AND 

THEIR DELIVERY SYSTEMS 

COMMUNICATION 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED 

WITH RESPECT TO THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS 

DESTRUCTION AND THEIR DELIVERY SYSTEMS DECLARED BY 

EXECUTIVE ORDER 12938 ON NOVEMBER 14, 1994, AS AMENDED, 

IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND NOVEMBER 14, 2004, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d) 

NOVEMBER 16, 2004.—Referred to the Committee on International 

Relations and ordered to be printed 


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THE WHITE HOUSE, 

Washington, November 4, 2004. 

Hon. J. DENNIS HASTERT, 

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, 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 emergency posed by the 

proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their delivery systems declared by Executive Order 12938 on November 14, 1994, as 

amended, is to continue in effect beyond November 14, 2004. The 

most recent notice continuing this emergency was signed on October 29, 2003, and published in the Federal Register on October 31, 

2003 (68 FR 62209). 

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, I have determined the national emergency previously declared must continue in effect beyond November 

14, 2004. 

Sincerely, 

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

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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. On July 28, 1998, 

the President issued Executive Order 13094 to amend Executive 

Order 12938 to respond more effectively to the worldwide threat of 

proliferation of 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, must continue in 

effect beyond November 14, 2004. 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 4, 2004. 

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