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19–011 2002

107th Congress, 2d Session – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 107–280

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

POSED BY WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

MESSAGE

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY POSED BY THE 

PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND 

THEIR DELIVERY SYSTEMS DECLARED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 

12938 ON NOVEMBER 14, 1994, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT BEYOND NOVEMBER 14, 2002, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)

NOVEMBER 12, 2002.—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, 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, 

2002, to the Federal Register for publication. The most recent notice continuing this emergency was published in the Federal Register on November 13, 2001 (66 FR 56965). 

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 the national emergency previously declared must continue in effect beyond November 

14, 2002.

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, November 6, 2002. 

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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 more effectively respond to the worldwide threat of 

weapons of mass destruction proliferation activities. 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, November 12, 2000, and November 9, 2001, must continue in effect 

beyond November 14, 2002. 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 6, 2002.

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