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49–011 2005

109th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 109–63 

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, 2005, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d) 

OCTOBER 25, 2005.—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 to the Federal Register for publication the enclosed notice, stating that the emergency posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery declared by 

Executive Order 12938 on November 14, 1994, as amended, is to 

continue in effect beyond November 14, 2005. The most recent notice continuing this emergency was signed on November 4, 2004, 

and published in the Federal Register on November 8, 2004 (69 FR 

64637). 

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, 2005. 

GEORGE W. BUSH. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, October 25, 2005. 

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NOTICE

CONTINUATION OF NATIONAL EMERGENCY REGARDING THE

PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

On November 14, 1994, by Executive Order 12938, President 

Clinton declared a national emergency with respect to the unusal 

and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign poliy, 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, 

I issued Executive Order 13382 which, inter alia, further amended 

Executive Order 12938 to improve our ability to combat proliferation. Because the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and 

the means of delivering them continues to pose an unusal 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, 

2005. 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, October 25, 2005. 

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