U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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89–011 2009

111th Congress, 1st Session – – – – – – – – – – – – – House Document 111–75 

CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY 

WITH RESPECT TO THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION 

MESSAGE 

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRANSMITTING

NOTIFICATION THAT THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DECLARED 

WITH RESPECT TO THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS 

DESTRUCTION DECLARED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 12938 ON NOVEMBER 14, 1994, AS AMENDED, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT 

BEYOND NOVEMBER 14, 2009, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d) 

NOVEMBER 6, 2009.—Message and accompanying papers referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Affairs 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 national emergency with respect to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction that was declared in Executive Order 12938, as amended, is to continue in effect for 1 year 

beyond November 14, 2009. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, November 6, 2009. 


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NOTICE

CONTINUATION OF EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO WEAPONS OF

MASS DESTRUCTION

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

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 amending Executive Order 

12938 to respond more effectively to the worldwide threat of weapons of mass destruction proliferation activities. On June 28, 2005, 

the President issued Executive Order 13382 that, inter alia, further 

amended Executive Order 12938 to improve our ability to combat 

proliferation. 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, the national emergency first 

declared on November 14, 1994, and extended in each subsequent 

year, must continue. 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. 

BARACK OBAMA. 

THE WHITE HOUSE, November 6, 2009. 

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