Presidential Documents

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Federal Register

Vol. 66, No. 115

Thursday, June 14, 2001

Title 3—

The President

Notice of June 11, 2001

Continuation of Emergency With Respect to Property of the

Russian Federation Relating to the Disposition of Highly

Enriched Uranium Extracted From Nuclear Weapons

On June 21, 2000, President Clinton issued Executive Order 13159 (the

‘‘Order’’) blocking property and interests in property of the Government

of the Russian Federation that are in the United States, that hereafter come

within the United States, or that are or hereinafter come within the possession

or control of U.S. persons that are directly related to the implementation

of the Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America

and the Government of the Russian Federation concerning the disposition

of highly enriched uranium extracted from nuclear weapons, dated February

18, 1993, and related contracts and agreements (collectively, the ‘‘HEU Agreements’’). The HEU Agreements allow for the downblending of highly enriched

uranium derived from nuclear weapons to low enriched uranium for peaceful

commercial purposes. The Order invoked the authority, inter alia, of the

International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq., and

declared a national emergency to deal with the threat to the national security

and foreign policy of the United States posed by the risk of nuclear proliferation created by the accumulation of a large volume of weapons-usable fissile

material in the territory of the Russian Federation.

A major national security goal of the United States is to ensure that fissile

material removed from Russian nuclear weapons pursuant to various arms

control and disarmament agreements is downblended to low enriched uranium for peaceful commercial uses, subject to transparency measures, and

protected from diversion to activities of proliferation concern.

Pursuant to the HEU Agreements, weapons-grade uranium extracted from

Russian nuclear weapons is converted to low enriched uranium for use

as fuel in commercial nuclear reactors. The Order blocks and protects 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 implementation of the

HEU Agreements and that are in the United States, that hereafter come

within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession

or control of United States persons.

The national emergency declared on June 21, 2000, must continue beyond

June 21, 2001, to provide continued protection 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 implementation of the HEU Agreements and

subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d)

of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing the

national emergency with respect to weapons-usable fissile material in the

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territory of the Russian Federation. This notice shall be published in the

Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.

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THE WHITE HOUSE,

June 11, 2001.

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