[House Document 111-154]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
111th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 111-154
CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE
PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
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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 DECLARED BY EXECUTIVE
ORDER 12938 ON NOVEMBER 14, 1994, AS AMENDED, IS TO CONTINUE IN EFFECT
BEYOND NOVEMBER 14, 2010, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1622(d)
November 18, 2010.--Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and
ordered to be printed
The White House,
Washington, November 4, 2010.
Hon. Nancy Pelosi,
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Madam 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 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, 2010.
Sincerely,
Barack Obama.
Notice
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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 July 28, 2005, the
President issued Executive Order 13382 which, 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 4, 2010.