For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 29, 2003
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 respond
more effectively to the worldwide threat of proliferation of weapons of
mass destruction and the means of delivering such weapons. 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,
must continue in effect beyond November 14, 2003. Consistent 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 29, 2003.
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