White House Press Release
Proliferation Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of America,
including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act
(50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C.
1601 et seq.), the Arms Export Control Act, as amended (22 U.S.C.
2751 et seq.), Executive Orders Nos. 12851 and 12924, and
section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, William J. Clinton, President of the United States of
America, find that the proliferation of nuclear, biological,
and chemical weapons ("weapons of mass destruction") and of
the means of delivering such weapons, constitutes an unusual
and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy,
and economy of the United States, and hereby declare a national
emergency to deal with that threat.
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