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 REPORT REQUIRED BY THE INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY ECONOMIC POWERS ACT ON 
 THE EMERGENCY REGARDING PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION--
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  The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 
from the President of the United States, together with an accompanying 
report; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs:

To the Congress of the United States:
  As required by section 204(c) of the International Emergency Economic 
Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), and section 401(c) of the National 
Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), I transmit herewith a 6-month 
periodic report prepared by my Administration on the national emergency 
with respect to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction that 
was declared in Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, February 25, 2003.

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