President Continues Weapons of Mass Destruction National Emergency

The President has issued a notice and message to Congress on his decision to extend for another year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994 as amended by EOs 13904 and 13382, regarding the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the U.S. posed by the proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons (weapons of mass destruction) and the means of delivering such weapons. The national emergency is extended until November 14, 2012.