[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2003, Book I)]
[June 10, 2003]
[Page 621]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report on the National Emergency 
With Respect to Weapons-Usable Fissile Material in the Territory of the 
Russian Federation
June 10, 2003

To the Congress of the United States:
    As required by section 401(c) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 
U.S.C. 1641(c), and section 204(c) of the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), I transmit herewith a 6-month 
periodic report prepared by my Administration on the national emergency 
with respect to the risk of nuclear proliferation created by the 
accumulation of weapons-usable fissile material in the territory of the 
Russian Federation that was declared in Executive Order 13159 of June 
21, 2000.

                                                          George W. Bush

 The White House,

 June 10, 2003.