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 PERIODIC REPORT 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--PM 37

  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 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.

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