HAS ANYONE FOUND ANY INFO ON WHETHER THE PRESIDENT GET ANOTHER AUTOMATIC TERM IN OFFICE FROM DECLARING "NATIONAL EMERGENCY" BEFORE JULY 21ST IN AN ELECTION YEAR??

: ADDITIONAL INFO RE: EXECUTIVE ORDER DECLARING NATIONAL/INTL.
: EMERGENCY

: Additional Information Regarding Executive Order Declaring
: National/International Emergency in Reference to the Russian
: Federation ....
: From the Cong. Rec. (Senate).......From Newsgroups Search/Full
: EO posted as
: well there. This is authentic/solid. There still remain a
: number of

: questions regarding the meaning and scope of this, as well as
: the possible
: implications. Ronn D. 6/26/00

: Subject: 2000CRS5660 REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING
: PROPERTY OF
: THE GOVERNMENT OF
: From: noone@senate.gov
: Date: 2000/06/23
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: [Congressional Record: June 22, 2000 (Senate)]
: [Page S5660]
: [DOCID:cr22jn00-110]

: REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY OF THE
: GOVERNMENT OF
: THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION RELATING TO THE DISPOSITION OF HIGHLY
: ENRICHED
: URANIUM EXTRACTED FROM NUCLEAR WEAPONS--MESSAGE FROM THE
: PRESIDENT--PM

: 117

: 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: Pursuant to section
: 204(b) of the International Emergency Economic
: Powers Act (IEEPA), 50 U.S.C. 1703(b) and section 301 of the
: National
: Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1631, I hereby report that I have
: exercised
: my authority to declare a national emergency to deal with the
: threat
: posed to the United States by the risk of nuclear
: proliferation created
: by the accumulation in the Russian Federation of a large
: volume of
: weapons-usable fissile material. The United States and the
: Russian
: Federation have entered into a series of agreements that
: provide for
: the conversion of highly enriched uranium (HEU) extracted from
: Russian
: nuclear weapons into low enriched uranium (LEU) for use in
: commercial
: nuclear reactors. The Russian Federation recently suspended
: its
: performance under these agreements because of concerns that
: payments
: due to it under these agreements may be subject to attachment,
: garnishment, or other judicial process, in the United States.
: Accordingly, I have issued an Executive Order to address the
: unusual
: and extraordinary risk of nuclear proliferation created by
: this
: situation.
: A major national security goal of the United States is to
: ensure that
: fissile material removed from Russian nuclear weapons pursuant
: to
: various arms control and disarmament agreements is dedicated
: to
: peaceful uses, subject to transparency measures, and protected
: from
: diversion to activities of proliferation concern. The United
: States and
: the Russian Federation entered into an international agreement
: in
: February 1993 to deal with these issues as they relate to the
: disposition of HEU extracted from Russian nuclear weapons (the
: ``HEU
: Agreement''). Under the HEU Agreement, 500 metric tons of HEU
: will be
: converted to LEU over a 20-year period. This is the equivalent
: of
: 20,000 nuclear warheads.
: Additional agreements were put in place to effectuate the HEU
: Agreement, including agreements and contracts on transparency,
: on the
: appointment of executive agents to assist in implementing the
: agreements, and on the disposition of LEU delivered to the
: United
: States (collectively, the ``HEU Agreements''). Under the HEU
: Agreements, the Russian Federation extracts HEU metal from
: nuclear
: weapons. That HEU is oxidized and blended down to LEU in the
: Russian
: Federation. The resulting LEU is shipped to the United States
: for
: fabrication into fuel for commercial reactors. The United
: States
: monitors this conversion process through the Department of
: Energy's
: Warhead and Fissile Material Transparency Program.
: The HEU Agreements provide for the Russian Federation to
: receive
: money and uranium hexafluoride in payment for each shipment of
: LEU
: converted from the Russian nuclear weapons. The money and
: uranium
: hexafluoride are transferred to the Russian Federation
: executive agent
: in the United States.
: The Russian Federation recently suspended its performance
: under the
: HEU Agreements because of concerns over possible attachment,
: garnishment, or other judicial process with respect to the
: payments due
: to it as a result of litigation currently pending against the
: Russian
: Federation. In response to this concern, the Minister of
: Atomic Energy
: of the Russian Federation, Minister Adamov, notified Secretary
: Richardson on May 5, 2000, of the decision of the Russian
: Federation to
: halt shipment of LEU pending resolution of this problem. This
: suspension presents an unusual and extraordinary threat to
: U.S.
: national security goals due to the risk of nuclear
: proliferation caused
: by the accumulation of weapons-usable fissile material in the
: Russian
: Federation.
: The executive branch and the Congress have previously
: recognized and
: continue to recognize the threat posed to the United States
: national
: security from the risk of nuclear proliferation created by the
: accumulation of weapons-usable fissile material in the Russian
: Federation. This threat is the basis for significant programs
: aimed at
: Cooperative Threat Reduction and at controlling excess fissile
: material. The HEU Agreements are essential tools to accomplish
: these
: overall national security goals. Congress demonstrated support
: for
: these agreements when it authorized the purchase of Russian
: uranium in
: 1998, Public Law 105-277, and also enacted legislation to
: enable
: Russian uranium to be sold in this country pursuant to the
: USEC
: Privatization Act, 42 U.S.C. 2297h-10.

: Payments made to the Russian Federation pursuant to the HEU
: Agreements are integral to the operation of this key national
: security
: program. Uncertainty surrounding litigation involving these
: payments
: could lead to a long-term suspension of the HEU Agreements,
: which
: creates the risk of nuclear proliferation. This is an
: unacceptable
: threat to the national security and foreign policy of the
: United
: States.
: Accordingly, I have concluded that all property and interests
: in
: property of the government of the Russian Federation directly
: related
: to the implementation of the HEU Agreements should be
: protected from
: the threat of attachment, garnishment, or other judicial
: process. I
: have, therefore, exercised my authority and issued an
: Executive Order
: that provides: --except to the extent provided in regulations,
: orders, directives,

: or licenses that may be issued pursuant to the order, all
: property

: and interests in property of the Government of the Russian

: Federation directly related to the implementation of the HEU

: Agreements that are in the United States, that hereafter come

: within the United States, or hereafter come within the
: possession

: or control of United States persons, including their overseas

: branches, are blocked and may not be transferred, paid,
: exported,

: withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in;
: --unless licensed or authorized pursuant to the order, any

: attachment, judgment, decree, lien, execution, garnishment, or

: other judicial process is null and void with respect to any

: property or interest in property blocked pursuant to the
: order; and
: --that all heads of departments and agencies of the United
: States

: Government shall continue to take all appropriate measures
: within

: their authority to further the full implementation of the HEU

: Agreements.
: The effect of this Executive Order is limited to property that
: is
: directly related to the implementation of the HEU Agreements.
: Such
: property will be clearly defined by the regulations, orders,
: directives, or licenses that will be issued pursuant to this
: Executive
: Order.
: I am enclosing a copy of the Executive Order I have issued.
: The order
: is effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on June 22,
: 2000.

: William J. Clinton.
: The White House, June 21, 2000.