Russia Federation, Weapons-Usable Fissile Material; Continuation of National Emergency (Notice of June 17, 2010)
Federal Register: June 18, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 117)
Presidential Documents
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Part IV
The President
Notice of June 17, 2010--Continuation of 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
Presidential Documents
Title 3--
The President
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Notice of June 17, 2010
Continuation of 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
On June 21, 2000, the President issued Executive Order 13159 (the ``order'') blocking property and interests in property of the Government of the Russian Federation that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of United States persons that are directly related to the implementation of the Agreement Between the Government of the United
States of America and the Government of the Russian
Federation Concerning the Disposition of Highly
Enriched Uranium Extracted from Nuclear Weapons, dated
February 18, 1993, and related contracts and agreements
(collectively, the ``HEU Agreements''). The HEU
Agreements allow for the downblending of highly enriched uranium derived from nuclear weapons to low enriched uranium for peaceful commercial purposes. The order invoked the authority, inter alia, of the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1706) and declared a national emergency to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United
States posed by the risk of nuclear proliferation created by the accumulation of a large volume of weapons-usable fissile material in the territory of the
Russian Federation.
The national emergency declared on June 21, 2000, must continue beyond June 21, 2010, to provide continued protection from attachment, judgment, decree, lien, execution, garnishment, or other judicial process for the property and interests in property of the
Government of the Russian Federation that are directly related to the implementation of the HEU Agreements and subject to U.S. jurisdiction. Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50
U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing for 1 year the national emergency with respect to the risk of nuclear proliferation created by the accumulation of weapons- usable fissile material in the territory
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of the Russian Federation. This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to the Congress.
(Presidential Sig.)
THE WHITE HOUSE,
June 17, 2010.
FR Doc. 2010-15058
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