[House Document 107-228] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] 107th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 107-228 PERIODIC REPORT ON THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION __________ MESSAGE from THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES transmitting A 6-MONTH 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 THAT WAS DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 13159 OF JUNE 21, 2000, PURSUANT TO 50 U.S.C. 1641(c) AND 50 U.S.C. 1703(c)June 19, 2002.--Message and accompanying papers referred to the Committee on International Relations and ordered to be printed __________ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 99-011 WASHINGTON : 2002 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 18, 2002. 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 I hereby report to the Congress on developments over the course of the past six months concerning the national emergency with respect to the risk of nuclear proliferation created by the accumulation of weapons-usable fissile material (``Highly Enriched Uranium'', ``HEU'') in the territory of the Russian Federation that was declared in Executive Order 13159 of June 21, 2000, (the ``Order''). This report, prepared by my Administration, is submitted pursuant to section 204(c) of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703 (c), and section 401(c) of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c). 1. There have been no amendments to the HEU Agreement Assets Control Regulations, 31 CFR Part 540 (the ``Regulations''). 2. The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (``OFAC'') has issued, as of April 24, 2002, 14 licenses during the current reporting period in furtherance of the Order's goals of protecting the blocked assets and ensuring full implementation of the Regulations. These licenses authorize the importation of and payment for low enriched uranium, as well as the sale and exportation of and payment for natural uranium. 3. The expenses incurred by the Federal Government in the six-month period from December 21, 2001, through June 20, 2002, that are directly attributable to the exercise of powers and authorities conferred by the declaration 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 are estimated at approximately $10,000, most of which represent wage and salary costs for Federal personnel. Personnel costs were largely centered in the Department of the Treasury (particularly in the Office of Foreign Assets Control, the Office of the Under Secretary for Enforcement, and the Office of the General Counsel), the Department of State, and the Department of Energy. 4. The Order provides an effective tool for protecting from attachment, judgment, decree, lien, execution, garnishment, or other judicial process 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.