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By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution
and the laws of the United States of America, including section
203 of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C.
1702), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et. seq.),
the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (50 U.S.C. App.
2401 et. seq.), and section 301 of title 3 of the United States
Code.

I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United States of America,
find that the proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical
weapons, and of the means of delivering such weapons constitutes
an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security,
foreign policy, and economy of the United States, and hereby
declare a national emergency to deal with that threat.

Accordingly, in light of the revocation of Executive Order     
No. 12730 of September 30, 1990, and in order to limit the
participation by United States persons in weapons proliferation
activities, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. The Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, is hereby authorized and directed to take
such actions, including the promulgation of rules, regulations,
and amendments thereto, as may be necessary to continue to
regulate the activities of United States persons in order to
prevent their participation in activities that could contribute
to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and the means
of their delivery, as provided in the Export Administration
Regulations, set forth at 15 CFR sections 768-799 (1993).

Sec. 2. Nothing in this order is intended to affect the continued
effectiveness of any rules, regulations, orders, licenses, or
other forms of administrative action issued, taken, or continued
in effect heretofore or hereafter under the authority of the
Export Administration Act, or the authorities provided under
Executive Order No. 12730 of September 30, 1990, and Executive
Order No. 12735 of November 16, 1990.

Sec. 3. This order shall take effect immediately.

                              /s/William J. Clinton


THE WHITE HOUSE,
September 30, 1993.