Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

This executive order renews the national emergency declared in 1994 (and amended in 1998 and 2005) concerning the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and the means of delivering them. The notice states that the emergency must continue beyond the prior expiration date and extends the emergency for one additional year. In practical terms, this keeps the existing authorities, sanctions, export controls, and other counterproliferation tools in place that rely on the emergency declaration. The order directs that the renewal be published in the Federal Register and transmitted to Congress. It does not, on its face, introduce new powers or new policy changes beyond extending the current framework.