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Monday, November 6, 1995
Volume 31--Number 44
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Week Ending Friday, November 3, 1995
Notice on Continuation of Iran Emergency
October 31, 1995
On November 14, 1979, by Executive Order No. 12170, the President
declared a national emergency to deal with the threat to the national
security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States constituted
by the situation in Iran. Notices of the continuation of this national
emergency have been transmitted annually by the President to the
Congress and the Federal Register. The most recent notice appeared in
the Federal Register on November 1, 1994. Because our relations with
Iran have not yet returned to nor-
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mal, and the process of implementing the January 19, 1981, agreements
with Iran is still underway, the national emergency declared on November
14, 1979, must continue in effect beyond November 14, 1995. Therefore,
in accordance with section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50
U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am continuing the national emergency with respect to
Iran. This notice shall be published in the Federal Register and
transmitted to the Congress.
William J. Clinton
The White House,
October 31, 1995.
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 3:02 p.m., October 31,
1995]
Note: This notice was published in the Federal Register on November 2.
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Week Ending Friday, November 3, 1995
Message to the Congress on Iran
October 31, 1995
To the Congress of the United States:
Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d))
provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless,
prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President
publishes in the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice
stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the
anniversary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent the
enclosed notice, stating that the Iran emergency is to continue in
effect beyond November 14, 1995, to the Federal Register for
publication. Similar notices have been sent annually to the Congress and
the Federal Register since November 12, 1980. The most recent notice
appeared in the Federal Register on November 1, 1994.
The crisis between the United States and Iran that began in 1979 has
not been fully resolved. The international tribunal established to
adjudicate claims of the United States and U.S. nationals against Iran
and of the Iranian government and Iranian nationals against the United
States continues to function, and normalization of commercial and
diplomatic relations between the United States and Iran has not been
achieved. Indeed, on March 15 of this year, I declared a separate
national emergency with respect to Iran pursuant to the International
Emergency Economic Powers Act and imposed separate sanctions. By
Executive Order 12959, these sanctions were significantly augmented. In
these circumstances, I have determined that it is necessary to maintain
in force the broad authorities that are in place by virtue of the
November 14, 1979, declaration of emergency, including the authority to
block certain property of the Government of Iran, and which are needed
in the process of implementing the January 1981 agreements with Iran.
William J. Clinton
The White House,
October 31, 1995.
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Monday, November 6, 1995
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Week Ending Friday, November 3, 1995
Proclamation 6846--National Adoption Month, 1995
November 1, 1995
By the President of the United States
of America
A Proclamation
For many people across the United States, adoption provides a means
for building and strengthening families. It places children into loving,
permanent homes where they can flourish and grow up to become happy,
healthy, productive members of our national community. Adoption also
enables adults to experience the unique joys of parenthood.
As many as 70,000 children in America's foster care system may need
adoptive families in the next few years--young people of all ages and
backgrounds who, for whatever reason, cannot return to their original
homes. Many, but not all, are children with special needs. These young
people long for the same affection, security, and stability that most of
us take for granted, yet too many have waited--and will continue to
wait--for years to be adopted.
My Administration has taken important actions to encourage adoption
and to support the wonderful families that choose to open their hearts
and homes to waiting children. The Multiethnic Placement Act, which I
signed into law in October 1994, helps to facilitate adoption for all
children and families,
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regardless of their race or ethnic origin. We will continue to champion
and improve programs that break down barriers to adoption through
aggressive recruitment of families, financial aid to support placements,
and technical assistance to agencies committed to special needs
adoption.
As we observe National Adoption Month, we celebrate these
achievements and recognize the rewards of adoption, but we must also
remember that much work remains to be done. Citizens from all
communities and organizations from the public and private sectors must
join together to renew our commitment to finding permanent homes for
each one of America's children.
Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, President of the United
States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the
Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November
1995, as National Adoption Month. I urge the people of the United States
to observe this month with appropriate activities and programs and to
participate in efforts to find permanent homes for waiting children.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of
November, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-five, and
of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
twentieth.
William J. Clinton
[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:52 a.m., November 2,
1995]
Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on
November 3.
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Monday, November 6, 1995
Volume 31--Number 44
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Week Ending Friday, November 3, 1995
Statement on Signing Biotechnology Process Patent Legislation
November 1, 1995
I am pleased to sign into law S. 1111, a bill to provide enhanced
protection of biotechnology process patents. This bill will update
current patent law to provide the protection American biotechnology
companies need to continue developing new products. American consumers
will benefit from improvements in the diagnosis, cure, or treatment of
disease and from the production of healthier, more abundant foods.
Process patents are especially important in biotechnology, since
part of the genius of that field is to produce commercial quantities of
breakthrough products through new and inventive processes. If the
innovative process used to make a biotechnology product is not protected
by patent, American biotechnology will remain vulnerable to foreign
imitation. This bill will provide necessary new protection for
processes, spurring innovation and keeping American jobs in America.
In less than two decades, the biotechnology industry has created
more than 100,000 high-wage American jobs and it now generates annual
sales of over $7 billion. Originating in the United States,
biotechnology has already produced life-saving drugs that dissolve blood
clots in heart attack victims and treat anemia in patients suffering
from chronic kidney failure. It has helped produce disease-resistant
plants, more nutritious foods, effective waste treatment systems, and
methods to clean and protect the environment. American companies working
to commercialize breakthrough products should not be required to face
unfair competition from overseas.
This bill addresses the need for current patent laws to keep pace
with the rapid growth in biotechnology. It was passed with the strong
support of this Administration and broad bipartisan support in the
Congress. I am pleased to sign S. 1111 into law to ensure the continued
development of important products for American consumers and continued
U.S. job growth in this field.
William J. Clinton
The White House,
November 1, 1995.
Note: S. 1111, approved November 1, was assigned Public Law No. 104-41.
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Monday, November 6, 1995
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Week Ending Friday, November 3, 1995
Remarks to the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America Forum
November 2, 1995
Thank you, Jim, my good friend Jim Burke. Thank you for devoting
your life to this cause. Thank you, Alvah Chapman, CADCA's
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founding chair, who first talked to me about this some years ago now.
Thank you, Lee Brown, for your distinguished work for all Americans and
all American children. Thank you, Marni Vliet. I thank all the families
who are here today who have sustained losses, and I want to say a
special word of thanks to Lori Plank for having the courage to be here,
just 2 weeks after she lost her husband, along with her husband's
parents and her beautiful child. I thank them for coming and for
devoting themselves to the proposition that the best way they can honor
Ed Plank is to do whatever can be done to stop this madness from killing
more Americans.
Let me say to all of you that this issue is especially close to me.
Most of you, because of what you do, probably know I grew up in an
alcoholic home, and I have a brother I love very much who could have
been killed by the cocaine habit he had. This is madness, pure and
simple. And we all have to do whatever we can to get it out of our
lives.
We have to deal with the question of law enforcement and punishment.
We have to deal with education and treatment and prevention. We have to
deal with all those things that can be done by the President and all
those things that can be done by legislators at the national, State, and
local level. But in the end, this problem will be changed when America
changes, when we assume responsibility for ourselves, our families, and
our communities. And therefore, what you are doing--what you are doing--
and what other Americans are doing in attempting to assert that sort of
responsibility over their own lives for their families and for their
communities is the most important thing that can be done in America
today. And it is up to the rest of us to support you as well as we
possibly can.
Of course, parents have a special role to play because we all know
that the best crime prevention, the best antidrug program in this
country always has been a good family with strong parents. We know that
it is the Government's job to uphold the law, to promote order, but
parents must teach right from wrong, and we must all support that. And
where the parents are not there or cannot do it, then the community must
step in and do their best, which is what so many of you are trying to
do.
I want to say again that I thank Lee Brown for the work he has done
to get the urgent message out to our young people that they are wrong if
they think that drug use is not dangerous as well as illegal and that
they have the power to do something about it. That message has to be
repeated over and over and over again. It is one of the cruel ironies of
this battle that drug use has stabilized or is actually declining among
young adults, but casual drug use, especially marijuana, continues to go
up among teenagers. We have to get that message out there. We owe it to
the generation of young people, some of whom are in this audience today.
I also want to say that we know that here in Washington, there are
things that we can and must do to try to deal with the problems of the
drug supply as well as the law enforcement problems in our country. And
we have developed a strategy to tackle this problem from top to bottom.
We began by taking on the notorious Cali cartel, the biggest drug cartel
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