[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 111 (Thursday, September 8, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H7809-H7810]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  SUSPENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF UNITED STATES CODE IN RESPONSE TO 
   NATIONAL EMERGENCY CAUSED BY HURRICANE KATRINA--MESSAGE FROM THE 
          PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. NO. 109-55)

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following message 
from the President of the United States; which was read and, together

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with the accompanying papers, without objection, referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce and ordered to be printed:

To the Congress of the United States:
  I hereby report that I have exercised my statutory authority under 
section 3147 of title 40, United States Code, to suspend the provisions 
of 40 U.S.C. 3141-3148 in the event of a national emergency. I have 
found that the conditions caused by Hurricane Katrina constitute a 
``national emergency'' within the meaning of section 3147. I have, 
therefore, suspended the provisions of 40 U.S.C. 3141-3148 in 
designated areas in the States of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, and 
Mississippi.
  This action is more fully set out in the enclosed proclamation that I 
have issued today.
                                                      George W. Bush.  
The White House, September 8, 2005.

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