[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 93 (Wednesday, May 14, 2003)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 26197-26198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12197]


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                Proclamation 7676 of May 9, 2003

                
National Defense Transportation Day and National 
                Transportation Week, 2003

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                America's transportation system takes us where we need 
                to go, keeps our economy moving, and strengthens our 
                Nation's security. On National Defense Transportation 
                Day and during National Transportation Week, we 
                celebrate how modern transportation has transformed the 
                world and recognize the men and women who have 
                contributed to its progress. We also renew our 
                commitment to increasing transportation safety and to 
                keeping our transportation system on the leading edge 
                of technology.

                Our 21st century transportation system safely and 
                securely transports our citizens and delivers a wide 
                range of goods throughout the country and the world. In 
                times of war, our transportation system also moves 
                troops and carries defense cargo efficiently. 
                Preserving and enhancing our transportation resources 
                makes that infrastructure safer, facilitates growth in 
                business and industry, creates jobs, secures our 
                Nation, and improves the quality of life of our 
                citizens.

                To sustain these advantages, we must continue to invest 
                in our Nation's transportation systems. From enhancing 
                existing highways, waterways, railway lines, pipelines, 
                and airports, to developing fuel-efficient and reduced-
                emissions vehicles, we must work towards improving 
                safety, protecting the environment, and furthering our 
                national defense. As part of these efforts, my 
                Administration has announced a hydrogen fuel initiative 
                to reverse America's growing dependence on foreign oil 
                by developing the technology to produce commercially 
                viable, hydrogen fuel cells, which will help power cars 
                and trucks with no emissions of air pollution or 
                greenhouse gases. This new national commitment could 
                make it possible for the first car driven by a child 
                born today to be powered by hydrogen, and be pollution-
                free.

                Through the newly created Department of Homeland 
                Security, my Administration is working towards 
                strengthening protections throughout our national 
                transportation system. Designed to increase protections 
                for America's citizens while maintaining the free flow 
                of goods and people across our borders, our 
                comprehensive national plan includes selective maritime 
                restrictions, increased airport security, and improved 
                railroad infrastructure security. We are also enforcing 
                temporary flight restrictions and flying Combat Air 
                Patrols over critical sites, increasing surveillance of 
                hazardous material shipments within our country, and 
                taking measures to keep hazardous materials away from 
                places where large numbers of people gather. We are 
                determined to defend the American homeland, and we will 
                do all in our power to make sure our skies, rails, 
                pipelines, waterways, and roads are safe from terror.

                To recognize the men and women who work in the 
                transportation industry and who contribute to our 
                Nation's well-being, and defense, the Congress, by 
                joint resolution approved May 16, 1957, as amended (36 
                U.S.C. 120), has designated the third Friday in May of 
                each year as ``National Defense Transportation Day,'' 
                and, by joint resolution approved May 14, 1962, as

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                amended (36 U.S.C. 133), declared that the week during 
                which that Friday falls be designated as ``National 
                Transportation Week.''

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 
                United States of America, do hereby proclaim Friday, 
                May 16, 2003, as National Defense Transportation Day 
                and May 11 through May 17, 2003, as National 
                Transportation Week. I encourage all Americans to learn 
                more about how our modern transportation system 
                enhances our economy and contributes to our freedom.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand 
                three, and of the Independence of the United States of 
                America the two hundred and twenty-seventh.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

[FR Doc. 03-12197
Filed 5-13-03; 8:45 am]
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