[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 15, 2007)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 27401-27402]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 07-2414]



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Part III





The President





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Proclamation 8142--National Defense Transportation Day and National 
Transportation Week, 2007



Proclamation 8143--National Safe Boating Week, 2007



Proclamation 8144--Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week, 2007
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                Proclamation 8142 of May 10, 2007

                
National Defense Transportation Day and National 
                Transportation Week, 2007

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Our Nation's transportation infrastructure is vital to 
                our security, competitiveness, and prosperity and is 
                critical to the everyday lives of our citizens. On 
                National Defense Transportation Day and during National 
                Transportation Week, we salute those in the 
                transportation industry who work to help keep our 
                Nation safe and moving.

                America is strengthened by transportation that helps to 
                safely and efficiently transport our troops, deliver 
                supplies, and serve in emergency situations. My 
                Administration is committed to maintaining and 
                modernizing our vast transportation infrastructure to 
                serve the country's needs now and in the future. We 
                continue to improve the safety and security of our 
                roads, bridges, seaports, mass transit systems, 
                airports, airplanes, and pipelines. Protecting our 
                transportation systems increases safety for all our 
                citizens and helps sustain our economy.

                In addition to keeping Americans safe, our 
                transportation system is critical to our citizens' 
                everyday lives. Americans depend on our safe, reliable, 
                and efficient infrastructure to travel for work or 
                pleasure. Through the Department of Transportation, we 
                are working to reduce congestion and improve the 
                performance of America's transportation system.

                There are many transportation professionals and 
                military service members across our Nation who work to 
                help ensure that our transportation systems run 
                smoothly and continue to protect our homeland. We are 
                grateful for their dedication and service, and we 
                recognize their important contributions to making 
                America's transportation system the strongest and most 
                reliable in the world.

                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 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 18, 2007, as National Defense Transportation Day 
                and May 13 through May 19, 2007, as National 
                Transportation Week. I encourage all Americans to learn 
                how our modern transportation system contributes to the 
                security of our citizens and the prosperity of our 
                country and to celebrate these observances with 
                appropriate ceremonies and activities.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                tenth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand 
                seven, and of the Independence of the United States of 
                America the two hundred and thirty-first. 
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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