[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 206 (Thursday, October 26, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 49735-49736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23525]



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Vol. 82

Thursday,

No. 206

October 26, 2017

Part III





The President





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Proclamation 9663--Minority Enterprise Development Week, 2017
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                Proclamation 9663 of October 20, 2017

                
Minority Enterprise Development Week, 2017

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                Since our earliest days, hardworking entrepreneurs have 
                driven our Nation's prosperity. During Minority 
                Enterprise Development Week, we recognize the 
                contributions that minority-owned businesses make to 
                our economy and our way of life, and we strive to 
                ensure that small business owners have access to the 
                resources they need to achieve the American Dream.

                The United States is entering upon a new period of 
                economic revival. Unemployment is at a 16-year low, 
                businesses are expanding, and wages are rising. 
                Ensuring that minority-owned businesses remain strong 
                and vibrant is vital to the growth of our great Nation. 
                Minority-owned firms employ eight million people and 
                generate more than $1 trillion in annual economic 
                output. They export their products at a greater rate 
                than non-minority businesses and provide a great boost 
                to our global competitiveness.

                My Administration is committed to creating a business 
                climate in which minority business enterprises can 
                thrive and expand. The Unified Framework for Fixing Our 
                Broken Tax Code, my Administration's basic plan for tax 
                cuts and tax reform, calls for a steep reduction to the 
                corporate tax rate from 35 to 20 percent. This reform 
                will lift up our entrepreneurs, our businesses, and our 
                families. The Framework also caps the top tax rate for 
                millions of family-owned and small- and mid-sized 
                businesses at 25 percent--the lowest it has been in 
                more than 80 years. We also want Americans to be able 
                to invest in capital to build their businesses, so for 
                5 years, we will allow them to deduct 100 percent of 
                their capital investments. By eliminating needless 
                regulations, promoting fair and reciprocal trade 
                relationships, lowering taxes, and increasing the flow 
                of capital, the United States will further cement its 
                status as a global economic powerhouse.

                During Minority Enterprise Development Week, we 
                recommit to empowering every hardworking American to 
                write our next great chapter. Let us work together to 
                ensure that every American citizen can flourish and 
                give back to our country and our communities.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim October 22 through 
                October 28, 2017, as National Minority Enterprise 
                Development Week. I call upon all Americans to 
                celebrate this week with programs, ceremonies, and 
                activities to recognize the many contributions of 
                American minority business enterprises.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twentieth day of October, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                second.
                
                
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