[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 38 (Monday, September 27, 1999)]
[Pages 1818-1819]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Digest of Other White House Announcements

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The following list includes the President's public schedule and other 
items of general interest announced by the Office of the Press Secretary 
and not included elsewhere in this issue.

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September 18

    The President declared a major disaster in Virginia and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement Commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the 
area struck by Hurricane Floyd, beginning on September 13 and 
continuing.
    The President declared a major disaster in Pennsylvania and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement Commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the 
area struck by Hurricane Floyd on September 16 and continuing.
    The President declared a major disaster in New Jersey and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by Hurricane Floyd on September 16 and continuing.
    The President declared an emergency in New York and ordered Federal 
aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by 
Hurricane Floyd on September 16 and continuing.

September 19

    The President declared a major disaster in New York and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by Hurricane Floyd on September 16 and continuing.

September 20

    In the morning, the President traveled to Raleigh, NC, where he was 
briefed by Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr., at the airport. In the afternoon, he 
traveled to Tarboro, NC, where he toured areas damaged by Hurricane 
Floyd. Later, the President returned to Washington, DC.

September 21

    In the morning, the President traveled to New York City, where he 
met separately with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and President 
Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti at the United Nations.
    In the afternoon, the President met separately with Prime Minister 
Mikulas Dzurinda of Slovakia, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, 
President Carlos Saul Menem of Argentina, President Andres Pastrana of 
Colombia, President Benjamin William Mkapa of Tanzania, and President 
Hugo Chaves Frias of Venezuela at the United Nations.
    In the evening, the President returned to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Gregory A. Baer to 
be Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets at the Department of the 
Treasury.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Ira Berlin and 
Evelyn Edson to be members of the National Council on the Humanities.
    The President announced his intention to appoint David Berger, Lanny 
A. Breuer, and Nan H. Rich to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.
    The President announced his intention to appoint William C. Oldaker 
as a member of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission.
    The President announced his intention to appoint W. Robert Connor as 
a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Jeremy Bernard to 
the President's Advisory Committee on the Arts of the John F. Kennedy 
Center for the Performing Arts.
    The President announced the appointment of Alan Philip Larson as a 
member of the Board of Directors for the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation.
    The President declared a major disaster in South Carolina and 
ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in 
the area struck by Hurricane Floyd, beginning on September 14 and 
continuing.
    The President declared a major disaster in Delaware and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by Hurricane Floyd on September 15-17.

September 22

    The White House announced that President Olusegun Obasanjo of 
Nigeria will make an official working visit to Washington, DC, on 
October 28.

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    The President announced his intention to appoint Shirley J. Humphrey 
to the National Nutrition Monitoring Advisory Council.
    The President declared a major disaster in Florida and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by Hurricane Floyd on September 13 and continuing.
    The President declared a major disaster in Pennsylvania and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement Commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the 
area struck by severe flash flooding associated with Tropical Depression 
Dennis on September 6-7.
    The President declared a major disaster in New Mexico and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by severe storms and flooding on July 16-August 7.

September 23

    The President announced his intention to nominate Skila Harris and 
Glenn L. McCullough, Jr., to be members of the Board of Directors of the 
Tennessee Valley Authority.
    The President announced his intention to nominate William A. Halter 
to be Deputy Commissioner of the Social Security Administration.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Gerald V. Poje to 
be a member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
    The President announced his intention to nominate J. Stapleton Roy 
to be Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research at the State 
Department.
    The President declared a major disaster in Connecticut and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by high winds, heavy rains, and flooding associated with Tropical 
Storm Floyd on September 16 and continuing.

September 24

    The White House announced that the President named Baltimore City 
Police Commissioner Thomas Frazier as Director of the Office of 
Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) at the Justice Department.
    The President announced his intention to nominate A.J. Eggenberger 
and Jessie M. Roberson to be members of the Defense Nuclear Facilities 
Safety Board.
    The President declared a major disaster in Maryland and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by Hurricane Floyd on September 16-20.