[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 48 (Monday, December 6, 1999)]
[Page 2500]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13143--Amending Executive Order 10173, as Amended, 
Prescribing Regulations Relating to the Safeguarding of Vessels, 
Harbors, Ports, and Waterfront Facilities of the United States

December 1, 1999

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including 50 U.S.C. 191, I 
hereby prescribe the following amendment to the regulations prescribed 
by Executive Order 10173 of October 18, 1950, as amended, which 
regulations constitute Part 6, Subchapter A, Chapter I, Title 33 of the 
Code of Federal Regulations:
    Section 6.01-4 is amended to read as follows:
    Sec. 6.01-4 Waterfront facility. ``Waterfront facility,'' as used in 
this part, means all piers, wharves, docks, or similar structures to 
which vessels may be secured and naval yards, stations, and 
installations, including ranges; areas of land, water, or land and water 
under and in immediate proximity to them; buildings on them or 
contiguous to them and equipment and materials on or in them.
                                            William J. Clinton
The White House,
December 1, 1999.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:42 a.m., December 3, 
1999]

Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on December 2, and it was published in the Federal Register on 
December 6.