[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 10 (Monday, March 12, 2001)]
[Page 426]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order--Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a 
Dispute Between Northwest Airlines, Inc., and Its Employees Represented 
by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association

March 9, 2001

    A dispute exists between Northwest Airlines, Inc., and its employees 
represented by the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association.
    The dispute has not heretofore been adjusted under the provisions of 
the Railway Labor Act, as amended (45 U.S.C. 151-188) (the ``Act'').
    In the judgment of the National Mediation Board, this dispute 
threatens substantially to interrupt interstate commerce to a degree 
that would deprive sections of the country of essential transportation 
service.
    Now, Therefore, by the authority vested in me as President by the 
Constitution and the laws of the United States, including sections 10 
and 201 of the Act (45 U.S.C. 160 and 181), it is hereby ordered as 
follows:
    Section 1. Establishment of Emergency Board (``Board''). There is 
established, effective March 12, 2001, a Board of three members to be 
appointed by the President to investigate this dispute. No member shall 
be pecuniarily or otherwise interested in any organization of airline 
employees or any air carrier. The Board shall perform its functions 
subject to the availability of funds.
    Sec. 2. Report. The Board shall report to the President with respect 
to this dispute within 30 days of its creation.
    Sec. 3. Maintaining Conditions. As provided by section 10 of the 
Act, from the date of the creation of the Board and for 30 days after 
the Board has submitted its report to the President, no change in the 
conditions out of which the dispute arose shall be made by the parties 
to the controversy, except by agreement of the parties.
    Sec. 4. Record Maintenance. The records and files of the Board are 
records of the Office of the President and upon the Board's termination 
shall be maintained in the physical custody of the National Mediation 
Board.
    Sec. 5. Expiration. The Board shall terminate upon the submission of 
the report provided for in sections 2 and 3 of this order.
                                                George W. Bush
The White House,
March 9, 2001.

Note: At the time of publication, this Executive order had not yet been 
received by the Office of the Federal Register for assignment of a 
number. An original was not available for verification for the content 
of this Executive order.