[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 39 (Monday, October 1, 2001)]
[Page 1378]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Memorandum on Delegation of Authority to Compensate Air Carriers for 
Losses Resulting from the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001

September 25, 2001

Memorandum for the Secretary of Transportation

Subject: Delegation of Authority to Compensate Air Carriers for Losses 
Resulting from the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
laws of the United States of America, including section 101 of the Air 
Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (Public Law 107-42) 
(the ``Act''), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I hereby 
delegate to the Secretary of Transportation the authority vested in the 
President under section 101 (a) (2) of the Act to compensate air 
carriers for the direct and incremental losses they incurred from the 
terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and any resulting ground stop 
order.
    You are authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the 
Federal Register.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 10:17 a.m., September 
26, 2001]

Note: This memorandum was published in the Federal Register on September 
27.