[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 41 (Monday, October 15, 2001)]
[Page 1447]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13229--Amendment to Executive Order 13045, Extending the 
Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children

October 9, 2001

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, and in order to extend the 
Task Force on Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children, 
it is hereby ordered that Executive Order 13045 of April 21, 1997, is 
amended by deleting in section 3-306 of that order ``for a period of 4 
years from the first meeting'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``for 6 
years from the date of this order''.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 October 9, 2001.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:54 a.m., October 10, 
2001]

Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on October 
11.