[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 51 (Monday, December 24, 2001)]
[Pages 1812-1813]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13248--Establishing an Emergency Board To Investigate a 
Dispute Between United Airlines, Inc., and Its Mechanics and Related 
Employees Represented by the International Association of Machinists and 
Aerospace Workers

December 20, 2001

    A dispute exists between United Airlines, Inc., and its employees 
represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace 
Workers.
    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 the Board (Board). There is established, 
effective December 21, 2001, a Board of three members to be appointed by 
the President to investigate and report on this dispute. No member may 
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 the agreement of the parties.

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    Sec. 4. Records 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 section 2 of this order.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 December 20, 2001.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., December 26, 
2001]

Note: This Executive order will be published in the Federal Register on 
December 27.