[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 35 (Monday, September 2, 2002)]
[Pages 1452-1453]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13273--Further Amending Executive Order 10173, as 
Amended, Prescribing Regulations Relating to the Safeguarding of 
Vessels, Harbors, Ports, and Waterfront Facilities of the United States

August 21, 2002

    By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and 
the laws of the United States of America, including section 1 of title 
II of the Act of June 15, 1917, as amended (50 U.S.C. 191) (the 
``Act''), and in addition to the finding in Executive Order 10173 of 
October 18, 1950, and any other declaration or finding in force under 
section 1 of the Act, I find that the security of the United States is 
endangered by reason of disturbances in the international relations of 
the United States that have existed since the terrorist attacks on the 
United States of September 11, 2001, and that such disturbances continue 
to endanger such relations, and hereby order that:
    Part 6 of Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations is amended by:
    (a) Adding after section 6.01-5 the following new section: ``6.01-6 
Area Commander. ``Area Commander,'' as used in this part, means the 
officer of the Coast Guard designated by the Commandant to command a 
Coast Guard Area.''; and
    (b) Amending section 6.04-1 to read as follows: ``6.04-1 
Enforcement. (a) The rules and regulations in this part shall be 
enforced by the Captain of the Port under the supervision and general 
direction of the District Commander, Area Commander, and the Commandant. 
All authority and power vested in the Captain of the Port by the 
regulations in this part shall be deemed vested in and may be exercised 
by the District Commander, Area Commander, and the Commandant.
    (b) The rules and regulations in this part may be enforced by any 
other officer or petty officer of the Coast Guard designated by the 
District Commander, Area Commander, or the Commandant.
    (c) Any authority or power under this part vested in, delegated to, 
or exercised by a

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member of the Coast Guard shall be subject to the direction of the 
Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating.''.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 August 21, 2002.

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., August 30, 
2002]

Note: This Executive order was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on August 29, and it will be published in the Federal Register 
on September 3.