[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 41 (Monday, October 14, 2002)]
[Pages 1715-1716]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Executive Order 13275--Creating a Board of Inquiry To Report on Certain 
Labor Disputes Affecting the Maritime Industry of the United States

October 7, 2002

    Whereas, there exists a labor dispute between, on the one hand, 
employees represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union 
and, on the other hand, employers and the bargaining association of 
employers who are (1) U.S. and foreign steamship companies operating 
ships or employed as agents for ships engaged in service to or from the 
Pacific Coast ports in California, Oregon, and Washington, and (2) 
stevedore and terminal companies operating at ports in California, 
Oregon, and Washington; and
    Whereas, such dispute has resulted in a lock-out that affects a 
substantial part of the maritime industry, an industry engaged in trade, 
commerce, transportation (including the transportation of military 
supplies), transmission, and communication among the several States and 
with foreign nations; and

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    Whereas, a continuation of this lock-out, if permitted to continue, 
will imperil the national health and safety;
    Now, Therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 
206 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (61 Stat. 155; 29 U.S.C. 
176) (the ``Act''), I hereby create a Board of Inquiry consisting of 
such members as I shall appoint to inquire into the issues involved in 
such dispute.
    The Board shall have powers and duties as set forth in title II of 
the Act. The Board shall report to me in accordance with the provisions 
of section 206 of the Act no later than October 8, 2002.
    Upon the submission of its report, the Board shall continue in 
existence in order to perform any additional functions under the Act, 
including those functions set forth in section 209(b), but shall 
terminate no later than upon completion of such functions.
                                                George W. Bush
 The White House,
 October 7, 2002.

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

Note: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on 
October 9.