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Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Monday, January 19, 2009 Volume 45—Number 2 Pages 31–93 VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:40 Jan 22, 2009 Jkt 217250 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 E:\PRESDOCS\P02JAF4.016 P02JAF4 erowe on PROD1PC63 with PRESDOCSF Contents Addresses to the Nation Communications to Federal Agencies Farewell address—79 Designation of Officers To Act as Addresses and Remarks Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, memorandum— See also Meetings With Foreign Leaders 90 Cabinet meeting—65 Designation of Officers To Act as President Presidential Medal of Freedom of the Overseas Private Investment Presentation at State Department—71 Corporation, memorandum—91 Presentation at White House—67 Eligibility of the Southern African Radio address—34 Development Community to Receive Virginia, commissioning ceremony of the USS Defense Articles and Defense Services George H.W. Bush in Norfolk—35 under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, Communications to Congress as Amended, and the Arms Export Control Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Act, as Amended, memorandum—89 Slovakia, and Slovenia, message transmitting Limited Waiver of Certain Sanctions Imposed provision of atomic information to—54 by, and Delegation of Certain Authorities Cuba, message on continuation of national Pursuant to, the Tom Lantos Block emergency—77 Burmese JADE (Junta’s Anti-Democratic Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Efforts) Act of 2008, memorandum—74 (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, letter on review Proposed Agreement for Cooperation of title III—78 Between the Government of the United Emergency economic stabilization, message States of America and the Government of transmitting report on Treasury the United Arab Emirates Concerning Department plans—65 Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, Malta-U.S. Taxation Convention, message memorandum—75 transmitting—79 Provision of Atomic Information to Bulgaria, National Drug Control Strategy, message Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, transmitting—78 Slovakia, and Slovenia, memorandum—47 Russia-U.S. Mutual Fisheries Agreement, Waiving the Prohibition on the Use of message transmitting extension—78 Economic Support Funds with Respect to Terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle Various Parties to the Rome Statute East peace process, message on Establishing the International Criminal continuation of national emergency—76 Court, memorandum—90 (Continued on the inside of the back cover.) Editor’s Note: The President was at Camp David, MD, on January 16, the closing date of this issue. Releases and announcements issued by the Office of the Press Secretary but not received in time for inclusion in this issue will be printed next week. Like its predecessor, the Daily Compilation will contain IMPORTANT NOTICE statements, messages, and other Presidential materials released by the White House. As an FDsys web publication, the Daily The Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Compilation will reach a much broader audience and will be Records Administration, has created a new publication to be updated frequently, as information is released by the White called the Daily Compilation of Presidential Documents. The House press office. 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VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:40 Jan 22, 2009 Jkt 217250 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 E:\PRESDOCS\P02JAF4.016 P02JAF4 erowe on PROD1PC63 with PRESDOCSF Contents—Continued Directives Notices—Continued Arctic Region Policy—47 Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Terrorists Who Threaten To Executive Orders Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process— Amending the Order of Succession Within the 76 Department of Agriculture—31 Proclamations Granting Reciprocity on Excepted Service and Federal Contractor Employee Fitness and Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday—82 Reinvestigating Individuals in Positions of National Sanctity of Human Life Day—74 Public Trust—87 Religious Freedom Day—71 Providing an Order of Succession Within the To Implement the United States-Peru Trade Department of Transportation—31 Promotion Agreement and For Other Strengthening Laboratory Biosecurity in the Purposes—83 United States—32 To Suspend Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Foreign Government Interviews With the News Media Officials Responsible for Failing To Combat Trafficking in Persons—86 Interview with Brit Hume of FOX News—36 News conference, January 12—55 Statements by the President Meetings With Foreign Leaders Deaths Andrew Wyeth—82 Australia, former Prime Minister Howard—67 Cardinal Pio Laghi—46 Colombia, President Uribe—67 Cuba situation—70 Mexico, President Calderon—66 U.S. Airways plane crash in New York City— United Kingdom, former Prime Minister 73 Blair—67 Supplementary Materials Notices Acts approved by the President—93 Continuation of the National Emergency Checklist of White House press releases—92 Relating to Cuba and of the Emergency Digest of other White House Authority Relating to the Regulation of the announcements—92 Anchorage and Movement of Vessels—77 Nominations submitted to the Senate—92 VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:40 Jan 22, 2009 Jkt 217250 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 E:\PRESDOCS\P02JAF4.016 P02JAF4 erowe on PROD1PC63 with PRESDOCSF VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:40 Jan 22, 2009 Jkt 217250 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 E:\PRESDOCS\P02JAF4.016 P02JAF4 erowe on PROD1PC63 with PRESDOCSF erowe on PROD1PC63 with PRESDOCSF VerDate Nov 242008 13:40 Jan 22, 2009 Jkt217250 PO00000 Frm00005 Fmt7969 Sfmt7969 E:\PRESDOCS\P02JAF4.016 P02JAF4 newmail.eps Week Ending Friday, January 16, 2009 Executive Order 13484—Amending Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska, in order of se- the Order of Succession Within the niority fixed by length of unbroken service Department of Agriculture as State Executive Director of that State January 9, 2009 (consistent with the time of service and rate of pay requirements of section 3345(a)(3) of By the authority vested in me as President title 5, United States Code).’’. by the Constitution and the laws of the Sec. 2. Section 3(a) is amended by striking United States of America, including the Fed- ‘‘2(a)–(j)’’ and inserting ‘‘2(a)–(n)’’, and a new eral Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. section 3(c) is added to read as follows: 3345 et seq., it is hereby ordered that Execu- ‘‘(c) No individual listed in section 2 shall tive Order 13241 of December 18, 2001, as act as the Secretary unless that individual is amended, is further amended as follows: otherwise eligible to so serve under the Fed- Section 1. Section 2 is amended to read eral Vacancies Reform Act of 1998.’’ as follows: Sec. 3. This order is intended to improve ‘‘Sec. 2. Order of Succession. the internal management of the executive ‘‘(a) General Counsel of the Department branch and is not intended to, and does not, of Agriculture; create any right or benefit, substantive or ‘‘(b) Chief Financial Officer of the Depart- procedural, enforceable at law or in equity, ment of Agriculture; by any party against the United States, its ‘‘(c) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for agencies, instrumentalities, or entities, its of- Administration; ficers, employees, or agents, or any other ‘‘(d) Under Secretary of Agriculture for person. Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services; George W. Bush ‘‘(e) Under Secretary of Agriculture for The White House, Natural Resources and Environment; January 9, 2009. ‘‘(f) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs; [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, ‘‘(g) Under Secretary of Agriculture for 8:45 a.m., January 13, 2009] Rural Development; NOTE: This Executive order was published in the ‘‘(h) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Federal Register on January 14. This item was not Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services; received in time for publication in the appropriate ‘‘(i) Under Secretary of Agriculture for issue. Food Safety; ‘‘(j) Under Secretary of Agriculture for Re- search, Education, and Economics; Executive Order 13485—Providing ‘‘(k) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for an Order of Succession Within the Congressional Relations; Department of Transportation ‘‘(l) Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for January 9, 2009 Civil Rights; ‘‘(m) Director, Kansas City Commodity By the authority vested in me as President Office, Farm Service Agency (consistent with under the Constitution and the laws of the the time of service and rate of pay require- United States of America, including the Fed- ments of section 3345(a)(3) of title 5, United eral Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, 5 U.S.C. States Code); and 3345 et seq., it is hereby ordered that: ‘‘(n) State Executive Directors of the Farm Section 1. Order of Succession. Subject Service Agency for the States of Missouri, to the provisions of section 2 of this order, 31 VerDate Nov 24 2008 13:40 Jan 22, 2009 Jkt 217250 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 1244 Sfmt 1244 E:\PRESDOCS\P02JAT4.016 P02JAT4 erowe on PROD1PC63 with PRESDOCST 32 Jan. 9 / Administration of George W. Bush, 2009 the following officials of the Department of (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Transportation, in the order listed, shall act order, the President retains discretion, to the as and perform the functions and duties of extent permitted by law, to depart from this the office of the Secretary of Transportation order in designating an acting Secretary. (Secretary), during any period in which the Sec. 3. This order supersedes the Presi- Secretary, the Deputy Secretary of Transpor- dent’s Memorandum of March 19, 2002 tation, the Under Secretary of Transportation (Designation of Officers of the Department for Policy, and the officials designated by the of Transportation).