Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 207 shall prepare, in consultation with the Ad- January 17 ministrator of General Services, a manage- In the afternoon, the President traveled to ment plan for the monument within 3 years Little Rock, AR, and in the evening, he re- of this date. Further, to the extent authorized turned to , DC. by law, the Secretary, acting through the Na- The President declared an emergency in tional Park Service, shall promulgate, in con- Illinois and ordered Federal aid to supple- sultation with the Administrator of General ment State and local recovery efforts in the Services, regulations for the proper care and area struck by record/near record snow on management of the objects identified above. December 10–31, 2000. The establishment of this monument is subject to valid existing rights. January 18 Nothing in this proclamation shall be The President announced his intention to deemed to revoke any existing withdrawal, appoint Alfred R. Berkeley III, Paul E. reservation, or appropriation; however, the Busick, Jr., David H. Langstaff, Robert G. national monument shall be the dominant Liberatore, Harris N. Miller, Alan Paller, reservation. Gary Locke, Raymond L. Ocampo, Peter Warning is hereby given to all unauthor- Albert Kind, Philip Chase Bobbitt, Wel- ized persons not to appropriate, injure, de- lington E. Webb, William H. Gates, Richard stroy, or remove any feature of this monu- K. Davidson, James Phillip Chandler, Erle ment and not to locate or settle upon any Nye, Charles R. Stuckey, Jr., Judith Rodin, of the lands thereof. Jack Quinn, Robin Hernreich, Arthur Levitt, In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set Jr., and Lawrence P. LaRocco to the National my hand this nineteenth day of January, in Infrastructure Assurance Council. the year of our Lord two thousand one, and The President announced his intention to of the Independence of the United States of appoint Maya Angelou, Edgar Bronfman, Sr., America the two hundred and twenty-fifth. Gila Bronner, Norman Brownstein, Stuart William J. Clinton Eizenstat, William Gray III, Myron Cherry, Frank Lautenberg, Ruth Mandel, Harvey [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, Meyerhoff, Set Momjian, Nathan Shapell, 8:45 a.m., January 24, 2001] Eli Wiesel, and Karen Winnick as members NOTE: This proclamation will be published in the of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. Federal Register on January 25. The President announced his intention to appoint William M. Daley, Vinod Gupta, and Jean Kennedy Smith to the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Per- forming Arts. Digest of Other The President declared a major disaster in Announcements Vermont and ordered Federal aid to supple- ment State and local recovery efforts in the The following list includes the President’s public area struck by severe storms and flooding on schedule and other items of general interest an- December 16–18, 2000. nounced by the Office of the Press Secretary and not included elsewhere in this issue. January 19 The President announced his intention to January 13 appoint Robert E. Litan as Chair, Ken In the evening, the President and Hillary Bentsen as Vice Chair, and Robert D. Atkin- and Chelsea Clinton went to Camp David, son, Rosamond Brown, Jerry L. Calhoun, MD. Edward Fire, Garey Forster, James Gray, Randy Johnson, Thea M. Lee, Lisa Lynch, January 14 and Michael Thurmond as members of the The President and re- Commission on Workers, Communities, and turned to Washington, DC. Economic Change in the New Economy. 208 Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

January 20 Statement by the Press Secretary on the re- In the morning, the President attended a port of the White House Strategy Session on farewell reception with Residence staff in the Improving Hispanic Student Achievement State Dining Room at the White House. Statement by Physician to the President Rear Later, he attended the inauguration of Presi- Adm. E. Connie Mariano, USN, on the Presi- dent George W. Bush at the U.S. Capitol. dent’s health Statement by the Press Secretary: White House Releases Analysis of the Health Con- sequences of the Gulf War Nominations Submitted to the Senate Released January 17 Advance text of remarks by National Security NOTE: No nominations were received by the Of- Adviser Samuel Berger on ‘‘A Foreign Policy fice of the Federal Register in time for publication for the Global Age’’ in this issue. Released January 18 Transcript of a press briefing by Press Sec- retary Jake Siewert Checklist Released January 19 of White House Press Releases Transcript of a press briefing by Press Sec- retary Jake Siewert The following list contains releases of the Office of the Press Secretary that are neither printed as Transcript of remarks by the President’s items nor covered by entries in the Digest of Counsel, David Kendall, on the resolution of Other White House Announcements. legal issues

Released January 16 Transcript of a press briefing by Chief of Staff John Podesta and Director of the Office Acts Approved of Management and Budget on the by the President final report of the E-commerce Working Group NOTE: No acts approved by the President were Transcript of a press briefing by Press Sec- received by the Office of the Federal Register retary Jake Siewert during the period covered by this issue.