Presidential Documents

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents

Monday, January 22, 2001 Volume 37—Number 3 Pages 111–208 Contents

Addresses to the Nation Communications to Congress—Continued Farewell address—187 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Addresses and Remarks Montenegro), letter on lifting and modifying measures—201 Arkansas, Little Rock Former Eastern Bloc States, emigration Community—169 policies, letter transmitting report—180 Joint Session of the Arkansas State Haiti, letter transmitting report—179 Legislature—158 Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday Middle East peace process, letters on celebration—121 continuation of the national emergency— Medal of Honor, presentation—129 200 National monuments, designation—138 National Security Strategy of the United Radio addresses—112, 204 States, letter transmitting report—111 U.S. Conference of Mayors—132 Nuclear proliferation, letter transmitting report on prevention—180 Appointments and Nominations Russian Federation, letter transmitting report Post-Presidency Transition Office, Chief of on national emergency—180 Staff, statement—197 Sierra Leone, letter on the prohibition of Communications to Congress importation of rough diamonds—202 Taliban, letter transmitting report on national Chemical Weapons Convention, letters emergency—181 transmitting reports—178 China, letter transmitting report on funding Communications to Federal Agencies for the Trade and Development Agency— 128 Immigration and Nationality Act, Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity memorandum on delegation of authority— (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, letter on review 128 of title III—137 Inter-Agency Task Force for Preparation for Cyprus, letter transmitting report—179 the World Conference Against Racism, Digital computer exports, letter reporting— Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and 193 Related Intolerance, memorandum—186 Estonia-U.S. fisheries agreement, letter Migration and refugee assistance, transmitting extension—178 memorandum—177

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Editor’s Note: In order to meet publication and distribution deadlines during the Presidential transition weekend, the cutoff time for this issue was delayed until 12 noon on Saturday, January 20, 2000.

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Executive Orders Proclamations—Continued Amendment to Executive Order 13111, Establishment of the Upper Missouri River Extension of the Advisory Committee on Breaks National Monument—153 Expanding Training Opportunities—112 Establishment of the Virgin Islands Coral Federal Interagency Task Force on the Reef National Monument—156 District of Columbia—125 Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday— Federal Leadership on Global Tobacco Control and Prevention—181 111 Final Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Religious Freedom Day—129 Reef Ecosystem Reserve—184 To Designate Swaziland as a Beneficiary Sub- Governmentwide Accountability for Merit Saharan African Country and for Other System Principles; Workforce Purposes—172 Information—192 To Implement an Accelerated Schedule of Implementation of the African Growth and Duty Elimination Under the North Opportunity Act and the United States- American Free Trade Agreement and for Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act— Other Purposes—173 175 Lifting and Modifying Measures With Respect Statements by the President to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)—189 See also Appointments and Nominations President’s Commission on Educational African-American farmers, efforts to redress Resource Equity—127 wrongs against—205 Prohibiting the Importation of Rough Child labor practices, action to eliminate Diamonds From Sierra Leone—191 sweatshops and abusive—136 Trails for America in the 21st Century—183 Child support enforcement, efforts to Interviews With the News Media toughen—172 Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Exchanges with reporters (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, suspending title Bethesda, MD—111 Greenleaf Senior Center—120 III—138 Interview with Mark Knoller of CBS Radio in Drinking water, efforts to ensure safe, clean— Dover, NH—114 171 E-commerce Working Group final report— Letters and Messages 137 Israeli people, letter—197 Energy efficiency standards for appliances— Palestinian people, letter—198 181 Notices Fatherhood, efforts to promote responsible— 196 Continuation of Emergency Regarding Former President Ronald Reagan’s hip Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process—199 surgery—113 Landmines—194 Proclamations Legal issues, resolution—194 Boundary Enlargement and Modifications of ‘‘Progress Report of the American Heritage the Buck Island Reef National Rivers Interagency Committee and Task Monument—141 Force’’—196 Establishment of the Carrizo Plain National U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Monument—143 Organization, reforms—137 Establishment of the Governors Island U.S. policy for the protection of sunken National Monument—206 warships—195 Establishment of the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument—145 Supplementary Materials Establishment of the Minidoka Internment National Monument—147 Acts approved by the President—208 Establishment of the Pompeys Pillar National Checklist of White House press releases—208 Monument—149 Digest of other White House Establishment of the Sonoran Desert National announcements—207 Monument—150 Nominations submitted to the Senate—208 Week Ending Saturday, January 20, 2001

Letter to Congressional Leaders terol is a little too high because I haven’t Transmitting a Report on the exercised, and I ate all that Christmas des- National Security Strategy of the sert. But in 6 months it will be back to nor- United States mal. [Laughter] I knew I was doing it, but what the heck. It was my last time, and I January 11, 2001 wanted to enjoy it. Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Thank you. As required by section 603 of the NOTE: The exchange began at approximately 3:30 Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense p.m. at the Bethesda Naval Hospital. This item Reorganization Act of 1986, I am transmit- was not received in time for publication in the ting a report on the National Security Strat- appropriate issue. A tape was not available for egy of the United States. verification of the content of this exchange. Sincerely, William J. Clinton Proclamation 7390—Martin Luther NOTE: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 2001 Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, January 12, 2001 and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate. This letter was released by the Office of the Press Sec- By the President of the United States retary on January 12. This item was not received of America in time for publication in the appropriate issue. A Proclamation Seventy-two years ago, Martin Luther Exchange With Reporters Following King, Jr., was born into a sharply divided Na- a Medical Checkup in Bethesda, tion, a place where the color of a child’s skin Maryland too often determined that child’s destiny. January 12, 2001 America was a place where segregation and discrimination put limits on a black child’s President’s Health dreams, opportunities, and future. Q. How did it go, Mr. President? Dr. King led America to a better place. The President. Very well. My eyes are still With eloquence, he articulated the struggles dilated, so I have to be a little careful. and hopes of generations of African Ameri- They’re a little foggy out here. cans. With the power of his leadership, he But before I leave, I would just like to rallied Americans of every race and creed to thank the Bethesda Naval Hospital for the join together in the march for justice. With wonderful care they have given to me and courage, conviction, and faith in God, he to members of my family over these last 8 sought to make real in everyday practice— years. This is a terrific place, and these peo- in schools, in the workplace, in public accom- ple have been great to me, not only in all modations, and in the hearts and minds of my physicals but when I was so badly injured his fellow citizens—the civil rights victories and on other occasions when I or someone that had been won in the courts. in my family needed it. I’m very, very grateful Although his life was cruelly cut short be- to them. fore his mission was complete, he helped put Q. How is the knee? our Nation firmly on the right path, where The President. Oh, my knee is great. My the ideals of liberty, equality, brotherhood, knee is great. You’ll get a report. My choles- and justice are not merely words on a page, 111 112 Jan. 12 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 but values honored by all. ‘‘Our freedom was NOTE: This proclamation was published in the not won a century ago,’’ he said in 1968, ‘‘it Federal Register on January 18. This item was not is not won today; but some small part of it received in time for publication in the appropriate is in our hands, and we are marching no issue. longer by ones and twos but in legions of thousands, convinced now it cannot be de- Executive Order 13188— nied by any human force.’’ Amendment to Executive Order It is up to each of us to continue that march. The gallant freedom riders and free- 13111, Extension of the Advisory dom fighters of the civil rights era are grow- Committee on Expanding Training ing older, and many, like Martin Luther Opportunities King, Jr., are no longer among us. But their January 12, 2001 work must go on. There are still too many in our Nation who do not share equally in By the authority vested in me as President America’s prosperity; minority unemploy- by the Constitution and the laws of the ment and poverty rates, while decreasing, are United States, including the Federal Advi- still far above the national average; and the sory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. technical skills and resources needed for suc- App.), and in order to extend the Advisory cess in the global economy are still out of Committee on Expanding Training Opportu- reach for hundreds of thousands of young nities for 2 years, it is hereby ordered that Americans growing up in disadvantaged com- section 7(f) of Executive Order 13111 of Jan- munities. uary 12, 1999, is amended by deleting ‘‘2 I encourage my fellow Americans to use years from the date of this order’’ and insert- this holiday, dedicated to the memory of Dr. ing ‘‘on January 11, 2003’’ in lieu thereof. Martin Luther King, Jr., and to his spirit of William J. Clinton service, not as a day off, but rather as a day The White House, to make a difference in the lives of others— January 12, 2001. an opportunity to recognize where we have fallen short, to reach out to those who have [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, been left behind, and to remove the barriers 8:45 a.m., January 17, 2001] that keep us from becoming the promised land that Dr. King envisioned. NOTE: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on January 18. This item was not Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, received in time for publication in the appropriate President of the United States of America, issue. by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Monday, January The President’s Radio Address 15, 2001, as the Martin Luther King, Jr., January 13, 2001 Federal Holiday. I call upon all Americans to observe this occasion with appropriate Good morning. As I enter the final week programs, ceremonies, and activities in honor of my Presidency, I’m extraordinarily grateful of Dr. King’s life and achievements and in for all the progress we’ve made together response to his call to service. these last 8 years: building the strongest In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set economy in a generation, renewing our ethic my hand this twelfth day of January, in the of responsibility, and strengthening the year of our Lord two thousand one, and of bonds of community and family all across the Independence of the United States of America. Today I want to talk about our America the two hundred and twenty-fifth. progress in reducing youth violence and new steps we’re taking to make our communities William J. Clinton even safer. Over the past few years, terrible tragedies [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, at Columbine and other schools have forced 8:45 a.m., January 17, 2001] us to take a hard look at youth violence and Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 14 113 an even harder look at what each of us can We established after-school and summer do and must do to ensure that such tragedies school programs that are helping now 1.3 do not happen again. million children a year stay out of trouble Although there are no simple solutions, re- and succeed in the classroom, and we’ve cent evidence suggests we are moving in the launched a national program to foster local right direction. According to the latest data, partnerships that make our schools safer, violent crime by young people has been cut identify children at risk, and get them the nearly in half since 1993; schoolyard deaths help they need. have dropped dramatically. These are both Working closely with the private sector important declines that reflect the lowest na- and community groups, we also expanded the tional crime rate in 25 years. But still, we GEAR UP initiative to give young people have more to do. mentors and encouragement to seek a col- At my direction, the White House Council lege education. And now a record number on Youth Violence has developed a new of young people are going on to college. website and toll-free information line to help We need to build on this remarkable suc- parents and educators get the facts they need cess. Here in Washington, Congress should to reduce youth violence. The website ad- now move swiftly to close the gun show loop- dress is www.safeyouth.org. And the toll-free hole and require background checks for all number is 1–866–SAFE–YOUTH. That’s gun buyers. In the private sector, Hollywood should own up to its responsibilities and stop www.safeyouth.org and 1–866–SAFE– marketing violence to America’s young YOUTH. people. I’m also pleased to release another impor- There is nothing more precious to a parent tant resource, a guide for parents on commu- than a child and nothing more important to nicating better with teenagers. It incor- our future than the safety of all our children. porates the latest research as well as the best So let’s do all we can to protect them from ideas from the White House Conference on harm and teach them to walk away from vio- Teenagers, which Hillary and I sponsored lence. In the end, all of us have a responsi- last year. We’ll distribute this publication na- bility to help our youth succeed and to help tionwide through the website, the toll-free end youth violence. If we do this mission suc- line, and with the assistance of school prin- cessfully, America will always be a great and cipals, school nurses, and pediatricians. peaceful Nation for generations to come. Like all parents, Hillary and I know it’s Thanks for listening. not always easy to talk with your children about sensitive subjects. That’s why this new guide is so very valuable, because it teaches NOTE: The address was recorded at 4:20 p.m. on parents how to listen more carefully to their January 12 in the Oval Office at the White House for broadcast at 10:06 a.m. on January 13. The children and nurture relationships built on transcript was made available by the Office of the trust, love, discipline, and respect. Press Secretary on January 12 but was embargoed America has made a lot of progress in re- for release until the broadcast. newing these enduring values and strength- ening our sense of national community. A record number of young people now volun- Statement on Former President teer for community service. So together, Ronald Reagan’s Hip Surgery we’ve built a country that’s not only better January 14, 2001 off but a better, safer place for all of us. We passed the Brady law, which has kept Hillary and I are relieved that President guns out of the hands of over 600,000 felons, Reagan’s treatment for his injury appears to fugitives, and stalkers. We’ve secured fund- have been successful. Our thoughts and pray- ing for more than 100,000 new police officers ers are with the President, his wife, Nancy, on the beat. We created the COPS in schools and the entire Reagan family during this dif- program to help local law enforcement hire ficult period. We join all Americans in wish- police officers to work in our schools. ing him a speedy recovery. 114 Jan. 15 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

Interview With Mark Knoller of CBS going to do everything we can to get him Radio in Dover, New Hampshire out. January 11, 2001 Mr. Knoller. If Iraq was holding an Amer- ican, they couldn’t use it as an issue with the No Gun Ri United States unless they let us know they Mr. Knoller. Mr. President, let me start had somebody. Why would they hold some- by thanking you very much for granting this body and not let us know about it? Would interview. I’m very grateful. that be to their advantage? I wonder if we could start with a little bit The President. I wouldn’t think so. That’s of the news of the day. Today you issued a why we did what we did on the classification. written statement expressing deep regret for We have enough information that makes us the deaths at No Gun Ri. But the word believe that at least he survived his crash, ‘‘apologize’’ didn’t appear in that statement. at least that that’s a possibility, and that he Is there a reason for that, that you drew a might be alive. And I thought, in fairness to distinction between expressing regret and his family and everyone else involved, based apologizing? on a review of the information and the De- The President. Well, for me, now, other fense Department’s recommendation, we than that—I told them to try to draw the should change the status. But that’s all we statement up based on what we actually knew know, and I don’t want to raise false hopes about the facts. And I worked very closely to either. with—or our people have—with the Govern- U.S.S. Cole ment of South Korea. We want to be respon- sive to the people there. And I hope the Mr. Knoller. Along the same lines, do we statement will be taken well by the people now know for certain that Usama bin Ladin of South Korea as a genuine expression of was behind the attack on the U.S.S. Cole? regret about what happened. The President. I can’t say that. I can— we do believe he was behind some other at- Lieutenant Commander Michael Speicher tacks on our people and that people affiliated Mr. Knoller. On another issue, there’s a with him have been involved in other attacks. story now that a Navy pilot may have been But we’re investigating this. We’re still run- shot down and may be held in Iraq. Do you ning down some of the leads. We’re still have any information that leads you to be- doing some of the work. I think that we will lieve that there are Americans held POW in know, and I think that the United States will Iraq? take appropriate action. The President. Well, I think the most I And I believe this will be a completely should say about this now is that in this par- nonpolitical issue. That is, I have absolutely ticular case, and in this case only, I reviewed no doubt that President-elect Bush will con- the evidence that we had, and we concluded tinue to pursue the investigation and, when that we should take him off the killed-in- the evidence is in, will take appropriate ac- action list and put him on the missing list, tion. And when that happens, I will support which means, obviously, that we have some him in doing so. information that leads us to believe that he might be alive. And we hope and pray that Attorney-General-Designate John he is. Ashcroft Mr. Knoller. What does the United States Mr. Knoller. And lastly, on a bit of domes- do about it? tic politics, do you think that Senators would The President. Well, now that we have have a good reason not to vote for John some information, we’ll begin—well, we’ve Ashcroft for Attorney General because he already begun working to try to determine blocked your nomination of Ronnie White? whether, in fact, he’s alive; if he is, where The President. Well, first, I think that it he is; and how we can get him out. Because, was a terrible mistake by the Senate to do since he was a uniformed service person, he’s it, to do it on a strict party-line vote, which clearly entitled to be released, and we’re required them to get some Republicans to Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 15 115 change their position, including the other a very good job running the Vice President’s Senator from Missouri, who had introduced campaign. They did win the popular vote. Judge White to the Judiciary Committee, and And that’s all I was saying. We were having the Senators on the Judiciary Committee a good time. [Laughter] who had voted his nomination out positively to the floor. So I think it was a very, very Early Years of the Administration bad mistake. Mr. Knoller. Again, let’s look back at your I’m going to follow my policy here. You 8 years in office, Mr. President. After you know, I’ll be an ex-President when this is were inaugurated in January of 1993, how done, and I do not believe I should be com- long do you think it took you to get up to menting for some period of time on public speed as President? affairs, plus which my wife is a Senator. She The President. Well, I would say there has to vote on it. So I’m going to let—she has—there’s a different answer to that de- can speak for herself, and the other Demo- pending on what the issue—the question is. crats and Republicans will speak for them- For example, I think that the issues that I selves. I don’t think I should say more. talked about today when I reviewed our do- I do think it was a bad mistake. I’ve known mestic record on social policy, I think we Senator Ashcroft a long time. I know he is were ready from day one. I think we were— genuinely very, very conservative, and that’s and I think part of that was the fact that I’d what’s in his heart. But I didn’t think this been a Governor for a dozen years, that I’d was about that, and it surprised and pro- been through a tough economic period, had foundly disappointed me. a clear economic philosophy, had worked on Mr. Knoller. I thought that with just 9 education and welfare reform and crime and days left, you might speak out with a little the environment. Part of it was the fact that more reckless abandon than usual. [Laugh- I’d had the opportunity to represent the Gov- ter] ernors with the White House and the Con- The President. Look, I need my Miranda gress on many issues. So we were ready to warnings when I talk to you guys, you know. go. [Laughter] I can’t even make a joke in Chi- On foreign policy, I think I was up to cago without having it blown out of propor- speed on some things and had to learn a lot tion. So I’m having to—I have to still be care- on others, and I tried to be a quick study. ful. [Laughter] On the ways of Washington, I think it took us probably, you know, even as much as a 2000 Presidential Election year, a year and a half, before we really had Mr. Knoller. Well, as long as you raised a good feel for some of the rather different that issue, were you trying to say that you ways in which the town works and the ways question the legitimacy of George Bush’s in which what a President does and says com- election? municates itself to the other decisionmakers The President. No. No. I have said clearly and to the larger American public in a way that I agree with exactly what Vice President that was quite different than had been my Gore said, that in this country we observe experience as Governor. the principle of judicial review. The Supreme So I did have a lot to learn about that, Court has ruled, and the rest of us have to and I worked hard at it, and I think—it’s in- accept it. And that confers, in a legal sense, teresting; I was laughing the other day with a literal legal sense, that confers legitimacy. Mack McLarty, to illustrate the point—we But I didn’t say anything different than I’ve had our roughest political problems in the always said; all the Democrats were dis- first 2 years, but if you look back on the last appointed that the votes weren’t counted. 8 years, some of the most important and, I And that’s all I’m saying. believe, most fundamentally sound decisions And I was trying to pay a little homage were made in those same 2 years. to Bill Daley in his hometown of Chicago, We passed the first big—first we passed with a lot of his family and friends there, the economic plan, which included, among by saying—you know, he did, I think, did other things, the empowerment zones and 116 Jan. 15 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 the earned-income tax credit and all the I think on national security, he’s got a very, things that got rid of the deficit, as well. And very experienced team, so I think that he will then we passed the family medical law. We get up to speed there in fairly short order. passed the Brady law. We passed the crime And on domestic policies, we have different bill. We passed NAFTA. You know, we did views, and that’s where the points of greatest a phenomenal number of things in those first conflict were in the campaign between our 2 years, substantively. But because of the two sides. But I think on some things, like whole sort of contentious atmosphere, some education, he’s had the opportunity to really of the problems that we had with health care work in Texas on, and I think his concern and other issues, I think that it was not as is genuine. And on other things, we’ll just successful politically—and I say that in the have to see what happens. best sense—politically, meaning we didn’t I mean, I was a Governor for a dozen communicate as well to the American people years, in good times and bad times. There’s or the other decisionmakers in Washington a world of difference between a Governor in a way that people could see exactly what in a good time and a Governor in a bad time. was happening and that we were underway So I think that he will need some time to here. get kind of just the—kind of feel the rhythm So I think it took me longer to get the of some of these domestic issues, because politics right. I think it took a little while for they weren’t part of his experience. But I me to get entirely comfortable with all the think that the American people shouldn’t foreign policy and national security issues I particularly worry about that because he’s got had to deal with—not too long. And I think a very experienced team, because he has we were ready on the substance of domestic been a Governor, and because the country policy from day one. is in real good shape right now. And I think he’ll get right up there to speed on the issues as quickly as possible. I’m not too worried President-Elect George W. Bush about that. Mr. Knoller. As we’re about to inaugurate a new President, can the American people Health Care believe that its new President will be ready Mr. Knoller. As you look back over your for the job on day one, or do we have to years in office, are there things, big things, give them a period for on-the-job training? that you wish you could do over or do dif- The President. Well, I think he is like any ferently? new President. I think he has certain The President. Oh, a few. If I had it to strengths and will be ready in some ways, do again, in the first 2 years I might try to and I don’t think any human being can be pass welfare reform first, and then do health ready in every way on day one. I think that’s care. Or I would tell the American people why, traditionally, Presidents have had a little that we had to do the deficit reduction first, bit of a honeymoon to get going. But it is and there were only two ways to have uni- a job, like other jobs, and people of good versal health coverage. will who work at it can do it. Let me just back up and say, a lot of people I think he’s obviously got all these people believe that if the health care plan had been around him who—going back to the Ford ad- differently designed or something, it could ministration, heavily involving the Reagan have passed. That’s just not true. The truth and Bush administrations—people that have is that because of the combined effect of the worlds of experience and will help him avoid condition of the economy and the inability some of the pitfalls which otherwise might to raise taxes, we could have neither an em- come his way—or anybody’s way, going into ployer mandate or a Government-funded that job. And so I think the dealing with program sufficient to insure 100 percent of Washington part of it, and through the play- health care coverage. It wasn’t in the cards. ers in Washington, with the press, I think And I think—that’s one of the things I he will be better prepared on that score than talked about. I got a lot done. I mentioned I was. at the end of this speech all the things that Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 15 117 have happened this year—unheard of in the the opportunity now to kind of reimagine eighth year of a Presidency for all these what I want my life to be like. things to happen. But I have a much greater I want to do what I can to support Hil- sense now of the pace of things and how lary—I’m thrilled and—I’m more than much you can jam through a system. And thrilled, I’m just ecstatic that she won that so, if I had it to do again, I think I would Senate race, and I’m happy for her and happy either try to flip the order and do welfare for the people of New York—and help reform and then health care, or I would go Chelsea as she works her way in her life. So before the American people and say, ‘‘Look, I have some financial support responsibil- I know I told you that I wanted 100 percent ities. But beyond that, I just want to try to coverage, and I do, but here’s the condition imagine how I can be of the most service of the budget; here is the condition of the in the most effective but appropriate way. country. I can’t pass either an employer man- Just because I’m working until the last day date or a tax increase, and you can’t get 100 here, which I’m definitely doing, doesn’t percent coverage without either one. So mean that I don’t understand that after noon- we’re going to take these five steps now.’’ time on January 20th I’m not President any- If I had it to do over again. I think in a more. And I know what I’m supposed to do policy sense, that was the place where the there, too, and I’m going to go home to New wheel kind of ran off the tracks and we got York and get on with my life. But I don’t a little out of position with the American peo- know exactly how I’m going to do it yet, but ple, and we took that terrible licking in the I’ve given quite a bit of thought to it. ’94 campaign. But since then, I think we’ve Mr. Knoller. And when you said 4 years been doing better both substantively and po- ago, as you were campaigning for reelection, litically. that that was your last election ever unless you ran for school board, are you going to President’s Future Plans stick to that? Mr. Knoller. When you leave office at The President. Yes, I can’t imagine I noon on January 20th, are you fearful that would run for office again. And you know, as you approach the next stage in your life, if I’m fortunate enough to live a long life that the best part of your life is over? and I stay healthy, maybe some day, some- The President. Oh, no. You know, in where down the road, somebody will say, some ways this is the best part of my life ‘‘Why don’t you run for this, that, or the other because being President is the greatest honor thing,’’ and I would think about it. But that’s any American could have and the greatest not really where I see my public service job any American could have. But I’ve given going. I do believe I owe it to myself and a lot of thought to this. I have enjoyed every to my country to continue to be a servant, phase of my life, from being a little boy to a public servant. But I think there are a lot going off to college, to living in England, to of ways you can do that as a private citizen. being a teacher, to being a young attorney And there’s a whole new generation of general. There’s never been a part of my life young people coming up. This country will in which I have not been absorbed, inter- never have a shortage of good, gifted people ested, and found something useful to do. willing to serve in public life. And I think And I think that I owe it to my country, that’s something I should leave to others. and to the people around the world who share the values and concerns I do, to try to be a good citizen-servant for the rest of Surviving Politics in Washington my life. And if I do it right, it’s a whole new Mr. Knoller. During your Presidency, sir, challenge trying to figure out, how are you you have survived travails that would have going to organize your life, how are you going sent other politicians either running for cover to organize your day? I mean, for 27 years, or killed them, and yet you have survived most days since I entered public life I have them. To what do you owe this ability to sur- just been on a relentless schedule, and I have vive bad situations? 118 Jan. 15 / Administration of William J. 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The President. Well, I’d say a couple of Farewell Address things. I think, first of all, I had an indomi- Mr. Knoller. Are you going to do a fare- table mother, and I was raised to believe that well address? every person should live on Churchill’s edict, The President. I’m thinking about it. I ‘‘Never quit.’’ have tried to—as I mentioned today in my And I had a high pain threshold. I remem- speech here, I tried to structure a series of ber once I was in an accident in a car in speeches, in one of which I spoke to the larg- high school, and my jaw hit the steering er world when I went to Great Britain and wheel real hard, and it was the steering wheel spoke at Warwick University after—about that broke, not my jaw. I have a high pain the global challenge of the 21st century. threshold. That’s pretty important. And since Then I made many of the same points at the modern American politics, certainly for the University of Nebraska at Kearney. last 20 years, have been a pretty brutal con- And then I made the education speech in tact sport, that’s important. Chicago and this speech here today. And I’m But I think by far the most important thing going home to Arkansas to speak to the Ar- is what I talked about here today. I mean, kansas Legislature, where I spoke on my in- I never thought the political office was pri- augural the five times I was Governor, and marily about personal attainment or ego or I’ll talk a little more about substantive do- validation or even being thought well of. I mestic issues. So I will have laid out my case always thought it was a job designed to for what I hope America will do in the future achieve larger purposes for the people you pretty much by the end of my term in these were representing. And that’s why I came last few weeks in these speeches. to New Hampshire to give this speech. Apart I may do another farewell address just so from my sentimental attachment to the State, I can thank the country as a whole and say we proved here in ’92 that if you have good a few specific things. But it will be—if I do, ideas and they relate to people and their lives it would be much briefer and less indepth and their future, that you can survive per- on the policy stuff. sonal adversity, because people understood this was about a common, larger endeavor. Use of Polling Data And I think that’s another thing. I never, Mr. Knoller. Bum rap or not, sir, you, in the darkest days, I never lost sight of the more than any other President, used polling fact that however many days I had left as data during your term in office to guide you. President, every one was a privilege and a The President. Well, but let me just say, pleasure, and I should be working for the so did Roosevelt. Roosevelt was the first people. And I think they sensed that. I think President to be almost obsessive about polls. that, more than anything else, answers the But I never was controlled by them because question you asked. I always believed if you were right, you could find a way to change public opinion. Presidential Security Only a fool, I think, ignores research data Mr. Knoller. During your Presidency, sir, on a constant basis. I mean, that’s like tele- were there any security close calls that we vision ratings or anything else. You look at didn’t know about? research data. But I did—I believe that you’d The President. I’m just thinking. I’m not be hard pressed to find any President in the sure. You remember when the guy shot up last several decades who’s done a larger num- the White House with the assault weapon, ber of things which were not popular at the although you guys were in more danger than moment. me. The bullets were directed toward the And one of the things that I used polls press room, but he didn’t know that. But I for was to understand how aware the public don’t think so. There were periods when I was of given issues or, if they disagree with had an unusually large number of threats, but me on an issue, what was the most effective the Secret Service handled them and did argument I could make to try to persuade well. As far as I know, there was nothing sig- them. But I didn’t—especially on issues af- nificant you don’t know about. fecting America’s future, I never let the polls Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 15 119 control me. But the economic plan was not actions like the environmental actions and popular. It passed by one vote, and I knew the other things. it was the right thing to do. The decision to I think, on balance, the coverage has help Mexico was opposed 81–15. Bosnia, been—over an 8-year period, on balance— Kosovo, Haiti, those things were not popular. has been intense and fair in the sense that But I thought they were right, and I thought I have always had the chance to put my side they could be made popular. out. I think that there are unusual pressures And let me give you some other things. on the media today because there are more By contrast, if you took polls in the begin- competitive outlets, and I think that the net ning, it would appear that the public over- effect of that is that sometimes a herd men- whelmingly agreed with me on all the gun tality takes over, and one person gets the safety issues, but there’s no question that one story wrong, then everybody gets it wrong. of the reasons we lost seats in the Congress I think that the pressure for market share in ’94 was because of the efforts of the NRA. has aggravated the tendency which already If you took polls on the health care issue in exists, not only in our Capital but in every ’94, they all looked to be popular, but it capital in the world, to elevate politics over turned out not to be. policy and discord over working together. And the reason for that is—but I was not So I think that—I also think that as the unaware of that; I knew that—you have to first post-baby-boomer President, and given understand how to read polls. I mean, you the fact that I was involved in my youth in could be on a popular issue, but if the people the controversies over Vietnam and a lot of who are against you are more intense than other things, I think I became kind of a light- the people who are for you, it will still be ning rod—and Hillary did—for a lot of things a net loss at voting time. that the system kind of had to work its way So I was never paralyzed by polls. I always through. But I’d be at a poor position to have saw polls as sort of snapshots of what the any profound complaints since I’m leaving American people knew, what they were office with pretty good approval ratings from thinking. And I used them to try to figure the American people, and none of that would out what the best possible arguments I could be possible if it hadn’t been for the media make were to move the country where I through which I communicated my views and thought we ought to go. my side of all the controversies. So I would expect any politician to use But I think that—I do think it’s harder to polls, but anybody who is imprisoned by a get stories right, to avoid jumping the gun, poll will in the end be defeated, because to avoid kind of contributing to things that they’re not good guideposts; they’re pictures have a lot of heat and may not have much of horse races that are in progress. light, given the pressures that all of you are under today. Media Coverage The last point I’d like to make, and I’m Mr. Knoller. I’ve got one last question not pandering to you because you can’t cover that I think you’ll find irresistible. In recent me much longer, is—[laughter]—but I be- days, I’ve noticed you’ve accused us in the lieve this—I think it is a real mistake for peo- media of treating you with increasing ple to generalize about the media. Very often irrelevancy. I’d like to ask you as you near there will be a big story in the national news, the end of your Presidency, sir, what do you and ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, and CNN will think of the news media coverage that you’ve all cover it differently. been subjected to? So I think that you have to—I always had The President. Well, first of all, that’s also the feeling that you were more interested in been in just a good-natured jest. It is true policy than a lot of the people that covered that I’m on the way out. I mean, you can’t— me, but I think it’s more because you’ve been and so I’ve had a good time. But actually, here so long. I mean, I think you couldn’t you’ve given me unusually heavy coverage for have hung around the way you have and done this late in my term. But that’s because we’re this if you weren’t fascinated by politics. But continuing to do things; we’re taking these in the end, you’d run dry if you didn’t also 120 Jan. 15 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 care about what the consequences to the be addressed, and I hope they will be. But country are. And like I said, you can’t cover I think—looking at this in a positive frame me much longer, so I’m not pandering to of mind and hope to goodness that there will you, but I think—on the other hand, if you be a real common commitment that goes way were here now—consider, suppose you were beyond party interest. a 30-year-old, or however young you can be, Q. Are you encouraged, sir, by what you’ve 35-year-old television anchor, and you got seen so far? the White House assignment, and you want- The President. Now you guys know I’m ed to go further in life, and you were going not going to get into that. I’m on my way to be judged partly by how hot you were on out the door, man; I shouldn’t be talking the screen and what your market share was, about that. [Laughter] I just want to focus and you had to put this story together, and on the things that I said today and the mes- you had an hour to do it, you’d be under sage I sent to Congress. I think that there a whole different set of pressures, both in are a lot of problems. I hope that the Presi- your work environment and in your head. dent-elect will appoint a high-level election So I think that I would—that’s one thing commission—I think it would be good to I would counsel any President to do, is not— have former Presidents share it—to deal with fight paranoia about the press, and don’t gen- eralize about it. all the voting rights issues that are out there. I think both I and my wife’s alleged aver- I hope that there will be something done sion to the press has been way overblown. on—some more done on the criminal justice We’ve always been far more discriminating system to give people of color, all racial and about the things with which we disagreed ethnic backgrounds, a sense that the system and the things with which we agreed. is more fair—and to make it more fair. And Mr. Knoller. Mr. President, thank you so I gave some specific recommendations there. much, sir. It’s been fascinating. I’d really like to see some—I hope there will The President. Thank you. be some action on that.

NOTE: The interview was taped at 2:35 p.m. in President’s Agenda for the Final Days Dover High School for later broadcast. In his re- marks, the President referred to Usama bin Ladin, Q. Sir, more generally, going into your last who allegedly sponsored the 1998 bombing at- week as President, what are your thoughts? tacks on the U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tan- The President. That we’ve still got a few zania; Senator Christopher S. Bond; Ronnie L. things to do. White, whose nomination to be U.S. District Q. What are those things? Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri was de- feated in October 1999; Gore 2000 campaign di- The President. We’re working on—obvi- rector William M. Daley; and former White ously, we’re still involved in the talks on the House Chief of Staff Thomas F. (Mack) McLarty. Middle East. And we’re working with Sec- The transcript was released by the Office of the retary Babbitt to try to finalize some more Press Secretary on January 15. A tape was not resource preservation action. And I have, as available for verification of the content of this always happens at the end of a President’s interview. term, to see hundreds and hundreds and hundreds, literally, of requests for consider- Exchange With Reporters at the ation for executive clemency of some kind Greenleaf Senior Center or another for people who have been incar- cerated or who are out and asked for pardons January 15, 2001 so they can get their voting rights back. [The President’s remarks are joined in That’s one thing I’d really like to see the progress.] Congress do. There’s some legislation in Congress which would restore people’s vot- Voters’ Rights Legislation ing rights after they serve their sentences, The President. ——problems that are still and I think it would be a very good thing out there that have to be—I believe should to pass. Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 15 121

We did that in Arkansas 24 years ago, so Remarks at a Martin Luther King, that now when someone serves their sen- Jr., Holiday Celebration tence, including the probation, they auto- January 15, 2001 matically get the right to vote back. It’s a very cumbersome process. A lot of people, The President. Thank you very much. particularly less well-educated people, with- Normally, I don’t think Presidents should get out much money, they have no idea how to awards. But I believe I’ll accept these, if it’s get a Federal pardon or that they can get all the same to you. it. And the system often takes years and years I want to begin by saying that I am de- and years. And I think—it would seem to lighted to be here at this university, in this me that most Americans would agree, when great hall, with all the people who are here someone serves their sentence and pays their on the stage. I brought something to Mayor debt to society, we all, the rest of us, have Williams and to Representative Eleanor a vested interest in their becoming law-abid- Holmes Norton. He mentioned that we ing and contributing citizens. signed the—that we passed the Southeast And I think that there may be other rea- Federal Center bill to spur community devel- sons people want to or need to apply for a opment with a public/private partnership on Federal pardon, but I don’t think the right Federal property. At the time it passed, we to vote is one of them. So that’s one thing weren’t able to do a formal signing ceremony, I would really like to see done. As I said, so I brought Mayor Williams and Eleanor we amended the Voting Rights Act in Arkan- Holmes Norton a copy of the bill and the sas—or constitutional amendment—when I pens I used to sign it, and I’d like to give was attorney general in 1977, to do that. it to them now. And I regret that we couldn’t pass the leg- I want to thank the DC City Council Chair islation this year. But I think that there’s a Linda Cropp, Kathy Patterson, and the other lot of bipartisan interest in it, especially councilmembers who are here who helped among people who have thought about it and to make my stay in Washington, along with have personal contacts. If you look at this my family’s, so wonderful. I want to thank whole Federal pardon process, part of—a big Robie Beatty and Shirley Rivens Smith from reason people do it is to get the right to vote the King Holiday Commission. back. And they understand that the pardon I’d like to thank the people who are here is not really a pardon saying it’s okay what from my administration, present and former. you did. That’s not what this is about. It’s I want to thank Frank Raines, former Direc- about basically saying this person has lived tor of OMB, and Jack Lew, our present Di- a good enough life that they ought to be rector, for all the work they did, along with given a chance to be a full citizen. the indomitable Alice Rivlin, to make sure So, when it comes to voting, I don’t think that the Federal Government became a bet- they ought to have to get a pardon. I think ter partner for the District of Columbia in they ought to just change the law—com- the allocation of our money. pleted their sentence, including the parole On this Martin Luther King Holiday, I period, they automatically get their right to want to thank my friend of almost 20 years, vote back. And I think most Americans would the Secretary of Transportation, Rodney support that. I’ve never had a word of criti- Slater, who is always serving. And I want to cism in my home State about it in 20-some thank the present head of the Corporation years. of National Service and the person who start- ed our national service program, first Senator Harris Wofford, then Eli Segal. Thank you NOTE: The exchange began at 10:45 a.m. In his for bring AmeriCorps to life. remarks, the President referred to President-elect George W. Bush. The transcript released by the And I know we have AmeriCorps award Office of the Press Secretary did not include the winners and their families here and members complete opening remarks of the President. A and alumni. Thank you for your service. And tape was not available for verification of the con- thank you, Nancy Rubin, for your support. tent of this exchange. I also am proud to announce on Eli Segal’s 122 Jan. 15 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 birthday that under the leadership of Nancy The President. We practiced that for an Rubin, a group of people are creating a new hour yesterday. How did we do? [Laughter] Eli Segal AmeriCorps Award for Entrepre- We did great. It’s okay. It’s all right. It was neurial Leadership, and I thank you for that. good. I mean, it—[laughter]—you know, And I want to thank the members of the look, I’ve only got 5 days left; it’s hard to new DC Commission on National and Com- hold your interest. So we did the best we munity Service. I just came from the kick- could. [Laughter] off, and I swore in the first community serv- And I want you to know that the Secret ice volunteers—swore in, not swore at— Service delivered to me this morning, so I [laughter]—the first community service vol- get to ride around in it for 5 days, the newest unteers. And we did some painting, and I Presidential limousine, which, I might add, can prove it because I’ve got paint on my is an enormous improvement in terms of the pants and shoes to show it—[laughter]—not workability of the inner space. But we still the ones I’m wearing now. have the license plates on it that calls for I want to thank Mayor Williams for this DC statehood. So I hope you’ll keep working award and for what he said about our com- on that and keep making the case. mon efforts to make this great city even Meanwhile, we have worked together to greater. It has been a real honor for me to use Federal resources to help spark eco- live and work in Washington these last 8 nomic growth, housing development, and job years. I went to college here, and I worked creation: over a billion dollars in new tax in- here when I was a young man. And I love centives for businesses and homeowners; $25 this city. I loved all of its neighborhoods. million to build the New York Avenue Metro Even when I was in college, I spent a lot station; $110 million for new and better pub- of time in all the neighborhoods. I was a com- lic housing in Anacostia; $17 million for the munity service volunteer in Northeast Wash- DC College Access Act—3,000 young people ington when I was a student at Georgetown. now taking advantage of that in its very first And one of the first things I did after I got year. Congratulations. I want to thank all of elected was to take a walk down Georgia Ave- you who worked in the vineyards to make nue. It looks better today than it did 8 years all these things happen. ago, I might add. This is a day we celebrate not only the And I’m very proud of the work that we life but the service of Martin Luther King, have done. I’m also—you might be interested and not only the service of the famous but to know that when Hillary was elected to the the service of those who are not known, em- Senate and we had to find a place for her bodied in the famous statement of Dr. King to live, she absolutely insisted on living in that everybody can be great because every- the District of Columbia. She wanted to be body can serve. You forget the rest of it— here. So I’ll be back from time to time. ‘‘you only need a heart full of grace and a [Laughter] soul generated by love.’’ Audience member. Don’t go! [Laughter] In 1992 when I ran for President, and The President. Don’t say that. [Laughter] Eleanor and I actually jogged up Pennsyl- I want you to know that while I think we vania Avenue in the rain together, some peo- have done a reasonably good job these last ple thought that America had become so di- few years of relocating government functions vided and cynical that somehow the spirit of and getting more funds to the District of Co- service was gone, especially among our young lumbia and getting some of the burdens off people. I never believed that. Then I read your back that should be lifted, I believe that all these articles about young people, this so- you should still have your votes in Congress called generation X group, and how self- and the Senate. I think that, maybe even absorbed and selfish they were. I never be- more important, you should have the rights lieved that. I saw people serving together ev- and powers and responsibilities that state- erywhere and yearning to be part of a higher hood carries. calling. In 1993 in my Inaugural Address, I chal- [At this point, reveille was played on a bugle.] lenged the American people to a new season Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 15 123 of service. And I proposed national service Seattle. And the other young AmeriCorps legislation to give young people in America volunteers I swore in, they were from all over the chance to serve in their own communities America. And that’s the great thing about it. or other communities across the country and You get all kinds of people, all different races earn some money for college while doing it. and ethnic groups and backgrounds and in- Well, I think that what these young people come groups, coming together in all kinds have done in the last 7 years, since we had of communities, dealing with all kinds of the first AmeriCorps class of 1994, has other people. And pretty soon, before you proved that what I saw 8 years ago was right. know it, you’ve got America at its best just I’ll say more about that in a moment. happening there at the grassroots level. This In 1994 I signed the King Holiday and is a big deal. And these 200,000 people have Service Act, sponsored by then Senator not only changed their own lives but the lives Harris Wofford and Congressman John of millions and millions of other Americans. Lewis of Atlanta, who worked with Dr. King. We must continue to do this. They wanted to make this holiday a day on, So far there have been 677 DC residents not a day off. Today, as a result of what they in AmeriCorps. They’ve earned a total—lis- did, hundreds of thousands of our fellow citi- 1 ten to this—of $2 ⁄2 million for college edu- zens are serving in their communities today, cation. And I want to thank, by the way, since including over 1,000 here in Washington. we’re here, the University of the District of I’ve just come from the Greenleaf Senior Columbia, along with seven other of Wash- Center with some very dedicated young peo- ington’s colleges and universities, for their ple from four AmeriCorps projects, including participation in the AmeriCorps Heads Up City Year, a program that I found in Boston program. AmeriCorps volunteers who are in 1991 that helped to inspire the creation students here work as reading and math tu- of the national service program we have tors at Davis Elementary School in Benning today. Today I swore in the first new mem- Heights, gaining valuable teaching experi- bers of City Year here in Washington, DC. ence. And the young people they are tutoring When I became President, there were 100 are gaining a head start on learning that will of them around the country—100 members; today there are over 1,000 in 13 cities. last a lifetime. But listen to this. When we created the Citizen service changes people for the bet- AmeriCorps program in 1994, we wanted to ter. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard give young people the chance to serve. Obvi- volunteers in the classroom say they have ously, we didn’t know how many people learned more than their students have. And would do it. The pay is modest. The scholar- that makes every one of our young volunteers ship benefits are not inconsiderable, but a winner. But today I want to congratulate they’re not enormous. But listen to this. some very special ones, those who won this Since the first class of volunteers in 1994, year’s All-AmeriCorps Award, 10 men and almost 200,000 men and women have partici- women selected for outstanding service to pated, more than have served in the Peace AmeriCorps. Corps in the 40 years since it was created. And I want to talk about it a little bit to I say that not to diminish the Peace Corps; try to illustrate that this is not just about I’m a huge supporter of the Peace Corps. numbers. Yes, we’ve got 200,000 people in We’ve dramatically increased enrollment AmeriCorps in 7 years of classes, more than there, and I’d like to see the Congress con- 40 years in the Peace Corps. Yes, they’ve tinue to do so. But I just want to make the gone all across this country and had a trans- point that people do want to serve in our forming effect. But that’s the key. It’s not communities; they do want to make a dif- the numbers, it’s the impact. The adult lit- ference. eracy programs, the community learning cen- And today, the young people that I painted ters, the volunteer programs—that these the columns with over at the Greenleaf Com- award winners are getting today—are still munity Center, three of them were from the going strong, in some cases, years after their DC area, but one was a young woman from service has ended. 124 Jan. 15 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

One young woman is a former migrant ment of my dreams of one America, an worker who used the skills she learned in America in which we not only tolerate but AmeriCorps to teach 2,400 farm workers respect and even celebrate our differences, about pesticide safety. One man has been but in which we work together and live to- elected mayor of the community in which gether knowing that our common humanity he served. Shoot, I wish we would have had is even more important. this around when I was a kid. [Laughter] Part of Martin Luther King’s dream was Right here in Washington, Carey Hartin somehow we would learn to ‘‘work together, started a diversity club to help the many cul- pray together, struggle together, go to jail to- tures at Roosevelt High School understand gether, stand up for freedom together.’’ If one another better. The kids in that club I could leave America with one wish as I de- were so inspired, they went out and got a part office, it would be that we become more grant to expand Carey’s program to other DC the one America that we know we ought to schools. Carey is now studying for her mas- be. ter’s in education and student teaching at Today I’m sending a message to Con- Cardozo High School. Where are you, gress—you can read about it in the papers; Carey? Stand up there. Give her a hand. [Ap- I won’t go through it all—but it follows up plause] Good for you. on the work I have done on this One America She also has with her today another suc- initiative over the last several years. And I cess story, the young woman who was the wanted to basically inform the Congress and first president of Roosevelt High’s Diversity the incoming administration about where we Club, and is now in college studying music are in dealing with our racial issues, our op- education. Stand up—where are you? [Ap- portunities and our continuing difficulties, plause] Give her a hand. about what progress we have made in the Now I want all the award winners to stand last 8 years and what still needs to be done up. Let’s give them all a big hand. [Applause] Thank you all, and bless you. to build one America. Let me say, when you see their numbers, I advocated some things that will doubtless you should multiply in your head times 12, be somewhat controversial, but I have been because studies show that every full-time working on them: improvements in the crimi- AmeriCorps volunteer generates on average nal justice system; restoring voting rights to a dozen more volunteers. people when they complete their sentences, Now, all across America, you should also so they don’t have to get a Presidential par- know that one million students are doing don; a national election commission headed public service as a part of their school cur- by Presidents Ford and Carter to look into riculum. And I might say, I would like to why some Americans have so much difficulty see every State in America follow the lead voting and how we can ever avoid—always of the State of Maryland, under Lieutenant avoid having another election like the last Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, and one, with all the controversies that we had require, as a course, community service as there; and new steps forward in closing the a condition of graduation from high school. disparities in health and education and eco- I think it would be a very good thing. nomic development. The United Nations has named 2001 the But what I want to say to you is that build- International Year of Volunteers. Americans ing one America is like life. It’s a journey, have a lot to be proud of on that score. Our not a destination. And the main thing will citizens are volunteering more and giving always be whether we’re still making the trip. more to charitable causes than ever before. Did any of you see the jazz series on TV And the most generous donors by percentage this week? It was fabulous, wasn’t it? My fa- are families with incomes of less than vorite line in the whole thing—my favorite $10,000 a year. line was uttered by that great Washington, I came here today, on Martin Luther DC, native Duke Ellington. When he was King’s Holiday, to talk about citizen service asked, ‘‘What’s your favorite jazz tune,’’ he and AmeriCorps because it is the embodi- said, ‘‘The one coming up.’’ [Laughter] Well, Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 15 125 believe me, that’s what I believe about our ship. At the request of the President, in 1995, country. the Federal D.C. Interagency Task Force, I see these young people, I see these vol- chaired by the Director of the Office of Man- unteers, and it’s been an honor for me to agement and Budget, and directed by the serve. It’s been an honor for me to help make Special Advisor to the President and Execu- Washington stronger and better. But when tive Director of the Federal D.C. Inter- somebody asks you what the best day is, think agency Task Force, was created to revitalize about these young folks and say, ‘‘The one the District of Columbia and improve pros- coming up.’’ pects for ‘‘home rule’’ to succeed in the Na- Thank you very much, and God bless you. tion’s Capital. The Federal D.C. Interagency Task Force Office has worked with Federal NOTE: The President spoke at 12:32 p.m. in the Building 46 Auditorium at the University of the agencies, the Congress, and local officials to District of Columbia. In his remarks, he referred promote long-term financial stability, eco- to Mayor Anthony A. Williams, Council Chair nomic growth, and opportunity for self-gov- Linda Cropp, and Ward 3 Councilmember Kathy ernment for the District of Columbia. In Patterson of Washington, DC; Alice Rivlin, chair, 1997, the President signed into law the Na- DC Financial Responsibility and Management As- tional Capital Revitalization and Self-Gov- sistance Authority; Chief Executive Officer Harris ernment Improvement Act of 1997, under Wofford and former Chief Executive Officer Eli Segal, Corporation for National Service; Nancy which the Federal Government undertook Rubin, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Human certain responsibilities and governmental Rights Commission; and All-AmeriCorps Award functions befitting a State or county govern- winners Angela Campos, Mayor Cleveland L. ment. Also in 1997, the President signed into Rippons of Cambridge, MD, and Carey Hartin. law tax incentives designed to spur economic H.R. 3069, the Southeast Federal Center Public- growth in the District of Columbia. Private Development Act of 2000, approved No- It is the policy of this Administration, vember 1, 2000, was assigned Public Law No. 106–407. therefore, to build on the momentum of the accomplishments over the last 5 years by for- mally establishing the Federal D.C. Inter- Executive Order 13189—Federal agency Task Force to further assist the Dis- Interagency Task Force on the trict of Columbia in achieving financial sta- District of Columbia bility, economic growth, and improvement in January 15, 2001 management and service delivery. Sec. 2. Establishment of the Federal Inter- By the authority vested in me as President agency Task Force on the District of Colum- by the Constitution and the laws of the bia. United States of America, and in order to (a) There is established the ‘‘Federal further the revitalization of, and to improve Interagency Task Force on the Dis- prospects for the success of ‘‘home rule’’ in trict of Columbia’’ (Task Force). the District of Columbia, the Nation’s Cap- (b) The Task Force shall be composed of ital, it is hereby ordered as follows: the following members: Section 1. Background and Policy. The (1) The Attorney General; District of Columbia is the Nation’s Capital, (2) The Secretary of Housing and Urban and the Federal Government is the largest Development; employer, landholder, and purchaser in the (3) The Secretary of Health and Human region. The Executive Office of the President Services; has established and maintained an interest (4) The Secretary of Labor; in fostering the Federal relationship with the (5) The Secretary of Transportation; District of Columbia since 1963. This Admin- (6) The Secretary of the Treasury; istration has long sought to strengthen the (7) The Administrator of General Serv- relationship between the Federal Govern- ices; ment and the District of Columbia by initi- (8) The Secretary of Education; ating a historic restructuring of this relation- (9) The Secretary of the Interior; 126 Jan. 15 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

(10) The Administrator of the Environ- the Nation’s Capital and to improve self-gov- mental Protection Agency; ernance. The Director’s designee shall serve (11) The Secretary of Commerce; as liaison between the executive branch and (12) The Secretary of Agriculture; the executive, legislative, and judicial (13) The Director of the Office of Man- branches of government of the District of agement and Budget; Columbia, as well as the private sector. (14) The Administrator of the Small Busi- Sec. 4. Responsibilities. To the extent per- ness Administration; mitted by law, the Interagency Task Force (15) The Commissioner of the Social Se- shall: curity; (a) formulate and recommend interagency (16) The Secretary of Energy; compacts and cooperative agreements be- (17) The Director of the Office of Per- tween Federal agencies and the District of sonnel Management; and Columbia; (18) Such other members as the Director (b) develop, on a continuing basis, a com- of the Office of Management and prehensive and coordinated plan to establish Budget may provide (including the priorities to promote long-term financial sta- Director of the Court Services and bility, economic growth, and opportunity for Offender Supervision Agency, which self-government for the District of Columbia; office is located in the Department (c) provide for an understanding by the of Justice.) public of the needs and assets of the District (c) The Task Force shall be chaired by the of Columbia; Director of the Office of Management and (d) support District efforts to encourage Budget (Director). The Director may ap- economic growth in the District of Columbia; point an Assistant Director or other senior official to assist in the management of the (e) serve as the focal point and coordi- Task Force. nating unit for Federal programs, technical (d) The Office of Management and Budget assistance, and other support for the District shall provide administrative support for the of Columbia; and Task Force. To the extent permitted by law, (f) provide a forum for consideration of other executive departments and agencies problems within the District of Columbia may provide such staff, resources, and infor- and propose and effectuate solutions. mation as may be required in carrying out Sec. 5. Assistance to Economically Dis- the provisions of this order. tressed Areas. Members of the Task Force, (e) The Director shall develop, review, to the extent permitted by law and within modify, and, as appropriate, implement pro- existing budgetary resources, shall provide gram recommendations, in cooperation with targeted assistance to economically dis- the appropriate elected Federal and local of- tressed areas within the District of Columbia ficials and agencies, to promote long-term fi- and to projects that require economic devel- nancial stability, economic growth, and op- opment assistance. To the extent permitted portunity for self-government for the District by law, members of the Task Force shall also of Columbia. participate in comprehensive neighborhood (f) To the extent permitted by law, the revitalization initiatives requiring Federal as- Task Force staff shall communicate with sistance, including programs organized by Federal and local elected officials as early in the government of the District of Columbia, program planning cycles as reasonably fea- and collaborative efforts organized by private sible, to develop and explain specific Federal organizations, such as the Anacostia Best and local plans and program actions. Practices initiative. Sec. 3. Purpose. The purpose of the Inter- Sec. 6. Local Accommodation. To the ex- agency Task Force will be to coordinate and tent permitted by law, the Federal Inter- better leverage Administration efforts and agency Task Force shall make efforts to ac- initiatives for the District of Columbia in commodate the concerns of local elected of- concert with local and regional initiatives to ficials in proposing Federal technical or other improve the long-term financial stability of assistance. Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 15 127

Sec. 7. Judicial Review. This order does appointed by the President from the public not create any right or benefit, substantive and private sectors. The members may in- or procedural, enforceable by law against the clude current and former Federal, State, and United States, its officers, its employees, or local government officials, corporate and any other person. foundation leaders, recognized education William J. Clinton and civil rights experts, educational practi- tioners, and others with experience and ex- The White House, pertise in educational resource equity. The January 15, 2001. President shall designate from among the Commission members such official or offi- [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, cials to be chairperson or chairpersons, as he 8:45 a.m., January 18, 2001] shall deem appropriate. NOTE: This Executive order was published in the Sec. 3. Duties and Commission Report. (a) Federal Register on January 19. The Commission shall collect and review in- formation about the current status of gaps in the availability of educational resources, Executive Order 13190—President’s including the underlying causes and effects Commission on Educational of such resource gaps. The Commission shall, Resource Equity as appropriate, invite experts and commu- January 15, 2001 nities to provide information and guidance in furtherance of their duties. By the authority vested in me as President (b) Not later than August 31, 2001, the by the Constitution and the laws of the Commission shall prepare and submit a re- United States of America, including the Fed- port for the President and the Congress on eral Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 the issue of resource equity in education. The U.S.C. App.), it is hereby ordered as follows: report shall include, but not be limited to: Section 1. Policy. A quality education is (i) An analysis of the status of resource eq- essential to the success of every child in the uity in education with regard to such factors 21st century and to the continued strength as finances, staff, facilities, instructional pro- and prosperity of our Nation. Our Nation has grams, and support services, taking into ac- embraced the goal of promoting high edu- count, as appropriate, differences in costs cational standards for all children and in- and needs for different students and commu- creasing accountability in education. Al- nities; though we know it is crucial that all children have access to the educational resources and (ii) An analysis of how resource gaps in opportunity necessary to achieve high stand- education affect the success of individuals ards, long-standing gaps in access to edu- and our Nation; cational resources exist, including disparities (iii) An examination of the effectiveness of based on race and ethnicity. These gaps limit targeted Federal resources toward disadvan- the ability of individuals, as well as our Na- taged students and low-income schools as tion, to reach their full potential. Therefore, compared with the provision of State and it is the policy of this Administration that our local resources toward disadvantaged stu- Nation undertake appropriate steps to under- dents and low-income schools; stand fully the current status of resource eq- (iv) A summary of best practices with re- uity in education and to identify and imple- gard to overcoming gaps in the availability ment strategies at the local, State, and na- of educational resources; and tional levels that will ensure that all students (v) Short- and long-term recommendations have a full and equal opportunity to succeed. for educational policy makers, including Sec. 2. Establishment. To carry out this local, State, and Federal officials, to achieve policy, there is established the ‘‘President’s resource equity in education. Commission on Educational Resource Eq- Sec. 4. Administration, Compensation, uity’’ (Commission). The Commission shall and Termination. (a) The Department of be composed of not more than 13 members Education shall, to the extent permitted by 128 Jan. 15 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 law, provide administrative support and 1182(f) and 1185(a)(1)), and in light of Proc- funding for the Commission. lamation 4865 of September 29, 1981, I here- (b) Members of the Commission shall by delegate to the Attorney General the au- serve without compensation, but while en- thority to: gaged in the work of the Commission, mem- (a) maintain custody, at any location she bers appointed from among private citizens deems appropriate, and conduct any of the United States shall be allowed travel screening she deems appropriate in expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub- her unreviewable discretion, of any sistence, as authorized by law for persons undocumented person she has reason serving intermittently in the Government to believe is seeking to enter the service (5 U.S.C. 5701–5707) to the extent United States and who is encountered funds are available for such purposes. in a vessel interdicted on the high seas (c) The functions of the President under through December 31, 2001; and, the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as (b) any other appropriate actions with re- amended, except that of reporting to the spect to such aliens permitted by law. Congress, that are applicable to the Commis- This memorandum is not intended to cre- sion, shall be performed by the Department ate, and should not be construed to create, of Education in accordance with the guide- any right or benefit, substantive or proce- lines that have been issued by the Adminis- dural, legally enforceable by any party against trator of General Services. the United States, its agencies or instrumen- (d) The chairperson (or chairpersons) may talities, officers, employees, or any other per- from time to time prescribe such rules, pro- son, or to require any procedures to deter- cedures, and policies relating to the activities mine whether a person is a refugee. of the Commission as are not inconsistent You are authorized and directed to publish with law or with the provisions of this order. this memorandum in the Federal Register. (e) The Commission shall terminate 30 William J. Clinton days after submitting its final report, unless extended by the President. NOTE: An original was not available for William J. Clinton verification of the content of this memorandum. The White House, January 15, 2001. Letter to Congressional Leaders [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, Transmitting a Report on Funding 8:45 a.m., January 18, 2001] for the Trade and Development Agency With Respect to China NOTE: This Executive order was published in the Federal Register on January 19. January 13, 2001 Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Memorandum on Delegation of I hereby transmit a report including my Authority Under Sections of the reasons for determining, pursuant to the au- Immigration and Nationality Act thority vested in me by section 902 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal January 15, 2001 Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101–246), Memorandum for the Attorney General that it is in the national interest of the United States to terminate the suspension on the ob- Subject: Delegation of Authority Under ligation of funds for any new activities of the Sections 212(f) and 215(a)(1) of the Trade and Development Agency with respect Immigration and Nationality Act to the People’s Republic of China. By the authority vested in me as President Sincerely, by the Constitution and the laws of the William J. Clinton United States of America, including sections 212(f) and 215(a)(1) of the Immigration and NOTE: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Nationality Act, as amended (8 U.S.C. Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 16 129 and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate. This Large for International Religious Freedom, letter was released by the Office of the Press Sec- we have strived to promote religious freedom retary on January 16. where it is threatened or denied and to inter- vene on behalf of those who are suffering Proclamation 7391—Religious because of their religious beliefs and prac- tices. Freedom Day, 2001 More than 2 centuries ago, our founders January 15, 2001 sought to protect the religious freedom that By the President of the United States inherently belongs to every human being. of America Now the responsibility falls to our genera- tion, not only to preserve that right, but also A Proclamation to work together for the day when all people Each year we commemorate the anniver- can worship freely and in peace. sary of the religious freedom statute adopted Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, by the Virginia legislature in 1786. This stat- President of the United States of America, ute, which reflects the wisdom and foresight by virtue of the authority vested in me by of its author, Thomas Jefferson, and its co- the Constitution and the laws of the United sponsor, James Madison, became the model States, do hereby proclaim January 16, 2001, for the First Amendment to our Constitution, as Religious Freedom Day. I call upon the and it has had enormous and far-reaching people of the United States to observe this consequences for the life of our Nation. day with appropriate ceremonies, activities, Just a few weeks ago, we saw how much and programs, and I urge all Americans to that freedom means to all of us, as we cele- reaffirm their devotion to the fundamental brated Christmas, Hanukkah, and the Eid Al- principles of religious freedom and tolerance. Fitr within the same week. These holidays In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set belonging to the Christian, Jewish, and Mus- my hand this fifteenth day of January, in the lim faiths were observed freely and in peace year of our Lord two thousand one, and of by millions of people across our country— the Independence of the United States of an occurrence unimaginable in some regions America the two hundred and twenty-fifth. of the world, where people suffer persecu- William J. Clinton tion and even death for worshipping accord- ing to their conscience. Because of religious [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, freedom, Americans have been spared much 9:12 a.m., January 18, 2001] of the violence, bitterness, and conflict that NOTE: This proclamation was released by the Of- have scarred so many other societies, and our fice of the Press Secretary on January 16, and it Nation has benefited immeasurably from the was published in the Federal Register on January many contributions of generations of men 22. and women who emigrated to America be- cause their right to worship was protected by the Constitution and the courts and re- Remarks on Presenting the Medal of spected by their fellow citizens. Honor But religious freedom is not a right we January 16, 2001 enjoy solely by virtue of being Americans; it is a fundamental human right that should The President. Good morning, and please be honored in every Nation around the be seated. I would like to first thank Chaplain globe. That is why I have sought to make General Hicks for his invocation and wel- it an integral part of U.S. foreign policy and come the distinguished delegation from the to raise international awareness that many Pentagon who are here—Secretary Cohen, countries continue to engage in or tolerate General Shelton, Deputy Secretary de Leon. egregious violations of their citizens’ right to I thank the Members of Congress who are worship. I am proud that we have expanded here: Senator Dorgan, Senator Durbin, Rep- reporting on religious freedom in every coun- resentatives Buyer, King, Skelton, Weller, try, and that through our Ambassador at and Whitfield; former Representatives Lazio 130 Jan. 16 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 and McHale; members of the Smith and Civil War the color bearer was kept in front Roosevelt families. of advancing troops and was a known, con- In 1782 George Washington created the spicuous target for the other side. The enemy Badge of Military Merit. It was the first fought hard for your colors, and units that medal awarded by our Nation’s Armed lost them suffered serious loss of morale. Forces. But soon it fell into oblivion, and for Having them held high gave a unit the cour- decades no new medals were established. It age to carry on. Eighty Medals of Honor have was thought that a medal was too much like been awarded to soldiers who saved their a European aristocratic title, while to fight unit’s colors during the Civil War. for one’s country in America was simply Local legend says that the sandy soil of doing your democratic duty. Honey Hill was literally soaked in Union So when the Medal of Honor was insti- blood on November 30, 1864, that, ‘‘one tuted during the Civil War, it was agreed it could walk on the dead for over a mile with- would be given only for gallantry, at the risk out touching the road.’’ In one 5-minute of one’s life above and beyond the call of span, the 55th alone is said to have lost over duty. That’s an extraordinarily high standard, 100 men. But they never lost their colors, one that precious few ever meet. The Medal because Corporal Smith carried them of Honor is our highest military decoration, through the battle, exposing himself as the and we are here today to honor two Amer- lead target. ican heroes who met that mark. Like so many African-Americans who The first is Andrew Jackson Smith, United served in the Civil War, the soldiers of the States Army. Then Corporal Smith served as 55th were only reluctantly accepted by their a part of the 55th Massachusetts Voluntary own Union army. Their units were seg- Infantry, a black regiment that fought in the regated. They were paid less than white sol- Civil War. In late 1864, they were part of diers. They were commanded by white offi- a Union effort to cut off the Savannah- cers who mostly wanted to use them as garri- Charleston railroad link and keep Confed- son and labor battalions. So their first battle erate forces from interfering with Sherman’s was the fight just to see battle. But given march to the sea. the opportunity, they fought with intensity On November 30th, the 55th was one of that only high purpose and conviction can several units that tried to take a 25-foot rise sustain. And they did it knowing they risked called Honey Hill, close to Boyd’s Landing almost certain death or enslavement if cap- in South Carolina. The Confederate troops tured by Confederate forces. had an elevated position, the advantage of After the war, Andrew Jackson Smith lived surprise, and fortified entrenchments. So, as out the rest of his days near Grand Rivers, the 5,000 Union troops advanced through the Kentucky, where he was a leader in the com- 300 yards of swamp to get to the road leading munity until his death in 1932. He was first up Honey Hill, they found themselves walk- nominated for the Medal of Honor—listen ing into a slaughter. to this—in 1916. But the Army claimed, erro- The commanding officer, Colonel Alfred neously, that there were no official records Hartwell, wrote, ‘‘The leading brigade had to prove his story and his extraordinary acts been driven back when I was ordered in with of courage. It’s taken America 137 years to mine. I was hit first in the hand, just before honor his heroism. making a charge. Then my horse was killed We are immensely honored to have with under me, and I was hit afterward several us today eight of his family members, includ- times. One of my aides was killed, and an- ing Andrew Bowman, here to receive the other was blown from his horse. During the Medal of Honor on behalf of his grandfather, furious fight the color bearer was shot and and Mrs. Caruth Smith Washington, Andrew killed, and it was Corporal Andrew Jackson Jackson Smith’s daughter, and a very young Smith who would retrieve and save both the 93. State and Federal flags.’’ I want to say to all the members of the Now, to understand what Corporal Smith Smith family, sometimes it takes this country did that day you have to know that in the a while, but we nearly always get it right in Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 16 131 the end. I am proud that we finally got the the medal, too. For some reason, the War facts and that, for you and your brave fore- Department never acted on the rec- bear, we’re finally making things right. ommendation. Some say he didn’t get it be- Major, please read the citation. cause of the bias the War Department had against volunteers. Others say it was because [At this point, Maj. William Mullen III, he ran afoul of the Secretary of War, who, USMC, Marine Corps Aide to the President, after the war, was reluctant to allow the re- read the citation, and the President presented turn of a number of American servicemen the medal.] afflicted with yellow fever. Roosevelt publicly The President. The second Medal of called for America to bring its heroes home, Honor I award today is for the bravery of where they had a far better chance to re- Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roosevelt on cover. The administration had to reverse July 1, 1898. That was the day he led his course, and it proved embarrassing to the volunteer troops, the Rough Riders, in taking Secretary. San Juan Hill, which changed the course of But while opinions about why he didn’t the battle and the Spanish-American War. receive the medal are mixed, opinion that he We are greatly honored to be joined today should have received it long ago is unani- by members of the Roosevelt family, includ- mous. So here in this room will stand two ing Tweed Roosevelt, here to accept the great bookends to his wide-ranging life: the Medal of Honor on behalf of his great-grand- Medal of Honor, America’s highest honor for father. warriors; and the Nobel Peace Prize, the This is the 37th Medal of Honor I have world’s highest honor for peacemakers, presented, but the first I presented in the which he won for his role in settling the recipient’s old office—[laughter]—in front of Russo-Japanese War of 1905. a portrait of him in full battle gear. It is a This is a remarkable day, and I can’t help tradition in the Roosevelt Room that when but noting that for historical buffs, Theodore a Democrat is in the White House, a portrait Roosevelt’s son was the oldest man who land- of Franklin Roosevelt hangs above the man- ed on the beaches at Normandy on D-day, tle, and when a Republican is here, Teddy where he also won the Medal of Honor. Roosevelt occupies the hallowed spot. I Tragically, he died shortly after that, in his chose to break with the tradition these last uniform doing his duty. 8 years because I figured if we could have We are profoundly grateful as Americans even half the luck and skill leading America for this remarkable family. And I am honored into the 21st century that Theodore Roo- that I had the chance before I left office to sevelt did in leading America into the 20th correct what I think is a significant historical century, our Nation would do just fine. error. TR was a larger-than-life figure who gave I’d also like to thank all these people from our Nation a larger-than-life vision of our New York who are in the Congress, and other place in the world. Part of that vision was people from other States who did their part formed on San Juan Hill. His Rough Riders to see that it was done. And I thank all of were made up of all kinds of Americans from you, too. all walks of life. They were considered Nearly a hundred years ago, standing in unpolished and undisciplined, but they were this place—I suppose I should also say this— true citizen soldiers. By taking San Juan Hill, the reason this was Theodore Roosevelt’s of- eventually they forced the enemy fleet into fice is that all the offices of the President the Battle of Santiago Bay, where it was rout- were in the old White House until Teddy ed. This led to the Spanish surrender and Roosevelt became President. But the country opened the era of America as a global power. was bustling and growing and so was his fam- Twenty-two people won the Medal of ily. He had five kids and no place to work Honor for actions that day. Two high-ranking over there. His children were rambunctious military officers who had won the Medal of like him. They even let goats and other ani- Honor in earlier wars and who saw Theodore mals run through the White House during Roosevelt’s bravery recommended him for regular time. 132 Jan. 16 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

And so they built the West Wing in 1902, marks, he referred to Brig. Gen. David Hicks, believe it or not, as a temporary structure. USA, Deputy Chief of Chaplains; and Geoffrey But no one ever had the courage to go back C. Ward, writer, PBS’ documentary ‘‘Jazz’’. to Congress again and ask for money to do it right. So it’s held up pretty well for the last 99 years. And that’s why this was Presi- Remarks to the United States dent Theodore Roosevelt’s office. Conference of Mayors Here’s what he said, way back then, ‘‘We January 16, 2001 know there are dangers ahead, as we know there are evils to fight and overcome. But Mayor Coles, thank you very much. Thank stout of heart, we see across the dangers the you, ladies and gentlemen. I want to thank great future that lies beyond, and we re- Secretary Cuomo and Mickey Ibarra for the joice.’’ Let these words continue to guide us, wonderful job they have done. And I thank as we go forth into a new century. May we Secretary Herman and Director Aida continue to live up to the ideals for which Alvarez. Secretary Riley, thank you for being both Andrew Jackson Smith and Theodore here. We have the Acting Director of our Roosevelt risked their lives. Office of National Drug Control Policy, Ed Major, please read the citation. Jurith; Zina Pierre and others here who have [Major Mullen read the citation, and the worked with you. I thank Lynn Cutler, I see President presented the medal.] out there. And I thank Ellen Lovell, the head The President. Well, thank you all very of the First Lady’s millennial effort, who much for being here today. This has been brought a lot of projects to a lot of commu- a very moving ceremony. Again, I want to nities across this country. And all the others thank the large delegation from the Congress who have worked with you. and former Members who have come, and I also want to say a special word of thanks families and folks in the Pentagon who to Mayor Coles. We always hear a lot of talk worked hard to get this done. This is a good in Washington about bipartisanship, but if we day for America. look to America’s mayors, we actually see it. I’ll just leave you with this one thought. Maybe because Fiorella LaGuardia was right I said this yesterday, but I may say it every when he said, ‘‘There was no Republican or day in the last week of my Presidency. In Democratic way to pick up the garbage. You the case of a black soldier in the long-ago either pick it up or you don’t.’’ [Laughter] Civil War, it sometimes takes a long time to I thank you Mayor Coles. get things right. But Theodore Roosevelt re- I also want to thank some of the other offi- minded us that the only way we do that is cials of the various organizations who are by constantly focusing on the future. And here. Mayor Morial, thank you; Mayor that’s really what we’re celebrating here Menino, thank you. Executive Director Tom today, two people who changed America in Cochran, thank you. Thank you Wellington more ways than one by their personal cour- Webb for the award, for all the good times age, from very different vantage points. we had in Denver over the last several years. PBS has been showing Geoffrey Ward’s It’s been a real joy for me to welcome the magnificent series on jazz—I don’t know if U.S. Conference of Mayors here, and I am any of you have seen it. But there’s a great very proud of the partnership that we have section on Duke Ellington, who was a native formed. The record has already been estab- of Washington, DC. And he was asked what lished, in terms of the rebound of America’s his favorite jazz tune was, and he said, ‘‘The cities. I would like to make today, a different one coming up.’’ [Laughter] There’s always point, one that I rarely read in the a new one coming up. That’s why we’re all retrospectives now being written about the still here after more than 200 years. last 8 years. Whether they’re favorable or Thank you, and God bless you all. critical, even the favorable ones sometimes, NOTE: The President spoke at 11:45 a.m. in the I rarely read it. They say, oh this was—let’s Roosevelt Room at the White House. In his re- take the best case ones— ‘‘You know, Clinton Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 16 133 got rid of the deficit, and he’s paying the debt another. And I just want to tell you how pro- down, and we’ve got a healthy economy foundly grateful I am for what you do. Be- again.’’ There was one big idea, America cause I think if we hadn’t had the partnership would be connected to the world through we had, it is quite doubtful that we would networks of trade in an interdependent have the 221⁄2 million more jobs, 35 million world, and we would stay ahead of the curve. people now taking advantage of the family Or the critical ones, they just read the polls leave law, interestingly enough. It didn’t hurt that came out for little things like school uni- the economy like the people who were forms. I might say, parenthetically, that against it said it would. school districts that have them don’t think The other thing I’m quite proud of is that they’re little things. the poverty rate has gone down to a 20-year But they missed the whole point, which low. In the last 3 years, the lowest 20 percent is that for 8 years, we have had a partnership of working people have had the highest per- that focused on working together and that centage increase in their income. I figured took policy seriously. That is, the thing that if we could get the economy going again that made all this work was beyond party and be- we’d create more millionaires. It turned out yond the vast gulf between the White House the economy created a lot more billionaires and your house, is we actually believed there too. But the real test, it seems to me, is is a real connection in people’s lives between whether all the people that are working get the ideas you adopt, how you put them into a fair reward for their efforts. And while I practice, and then how people wind up living. think a lot more needs to be done in that And one of the things that really has always regard, it is good to see, for the first time bothered me about Washington, and I must in 30 years, the rising tide lifting all boats say, I live without—I mean, I leave without again. having changed that very much, is that I I think it’s worth pointing out here that think the public enterprise matters. I’m the cities did lead the way. Incomes have proud to have been in public life for over risen faster in the cities than in the suburbs. 25 years. And I believe that people of good Nationally, poverty is down 20 percent since will, who are more interested in the impact 1993; it’s down 23 percent in America’s cit- of their actions on other people’s lives than ies. So all of you can be very proud of what whether they are increasing their own power you have done. And I want to thank you for and position. Whether they’re Republicans what you have done. or Democrats, liberals or conservatives, those I want to thank you for the work you did people can work together. If what drives you in crime and urge you to try to maintain that is, what is the impact of what you do on other partnership. You know, we wrote a crime bill people for the better, everybody that’s moti- in 1994 based on what mayors, police chiefs, vated by that, without regard to party or phi- police on the street, and prosecutors at the losophy, can work together. local level told us would work. They said, But to get that done, we have to first of ‘‘Do this; this will work.’’ And we put 100,000 all, expect the fact that ideas matter and that police on the street, did those other things, how you turn ideas into policies matter, and passed the Brady law and 611,000 felons, fu- then you’ve got to keep score. People are gitives, and stalkers have not been able to either better off or they’re not. And the rea- get handguns, and the crime rate is at a 25- son I loved working with the mayors—apart year low. In many urban areas, it’s even lower from the fact that I thought it was fun to than that. visit your communities, and I always liked And now we’re in the process of putting getting out there where I got to see so-called the second group of 50,000 more police on real people—is that I knew you felt that. I the street, concentrated in the areas of high- knew you were out there thinking ideas mat- est crime and greatest difficulty. So it ter. I knew you were out there keeping score worked. You proved it worked. on yourselves. You worked with the Vice President to And there’s hardly a mayor here who’s make sure the empowerment zone program community I haven’t visited at one time or worked, the program to clean up brownfields 134 Jan. 16 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 in urban areas, and I thank you for that. And some poster project or another that they I thank you for the input you had on the thought they could inflame public opinion new markets initiative, and how we expanded about, but they had no idea how many com- the empowerment zones more, and then had munity art centers out there were running some general tax incentives to invest in urban educational programs for kids in their own areas so that you didn’t have to compete to schools, that the cities could not possibly af- get an empowerment zone or an enterprise ford to run on their own without this sup- community to get some of the benefits that porting help. I think ought to flow to anybody in the coun- You helped us put the real face of NEA try not fully participating in our Nation’s eco- and our funding in the minds of the people nomic recovery now. So I thank you for all doing it. And this year, of course, we actually that. got an increase. So I feel that two of our I thank you for the work you did with us major initiatives here were validated. I felt on welfare and housing. I thank you for the that what the Vice President did—and thank work you have done with us on health care. you, Alvin Brown—on the empowerment We had the number of people without health zones and the enterprise communities was insurance going down in our country for the also ratified when we adopted this big new first time in a dozen years, thanks to the Chil- markets initiative. So I thank you for that. dren’s Health Insurance Program, which is And thank you for what you’ve done. flowing money into a lot of urban areas in Now, let’s just look ahead for a minute a way that is absolutely critical to your hos- here. One of the things that I think is most pitals and your public health clinics. important about our cities, and I see it every- I thank you for the work you have done where, is the way people who come into vi- with us on education, for the support you’ve brant cities basically naturally incline toward given us to try to hire 100,000 more teachers an attitude of interdependence, and they to lower the classes in early grades, and for have a high comfort level, much higher com- the support you’ve given—many of you very fort level, living with people who are dif- vocally—for funds to repair or modernize ferent from them. And since I believe that’s schools. the biggest challenge facing people all over For the first time since World War II, this the world today, I think that the cities that Congress gave us over a billion dollars to pro- succeed actually have something profoundly vide emergency repairs in schools all across important to show the rest of our Nation and the country. And in many, many of our cities, the world. the average school building is over 50 years And I think when you just live close to old. So this is something that you’re going one another and you have to share a lot of to be able to take advantage of. And I urge things, like whether it’s a subway ride or wait- you to keep going with that and keep pushing ing at a bus stop or some other more basic it until we have more money, because, be- facility, you just naturally develop a different lieve me, a billion dollars—I remember when attitude toward your fellow human beings, I was a boy, Everett Dirksen said, ‘‘You can and politics becomes a matter of practical co- take a billion dollars here and a billion dollars operation. And I think that’s what we need there, and pretty soon you’re talking about to continue to work on. So I think the cities real money.’’ And it is real money, but it’s are very, very important in that regard. nowhere nearly enough for what we should And on the Martin Luther King holiday, do for our schools. yesterday, I released a report to the Con- I thank you—and Mayor Webb mentioned gress, the last report I will issue on race, this earlier today—for the support you gave under our One America initiative. And I had us to continue Federal funding for the arts. some very specific recommendations in there One of the things that I was totally mystified that I hope the next administration and the by when we had, 5 years ago, this sort of next Congress will embrace—this Congress war on Federal funding for the arts that came now; they’re already meeting. And I would out, is that it seemed to me that the people urge you to look at that, and if you agree, that were conducting the war may have had I hope you will help to get it done. Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 16 135

Because I really believe we’ve got a lot But if—look, I’ve been doing this for 25 more work to do in education, particularly years now, since I was attorney general in in modernizing these facilities and making my home State. Nearly everybody that goes sure all these urban schools are hooked up to prison gets out. And when they get out, to the Internet. I think we’ve got a lot more all the rest of us want them to do well, go work to do in terms of economic empower- to work, pay taxes, and not commit another ment of people and places that are left be- crime, right? hind. And it offers an enormous opportunity Why should we make them go through the for the cities of our Nation to have an alliance incredible gyration of trying to figure out with rural areas and Native American com- how to get a pardon? And all the systems munities, so that you can’t be pitted one are different. And I can tell you, I’m sitting against another. here—I’ve got just a few days left, and I’m I think there are still a lot of things that trying to go over all these request for clem- have to be done in the way of dealing fairly ency, and it’s almost impossible to deal with with immigrant populations coming to our them all in a fair way, to give due concern country—so that we have the capacity to to the attention of law enforcement as well have laws and enforce them so that we don’t as the people who are pleading their case. wind up rewarding one group of immigrants And I just don’t see what that’s got to do over another, and the people that get the with this. shaft are those that loyally waited in line for It seems to me—we changed the law in their time to be able to come to the United Arkansas 24 years ago—if you finish your States and do what should be done. But on sentence, you go sign up to vote, nobody has the other hand, I don’t think we can afford to get a pardon anymore. But I dare say, most to be treating some groups of immigrants dif- people in Arkansas don’t know that, because ferent than others under the law either. in most States they haven’t done it, and we That’s why I’ve supported the ‘‘Latino haven’t done it at the national level. Fairness Act’’ in the Congress last time. I’m These are just things I want you to think real sorry we didn’t pass it. It’s about the about, because I think the cities have got to only thing we wanted to pass we didn’t. So continue to be the focus of building one I hope you will help with that. America. And we’ve got to try to figure out I think we’ve got a real—we need to really how we’re going to deal with the outstanding give a lot more thought than we have to our issues we’ve got. imprisonment policies—how long people are Let me just mention, finally, that I am very in jail, what are they going to jail for, and grateful for the environmental support I’ve what do they do when they get out. Nearly had from the mayors and the funding that everybody that goes to jail gets out. I think we got last time, for the first time in history, it is time that we change, as a matter of na- under this lands legacy initiative, to have a tional policy, the idea that you have to have permanent source of funding to set aside pre- a Presidential pardon or a Governor’s pardon cious lands. And I just want to reemphasize before you can get your vote back. I think to all of you, it is not just to protect the water- if you pay a price, you go to jail, you get shed around the Grand Canyon; it may be out, then you’re on probation a while, then to protect the little square block park in some your sentence is discharged—why shouldn’t neighborhood, where that’s the only green you get your vote back? You think about it. space your kids will ever see. One of the big controversies in the recent So I urge you, as I leave office, to make election in Florida was the review of people full use of this legislation that was passed last to see if they had criminal records, which year to provide a permanent funding screen, disabled them from voting. And then you had to help you set aside green spaces in your a lot of other people agitated because they communities. And understand, it is not just were apparently—maybe not intentionally, about the big open spaces or the big places just accidentally—purged from the rolls, be- or some big project, like the Everglades; it’s cause they had the same names or similar about what’s in your neighborhoods. We names as those people who did. want this bill, this whole bill. The whole idea 136 Jan. 16 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 of this was to balance our concern for the tecting workers, children, and families from big chunks of land and resources that had abusive and unfair labor practices. Around to be preserved, and the need to provide the world, tens of millions of children are some environmental balance and access to deprived of their childhood and subjected to nature to all of our kids and families in urban the worst forms of child labor, slavery, forced America, as well. So I urge you, when you or compulsory labor, prostitution, pornog- work in this coming year, to make sure that raphy, and other kinds of harmful and unsafe your cities are a part of that initiative. work. At the same time, many millions of Well, I’ve already said more than I meant workers toil under conditions that are deplor- to. I thank you for the award. I thank you able and unacceptable. These antisweatshop for the work we’ve done to put this country grants and the customs advisory on forced in good shape. The 8 years passed in a flash, and indentured child labor represent addi- but I enjoyed it very much. And I particularly tional tools to help eliminate sweatshops and enjoyed working with the mayors. All of you abusive child labor across the globe. who have welcomed me to your commu- Over the last 8 years, we have made the nities, I thank you for that. And I hope that U.S. a leader in the global fight to stamp out you will do what you can to keep America abusive labor practices and open the door on a positive track. Together we proved that to education and opportunity. I am proud good economics was good social policy, that that the U.S. was among the first nations to you could be fiscally responsible and reduce ratify the International Labor Organization’s poverty, that you could have an urban policy (ILO) Convention 182 for Elimination of the that actually helped the rest of the country, Worst Forms of Child Labor. With the sup- too. You did that. You should be very proud. port of Senator Tom Harkin, we have in- But I think that the biggest rewards of our creased our contributions to the ILO’s Inter- efforts of the last 8 years are still out there. national Program for the Elimination of And if ever I can help any of you to do what’s Child Labor fifteenfold from $3 million in right by your people in the future, I will cer- 1993 to $45 million today. We have doubled tainly do it. I thank you, and I feel better to $10 million Customs Service resources to about my country knowing that you’re staying enforce the ban on the importation of goods behind to keep up the fight. made with forced or indentured child labor. God bless you. And last year, we passed a new $37 million Department of Labor School Works program NOTE: The President spoke at 3:24 p.m. in the to strengthen educational systems in devel- East Room at the White House. In his remarks, oping countries, targeted to areas where abu- he referred to Mayor Brent Coles of Boise, ID, sive child labor is prevalent. president, Mayor Wellington Webb of Denver, I would like to make a special note that CO, past president, and J. Thomas Cochran, exec- one of the antisweatshop grants being an- utive director, U.S. Conference of Mayors; May- nounced today is being awarded to the Fair ors Marc Morial of New Orleans, LA, and Thomas Labor Association (FLA), a diverse coalition Menino of Boston, MA; and Alvin Brown, Senior Adviser to the Vice President for Urban Affairs. of manufacturers, consumer groups, labor Prior to his remarks, the President was presented and human rights organizations, and univer- with the U.S. Conference of Mayors ‘‘Distin- sities dedicated to ensuring that products guished Public Service Award.’’ purchased by American consumers were not made in sweatshops overseas. The FLA grew out of the Apparel Industry Partnership, a Statement on Action To Eliminate coalition we first brought together at the Sweatshops and Abusive Child White House in 1996 to combat sweatshop Labor Practices labor. This pathbreaking partnership was January 16, 2001 given new energy and vitality when Chuck Ruff agreed to be its first Chairman. Chuck Today I am pleased to announce new ini- used his unique leadership and coalition- tiatives that build on our efforts to put a more building skills to give the FLA a successful human face on the global economy by pro- start. While Chuck recently passed away, the Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 17 137 significant accomplishments of the FLA Statement on Reforms in the United under his leadership will live on as one of Nations Educational, Scientific and his many contributions to a better, fairer Cultural Organization world. January 16, 2001 I welcome the significant reforms in the Statement on the Final Report of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and E-Commerce Working Group Cultural Organization (UNESCO) over the January 16, 2001 past several years, beginning with the distin- guished tenure of Federico Mayor of Spain. Today I am pleased to announce the re- Mr. Mayor helped to revitalize and refocus lease of the final report of my administra- the organization on its core missions of pro- tion’s E-commerce Working Group, ‘‘Lead- moting education for all, preserving our cul- ership for the New Millennium, Delivering tural heritage, and upholding freedom of the on Digital Progress and Prosperity.’’ During press. I also welcome the continued empha- sis on these issues under UNESCO’s current my administration, America’s economy and ¨ society have been transformed by new infor- Director-General, Koıchiro Matsuura, who mation and communications technologies. has also taken significant steps to reform the The information technology sector has organization. accounted for almost one-third of U.S. For several years, we have indicated our willingness to consider rejoining UNESCO economic growth and has helped spark an subject to reform efforts and the availability increase in U.S. productivity and global com- of funding. UNESCO’s substantial progress petitiveness. on reform and the U.N. General Assembly’s Vice President Gore and I have worked agreement on modification of assessments hard to help Americans make the most of present the United States with a new oppor- these new possibilities. We created a market- tunity to move forward on this issue. led approach to E-commerce that won Our participation in UNESCO would acceptance around the world, promoted strengthen the organization’s ability to deal competition in the telecommunications in- with such issues as the digital divide, edu- dustry, and increased our investment in the cation for all, and international cooperation technologies of the 21st century. We on scientific issues. It would also better en- strengthened the protection of personal in- able us to ensure that the organization sus- formation, especially sensitive medical and fi- tains the progress made in recent years. nancial records. We helped to bridge the dig- For all of these reasons, I would encourage ital divide by ensuring that every child had the incoming administration to include a re- the opportunity to become technologically quest to fund UNESCO in its FY 2002 budg- literate. Thanks to the leadership of the Vice et and thereby pave the way for reentry into President, our Government is using the this important organization. Internet to become more open, user-friend- ly, and efficient. Letter to Congressional Leaders on But we are still at the dawn of the informa- Review of Title III of the Cuban tion age, and much more remains to be done to grasp its potential. We should use tech- Liberty and Democratic Solidarity nology to advance our oldest and deepest val- (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 ues—dramatically increasing the number of January 16, 2001 people with disabilities who can work, lifting Dear lllll: more families out of poverty, and putting ac- Pursuant to subsection 306(c)(2) of the cess to a world-class education and cutting- Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity edge skills at the fingertips of every Amer- (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 (Public Law 104– ican. These are challenges that are worthy 114), (the ‘‘Act’’), I hereby determine and of our great Nation. report to the Congress that suspension for 138 Jan. 17 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

6 months beyond February 1, 2001, of the message to the Cuban Government on the right to bring an action under title III of the need for greater respect for human rights Act is necessary to the national interests of and democratic reforms. For the second con- the United States and will expedite a transi- secutive year, the Cuban Government expe- tion to democracy in Cuba. rienced diplomatic isolation at the Ibero- Sincerely, American Summit, as other heads of state William J. Clinton criticized Cuba’s undemocratic government and abysmal human rights record. In the NOTE: Identical letters were sent to Joseph R. same vein, the Government of Canada has Biden, Jr., chairman, and Jesse Helms, ranking made clear that Cuba will not be invited to member, Senate Committee on Foreign Rela- the 2001 Summit of the Americas, as the tions; Robert C. Byrd, chairman, and Ted Stevens, summit is for democratic nations only. The ranking member, Senate Committee on Appro- Cuban Government is hearing a consistent, priations; Henry J. Hyde, chairman, and Tom firm message that it is time for peaceful, Lantos, ranking member, House Committee on democratic change in Cuba. International Relations; and C.W. Bill Young, chairman, and David R. Obey, ranking member, I encourage our friends and allies to con- House Committee on Appropriations. This letter tinue taking effective steps to promote de- was released by the Office of the Press Secretary mocracy and human rights in Cuba. on January 17. Remarks on the Designation of New Statement on Suspending Title III of National Monuments the Cuban Liberty and Democratic January 17, 2001 Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996 January 17, 2001 Thank you very much, and good morning. I want to welcome you all here, but especially I am notifying the Congress that I have I would like to acknowledge Secretary Mi- decided to suspend for an additional 6 neta; Senator Conrad Burns of Montana; all months implementation of provisions of Title the descendants of Lewis and Clark; rep- III of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic resentatives of Sacagawea and York; Stephen Solidarity Act, which allow legal actions to Ambrose, from whom you will hear in a mo- be brought against firms trafficking in con- ment. And I also want to recognize my fiscated properties in Cuba. I believe this ac- friends Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan, who tion will enhance efforts by the United States did such a wonderful job on the Lewis and to strengthen international cooperation Clark film; and members of the Millennium aimed at promoting peaceful democratic Council who have supported this project with change in Cuba. the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial and Trails For the past 5 years, the United States has groups. I thank you all for coming here. pursued a strategy, coordinated by the And I would like to especially acknowledge Department of State, to increase inter- and thank our administration’s environ- national pressure on the Cuban Government mental team, including Secretary Babbitt; to respect human rights and to begin political EPA Administrator Carol Browner, who is and economic reforms. Our friends and allies here; Chief of Staff John Podesta; George have joined us by taking concrete actions to Frampton, the head of the Council for Envi- try to hasten the day when Cuba will join ronmental Quality; and Bob Stanton, who has the community of democratic nations. En- led our Park Service so ably. Thank you all couraged by the results of our efforts to elicit for your good work. the aid of our friends, I said in January 1997 I am especially grateful to these people that I expected to continue suspending this today, obviously, but every day because, provision of Title III so long as our partners’ thanks to their work, our air and water are stepped up pro-democracy efforts continued. cleaner; our food is safer; we’ve cleaned up Over the past 6 months, the international twice as many toxic waste sites in these 8 community has continued to send a clear years as in the previous 12. We’ve protected Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 17 139 more land in the lower 48 States than any Montana, now known as the Upper Missouri administration since that of Theodore Roo- River Breaks. If you canoe these magical wa- sevelt, and have supported research, devel- ters or hike their weathered cliffs, you may opment, and deployment of energy conserva- still encounter elk or bear, wolves, mountain tion, technologies, and clean energy sources, lions, even bighorn sheep, just as Lewis and demonstrating, I believe convincingly, that Clark did in 1805. we can have environmental protection and The second monument we designate is economic growth hand in hand. also in Montana. It is Pompeys Pillar, the We believe that our future and our land, sandstone outcrop named after the newborn air, and water are one; that we must preserve son of Sacagawea, the expedition’s Shoshone not only our historical treasures but our nat- guide. Archeologists say this monolith has ural treasures, as well. been a religious site and natural lookout for Today’s ceremony is the last I will host as nearly 12,000 years. It bears the markings President here in the historic East Room, of many ancient travelers. Clark, himself, where First Lady Abigail Adams hung up the carved his name into the rock, and it’s still laundry to dry—[laughter]—where Union there today. soldiers lived during the early days of the Some years ago, Wallace Stegner observed Civil War, and where a young idealist named that America has a fundamental interest in Meriwether Lewis, summoned by President preserving wilderness because the challenge Jefferson to serve as his secretary, first un- of wilderness forged our national character. packed his traveler’s trunk and set up quar- He wrote that the wild places give us a ‘‘geog- ters in 1801. raphy of hope’’ that sustains us in our busy The room looked quite different back lives, even in the largest cities. then—no chandeliers, no parquet floors, no Today we protect this geography of hope silk drapes, just the rough siding of walls not just along the Lewis and Clark Trail but awaiting plaster, and two stone hearths to across our Nation in six other national monu- ward off the winter chill. ments which Secretary Babbitt will discuss But what the East Room then lacked in shortly. We have another purpose here today, grandeur was more than atoned for by the as well, righting some wrongs that have lin- ideas that filled it. For it was here that Jeffer- gered about Lewis and Clark for 200 years son and Lewis first unfurled an unfinished now. map of a great continent and planned a bold The first concerns William Clark. When expedition of discovery. Lewis recruited Clark to help lead the Corps So it is fitting that we meet once more of Discovery, he promised him the rank of in this room, at the dawn of a new century captain. Unfortunately, issues of budget and and a new age of discovery, where a few bureaucracy intervened—some things never months ago we announced the very first com- change—[laughter]—and Clark never re- plete mapping of the human genome. We ceived his commission. A natural leader, gather here to honor pathfinders of our past great frontiersman, Lieutenant Clark risked and protect their precious legacy. his life across a continent and back, all for Most of the landscape Lewis and Clark tra- the good of this Nation. Today we honor his versed nearly two centuries ago is changed service by presenting his great-great-great- beyond recognition—forests cut, prairies grandsons, Bud and John Clark, with the late plowed, rivers dammed, cities built. That is William Clark Certificate of Appointment to the march of time. But still there are a few the rank of captain in the United States wild places left, rugged reminders of our rich Army. history and nature’s enduring majesty. Be- At this point, the President presented the cause they are more important than ever, [ certificate. after careful review and extensive public ] input, we protect them today by establishing We also have descendants of Meriwether them as national monuments. Lewis here today, Jane Henley and Elizabeth The first of these monuments covers a re- Henley Label. I’d like to ask them to stand, mote stretch of the Missouri River in central as well. Thank you, and welcome. 140 Jan. 17 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

The journals of Lewis and Clark record her neighbors, would eventually be swept that the expedition’s success also hinged on away by a flood of American settlers deter- the courage and commitment of Sacagawea, mined to claim the Great Plains and the land an extraordinary 15-year-old Shoshone guide beyond. who made most of the trip with a baby on These hard truths do not fit comfortably her back. Time and again her language skills, within the narrow rhetorical boundaries of geographic knowledge, and tribal connec- Manifest Destiny or square with modern no- tions saved Lewis and Clark from disaster, tions of democracy and diversity. But as our even death. Despite her quite heroics, Nation has grown physically, so we have Sacagawea received no formal recognition grown as a people, and I believe the capacity after the expedition ended. for growth as a people, for deepening the Last year we put her likeness on our new bonds of community and broadening our vi- dollar coin. Today I am proud to announce sion of liberty and equality, has been just as her honorary promotion to the rank of ser- important a voyage of discovery as the phys- geant in the United States Army, so that all ical one Lewis and Clark took so long ago. Americans might recognize her critical role Nearly two centuries ago, Lewis and Clark in Lewis and Clark’s journey to the sea. Ac- used this compass—this very one—to navi- cepting her citation is Amy Mossett, a leader gate a continent of possibility. Now America of the Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation, and is setting out to navigate a century of possi- Rose Ann Abrahamson, a leader of the Sho- bility, determined to explore the far frontiers shone Nation. I’d like to ask them to come of space, the ocean depths, the tiniest of ge- up. netic structures. But we must not forget our [The President presented the citation.] obligations to live in harmony with the Earth. Finally, I want to recognize York, the slave In the years to come, more areas will who accompanied Lewis and Clark to the Pa- doubtless require our common protection. cific and back. Like Sacagawea, he shared I’d like to mention just two, for example. all the risks but none of the reward. And First, the Owyhee Canyonlands in Idaho. while the rigors of the wilderness fostered This fractured maze of ancient canyons is a a certain equality, camaraderie, and respect rugged paradise of leaping bighorn sheep among York and his fellow explorers, that did and soaring birds of prey. not translate into freedom upon his return. Second, we must continue, I believe, to Only years later did he finally gain his liberty safeguard the Arctic National Wildlife Ref- before fading into history. uge, one of the last truly wild places on Today, in recognition of York’s selfless Earth—the Serengeti of the Americas. Some contributions to the Corps of Discovery and of you and others around the country have to his service to our country, he also receives urged that I declare this a monument as well. an honorary promotion to the rank of ser- I have declined because current law actually geant in the United States Army. Accepting provides legislative protection for this refuge, the citation on his behalf are York scholar identical to that which an Executive order Jim Holmberg and York sculptor Ed Ham- would provide. But I still believe that those ilton. I’d like to ask them to come up and who propose, and who would now have to receive the citation. get legislative authorization to do so, to drill in the refuge are in error. In 1995 I vetoed [The President presented the citation.] a bill that would have permitted such drilling, As we finally right these wrongs and cele- and I believe we should continue to work brate the legacy of Lewis and Clark, we rec- together to meet the Nation’s energy needs ognize the irony inherent in their expedition. while we protect this environmental Eden. Their historic journey of discovery opened I hope in the years ahead we can reach up the American West, a mythic frontier that agreement on a policy of environmental pro- even today endures in the American mind tection and sustainable development appro- as a symbol of freedom. But York was any- priate to this new age in which we live and thing but free, and Sacagawea’s people, like to the real condition of our natural resources. Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 17 141

I hope it will unite Republicans and Demo- pect, having heard him talk about it, that crats. Even more difficult, perhaps, I hope nothing has quite captured his personal pas- it will unite Westerners and Easterners— sion and the story of his family life like the [laughter]—people who live in the North and odyssey of Lewis and Clark and the beauties the South, people who make a living from that they found—that he and his family later the land and those who feel more alive when discovered for themselves. they’re on it. Steve. Senator Burns, I’m glad to see you here today in support of this. We are making some NOTE: The President spoke at 10:15 a.m. in the progress. After years of squabbles, this year East Room at the White House. In his remarks, by a huge bipartisan majority, the Congress he referred to historian and author Stephen E. for the first time set aside a committed, dedi- Ambrose; Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan, who cated stream of funding, year-in and year- wrote and produced the documentary ‘‘Lewis and out, to preserve the natural legacy of Amer- Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery’’; ica, from vast open spaces to small urban and Amy Mossett and James J. Holmberg, board green spaces. It is a very hopeful beginning members, National Lewis and Clark Bicentennial and perhaps the most important congres- Council. sional conservation move in many decades. So I hope, as I leave, that we will be able Proclamation 7392—Boundary to continue to build on this and return to Enlargement and Modifications the point where the environment is not a of the Buck Island Reef National point of either partisan or geographic explo- sion, but a point of shared values and shared Monument vision. January 17, 2001 For 8 years I have done my best to prepare By the President of the United States America for the 21st century. I have been, of America critics and supporters alike have acknowl- edged, virtually obsessed with all things mod- ern, with trying to make sure America was A Proclamation at the center of all new trading networks, try- Buck Island Reef National Monument was ing to modernize our economic and social established on December 28, 1961 (Presi- policies, trying to alter the framework of dential Proclamation 3443), just north of St. global financial institutions so that everyone Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, for the pur- had a chance to participate in the best of pose of protecting Buck Island and its adjoin- what the future holds, trying to make sure ing shoals, rocks, and undersea coral reef for- that we stayed on the cutting edge in all areas mations. Considered one of the finest marine of science and technology. This has occupied gardens in the Caribbean Sea, the unique much of my time and attention. natural area and the rare marine life which But I grew up in a national park, and I are dependent upon it are subject to the con- have never forgotten that progress uprooted stant threat of commercial exploitation and from harmony with nature is a fool’s errand. destruction. The monument’s vulnerable flo- The more perfect Union of our Founders’ ral and faunal communities live in a fragile, dreams will always include the Earth that interdependent relationship and include sustains us in body and spirit. Today we have habitats essential for sustaining the tropical honored three who made it so. Thank you marine ecosystem: coral reefs, sea grass beds, very much. octocoral hardbottom, sand communities, Now I would like to ask Stephen Ambrose algal plains, shelf edge, and oceanic habitats. to come to the podium. But as I do, I would The boundary enlargement effected by this like to thank him for many things: for teach- proclamation brings into the monument ad- ing America about World War II; for, most ditional objects of scientific and historic in- recently, making sure we know how the rail- terest, and provides necessary further protec- road was built across the country; and for tion for the resources of the existing monu- all the works in between. But I rather sus- ment. 142 Jan. 17 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

The expansion area includes additional public proclamation historic landmarks, his- coral reefs (patch, pur and groove, and deep toric and prehistoric structures, and other and wall), unusual ‘‘haystacks’’ of elkhorn objects of historic or scientific interest that coral, barrier reefs, sea grass beds, and sand are situated upon the lands owned or con- communities, as well as algal plains, shelf trolled by the Government of the United edge, and other supporting habitats not in- States to be national monuments, and to re- cluded within the initial boundary. Oceanic serve as a part thereof parcels of land, the currents carry planktonic larvae of coral reef limits of which in all cases shall be confined associated animals to the shallow nearshore to the smallest area compatible with the coral reef and sea grass habitats, where they proper care and management of the objects transform into their juvenile stage. As they to be protected. mature over months or years, they move off- Whereas it appears that it would be in shore and take up residence in the deeper the public interest to reserve such lands as coral reefs, octocoral hardbottom, and algal an addition to the Buck Island Reef National plains. Between the monument’s nearshore Monument: habitats and its shelf edge spawning sites are Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, habitats that play essential roles during spe- President of the United States of America, cific developmental stages of many reef-asso- by the authority vested in me by section 2 ciated species, including spawning migra- of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225, 16 tions of many reef fish species and crusta- U.S.C. 431), do proclaim that there are here- ceans. Several threatened and endangered by set apart and reserved as an addition to species forage, breed, nest, rest, or calve in the Buck Island Reef National Monument, the waters included in the enlarged monu- for the purpose of care, management, and ment, including humpback whales, pilot protection of the objects of historic and sci- whales, four species of dolphins, brown peli- entific interest situated on lands within the cans, least terns, and the hawksbill, said monument, all lands and interests in leatherback, and green sea turtles. Countless lands owned or controlled by the United species of reef fishes, invertebrates, plants, States within the boundaries of the area de- and over 12 species of sea birds utilize this scribed on the map entitled ‘‘Buck Island area. Reef National Monument Boundary En- The ecologically important shelf edge is largement’’ attached to and forming a part the spawning site for many reef species, such of this proclamation. The Federal land and as most groupers and snappers, and the spiny interests in land reserved consist of approxi- lobster. Plummeting to abyssal depths, this mately 18,135 marine acres, which is the habitat of vertical walls, honeycombed with smallest area compatible with the proper holes and caves, is home to deepwater spe- care and management of the objects to be cies and a refuge for other species. protected. The expansion area also contains signifi- All Federal lands and interests in lands cant cultural and historical objects. In March within the boundaries of this monument are 1797, the slave ship Mary, captained by hereby appropriated and withdrawn from all James Hunter of Liverpool, sank in this area, forms of entry, location, selection, sale, or and its cargo of 240 slaves was saved and leasing or other disposition under the public brought to Christiansted. In March 1803, the land laws, including but not limited to with- General Abercrombie, captained by James drawal from location, entry, and patent under Booth of Liverpool, also wrecked in this area, the mining laws, and from disposition under and its cargo of 339 slaves was brought to all laws relating to mineral and geothermal Christiansted. Slave shipwrecks in U.S. wa- leasing, other than by exchange that furthers ters are rare. The monument contains rem- the protective purposes of the monument. nants of these wrecks. Other wrecks may also For the purpose of protecting the objects exist in the monument. identified above, the Secretary shall prohibit Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 all boat anchoring, provided that the Sec- Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431), authorizes the retary may permit exceptions for emergency President, in his discretion, to declare by or authorized administrative purposes, and Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 17 143 may issue permits for anchoring in deep sand Proclamation 7393—Establishment bottom areas, to the extent that it is con- of the Carrizo Plain National sistent with the protection of the objects. Monument For the purposes of protecting the objects January 17, 2001 identified above, the Secretary shall prohibit all extractive uses. This prohibition super- By the President of the United States sedes the limited authorization for extractive of America uses included in Proclamation 3443 of De- cember 28, 1961. A Proclamation Lands and interests in lands within the Full of natural splendor and rich in human monument not owned or controlled by the history, the majestic grasslands and stark United States shall be reserved as a part of ridges in the Carrizo Plain National Monu- the monument upon acquisition of title or ment contain exceptional objects of scientific control thereto by the United States. and historic interest. Since the mid-1800s, The Secretary of the Interior shall manage large portions of the grasslands that once the monument through the National Park spanned the entire four hundred mile ex- Service, pursuant to applicable legal authori- panse of California’s nearby San Joaquin Val- ties, to implement the purposes of this proc- ley and other valleys in the vicinity have been lamation. The National Park Service will eliminated by extensive land conversion to manage the monument in a manner con- agricultural, industrial, and urban land uses. sistent with international law. The Carrizo Plain National Monument, The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare which is dramatically bisected by the San a management plan, including the manage- Andreas Fault zone, is the largest undevel- ment of vessels in the monument, within 2 oped remnant of this ecosystem, providing years that will address any further specific crucial habitat for the long-term conservation actions necessary to protect the objects iden- of the many endemic plant and animal spe- tified above. cies that still inhabit the area. The enlargement of this monument is sub- The monument offers a refuge for endan- ject to valid existing rights. gered, threatened, and rare animal species Nothing in this proclamation shall be such as the San Joaquin kit fox, the California deemed to revoke any existing withdrawal, condor, the blunt-nosed leopard lizard, the reservation, or appropriation; however, the giant kangaroo rat, the San Joaquin antelope national monument shall be the dominant squirrel, the longhorn fairy shrimp, and the reservation. vernal pool fairy shrimp. It supports impor- tant populations of pronghorn antelope and Warning is hereby given to all unauthor- tule elk. The area is also home to many rare ized persons not to appropriate, injure, de- and sensitive plant species, including the stroy, or remove any feature of this monu- California jewelflower, the Hoover’s woolly- ment and not to locate or settle upon any star, the San-Joaquin woolly-threads, the of the lands thereof. pale-yellow layia, the forked fiddleneck, the In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set Carrizo peppergrass, the Lost Hills saltbush, my hand this seventeenth day of January, in the Temblor buckwheat, the recurved lark- the year of our Lord two thousand one, and spur, and the Munz’s tidy-tips. Despite past of the Independence of the United States of human use, the size, isolation, and relatively America the two hundred and twenty-fifth. undeveloped nature of the area make it ideal for long-term conservation of the dwindling William J. Clinton flora and fauna characteristic of the San Joa- quin Valley region. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, The Carrizo Plain National Monument 8:45 a.m., January 19, 2001] also encompasses Soda Lake, the largest re- maining natural alkali wetland in southern NOTE: This proclamation was published in the California and the only closed basin within Federal Register on January 22. the coastal mountains. As its name suggests, 144 Jan. 17 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

Soda Lake concentrates salts as water is evap- mentary rocks bearing fossils of mollusks, orated away, leaving white deposits of sul- pectens, turitellas, and oysters. fates and carbonates. Despite this harsh envi- In addition to its geologic and biological ronment, small plant and animal species are wealth, the area is rich in human history. Ar- well adapted to the setting, which is also im- chaeologists theorize that humans have occu- portant to migratory birds. During the winter pied the Carrizo Plain National Monument months the lake fills with water and teems area since the Paleo-Indian Period (circa with thousands of beautiful lesser sandhill 11,000 to 9,000 B.C.). Bedrock mortar mill- cranes, long-billed curlews, and mountain ing features, village middens, and elaborate plovers. pictographs are the primary manifestations of The Carrizo Plain National Monument prehistoric occupation. Some of these, such owes its existence to the geologic processes as the Painted Rock and Sulphur Springs that occur along the San Andreas Fault, rock art sites, are recognized as world class. where two of the Earth’s five great tectonic European expeditions through the area date plates slide past one another, parallel to the back to the late 1700s, with settlement begin- axis of the Plain. Shifting along the fault cre- ning in the 1850s. Livestock ranching, farm- ated the Plain by rumpling the rocks to the ing, and mining activities in the last century northeast into the Temblor Range and iso- and a half are evidenced by numerous arti- lating the Plain from the rest of the San Joa- facts and historic ranch properties within the quin Valley. The area is world-famous for its area. spectacular exposures of fault-generated Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 landforms. Stream valleys emerge from the Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431), authorizes the President, in his discretion, to declare by adjacent mountains, only to take dramatic public proclamation historic landmarks, his- right-angle turns where they intersect the toric and prehistoric structures, and other fault. Ponds and sags form where the ground objects of historic or scientific interest that is extended and subsides between branches are situated upon the lands owned or con- of the fault. Benches form where the fault trolled by the Government of the United offsets valley walls. Many dramatic landscape States to be national monuments, and to re- features are products of the interplay be- serve as a part thereof parcels of land, the tween very rapid fault movement and slower limits of which in all cases shall be confined erosion. The dry climate of the area produces to the smallest area compatible with the low erosion rates, thereby preserving the proper care and management of the objects spectacular effects of fault slip, folding, and to be protected. warping. On the Plain, these fault-related Whereas it appears that it would be in events happen intermittently, but with great the public interest to reserve such lands as force. In 1857, the strongest earthquake in a national monument to be known as the California’s recorded history ripped through Carrizo Plain National Monument: the San Andreas Fault, wrenching the west- Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, ern side of the Carrizo Plain National Monu- President of the United States of America, ment thirty-one feet northward. by the authority vested in me by section 2 The area is also distinguished for its signifi- of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225, 16 cant fossil assemblages. The Caliente Forma- U.S.C. 431), do proclaim that there are here- tion, exposed on the southeast side of the by set apart and reserved as the Carrizo Plain Caliente Range, is host to abundant and di- National Monument, for the purpose of pro- verse terrestrial fossil mammal remains of the tecting the objects identified above, all lands Miocene Epoch (from 13 million to 25 mil- and interests in lands owned or controlled lion years ago). Fossils of five North Amer- by the United States within the boundaries ican provincial mammalian ages (Arikareean, of the area described on the map entitled Hemingfordian, Barstovian, Clarendonian, ‘‘Carrizo Plain National Monument’’ at- Hemphillian) are represented in sedimentary tached to and forming a part of this procla- rocks in that formation. These terrestrial fos- mation. The Federal land and interests in sil remains are interlaced with marine sedi- land reserved consist of approximately Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 17 145

204,107 acres, which is the smallest area tinue to apply with regard to the lands in compatible with the proper care and man- the monument. agement of the objects to be protected. Nothing in this proclamation shall be All Federal lands and interests in lands deemed to revoke any existing withdrawal, within the boundaries of this monument are reservation, or appropriation; however, the hereby appropriated and withdrawn from all national monument shall be the dominant forms of entry, location, selection, sale, or reservation. leasing or other disposition under the public Warning is hereby given to all unauthor- land laws, including but not limited to with- ized persons not to appropriate, injure, de- drawal from location, entry, and patent under stroy, or remove any feature of this monu- the mining laws, and from disposition under ment and not to locate or settle upon any all laws relating to mineral and geothermal of the lands thereof. leasing, other than by exchange that furthers In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set the protective purposes of the monument. my hand this seventeenth day of January, in For the purpose of protecting the objects the year of our Lord two thousand one, and identified above, the Secretary shall prohibit of the Independence of the United States of all motorized and mechanized vehicle use off America the two hundred and twenty-fifth. road, except for emergency or authorized ad- William J. Clinton ministrative purposes. Lands and interests in lands within the [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, proposed monument not owned by the 8:45 a.m., January 19, 2001] United States shall be reserved as a part of the monument upon acquisition of title NOTE: This proclamation was published in the thereto by the United States. Federal Register on January 22. The Secretary of the Interior shall manage the monument through the Bureau of Land Management, pursuant to applicable legal Proclamation 7394—Establishment authorities, to implement the purposes of this of the Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks proclamation. National Monument The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare January 17, 2001 a management plan that addresses the ac- tions, including road closures or travel re- By the President of the United States strictions, necessary to protect the objects of America identified in this proclamation. The establishment of this monument is A Proclamation subject to valid existing rights. Located on the Pajarito Plateau in north Nothing in this proclamation shall be central New Mexico, the Kasha-Katuwe Tent deemed to enlarge or diminish the jurisdic- Rocks National Monument is a remarkable tion of the State of California with respect outdoor laboratory, offering an opportunity to fish and wildlife management. to observe, study, and experience the geo- There is hereby reserved, as of the date logic processes that shape natural landscapes, of this proclamation and subject to valid ex- as well as other cultural and biological objects isting rights, a quantity of water sufficient to of interest. The area is rich in pumice, ash, fulfill the purposes for which this monument and tuff deposits, the light-colored, cone- is established. Nothing in this reservation shaped tent rock formations that are the shall be construed as a relinquishment or re- products of explosive volcanic eruptions that duction of any water use or rights reserved occurred between 6 and 7 million years ago. or appropriated by the United States on or Small canyons lead inward from cliff faces, before the date of this proclamation. and over time, wind and water have scooped Laws, regulations, and policies followed by openings of all shapes and sizes in the rocks the Bureau of Land Management in issuing and have contoured the ends of the ravines and administering grazing permits or leases and canyons into smooth semicircles. In on all lands under its jurisdiction shall con- these canyons, erosion-resistant caprocks 146 Jan. 17 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 protect the softer tents below. While the for- Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, mations are uniform in shape, they vary in President of the United States of America, height from a few feet to 90 feet, and the by the authority vested in me by section 2 layering of volcanic material intersperses of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225, 16 bands of grey with beige colored rock. U.S.C. 431), do proclaim that there are here- Amid the formations and in contrast to the by set apart and reserved as the Kasha- muted colors of the rocks of the monument, Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, for vibrant green leaves and red bark of the purpose of protecting the objects identi- manzanita, a shrubby species from the Sierra fied above, all lands and interests in lands Madre of Mexico, cling to the cracks and owned or controlled by the United States crevices of the cliff faces. Red-tailed hawks, within the boundaries of the area described kestrels, violet-green swallows, and Western on the map entitled ‘‘Kasha-Katuwe Tent bluebirds soar above the canyons and use the Rocks National Monument’’ attached to and pinion and ponderosa covered terrain near forming a part of this proclamation. The Fed- the cliffs. eral land and interests in land reserved con- The complex landscape and spectacular sist of approximately 4,148 acres, which is geologic scenery of the Kasha-Katuwe Tent the smallest area compatible with the proper Rocks National Monument has been a focal care and management of the objects to be point for visitors for centuries. Human settle- protected. All Federal lands and interests in lands ment is believed to have begun in the monu- within the boundaries of this monument are ment as a series of campsites during the Ar- hereby appropriated and withdrawn from all chaic period, from approximately 5500 B.C. forms of entry, location, selection, sale, or During the fifteenth century, several large leasing or other disposition under the public ancestral pueblos were established in the land laws, including but not limited to with- area. Their descendants, the Pueblo de drawal from location, entry, and patent under Cochiti, still inhabit the surrounding area. Al- the mining laws, and from disposition under though the Spanish explorer Don Juan de ˜ all laws relating to mineral and geothermal Onate reached the Pajarito Plateau in 1598, leasing, other than by exchange that furthers it was not until the late eighteenth century the protective purposes of the monument. that families began to claim land grants For the purpose of protecting the objects around Tent Rocks from the Spanish Crown. identified above, the Secretary shall prohibit Remnants of human history are scattered all motorized and mechanized vehicle use off throughout the monument. road, except for emergency or authorized ad- Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 ministrative purposes. Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431), authorizes the Lands and interests in lands within the President, in his discretion, to declare by proposed monument not owned by the public proclamation historic landmarks, his- United States shall be reserved as a part of toric and prehistoric structures, and other the monument upon acquisition of title objects of historic or scientific interest that thereto by the United States. are situated upon the lands owned or con- The Secretary of the Interior shall manage trolled by the Government of the United the monument through the Bureau of Land States to be national monuments, and to re- Management, pursuant to applicable legal serve as a part thereof parcels of land, the authorities and in close cooperation with the limits of which in all cases shall be confined Pueblo de Cochiti, to implement the pur- to the smallest area compatible with the poses of this proclamation. proper care and management of the objects The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare, to be protected. within 3 years of this date, a management Whereas it appears that it would be in plan for this monument, and shall promul- the public interest to reserve such lands as gate such regulations for its management as a national monument to be known as the he deems appropriate. The management Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monu- plan shall include appropriate transportation ment: planning that addresses the actions, including Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 17 147 road closures or travel restrictions, necessary Proclamation 7395—Establishment to protect the objects identified in this proc- of the Minidoka Internment National lamation and to further the purposes of the Monument American Indian Religious Freedom Act of January 17, 2001 August 11, 1978 (42 U.S.C. 1996). Only a very small amount of livestock graz- By the President of the United States ing occurs inside the monument. The Sec- of America retary of the Interior shall retire the portion of the grazing allotments within the monu- A Proclamation ment, pursuant to applicable law, unless the The Minidoka Internment National Secretary specifically finds that livestock Monument is a unique and irreplaceable his- grazing will advance the purposes of the torical resource which protects historic struc- proclamation. tures and objects that provide opportunities The establishment of this monument is for public education and interpretation of an subject to valid existing rights. important chapter in American history—the Nothing in this proclamation shall be internment of Japanese Americans during deemed to enlarge or diminish the jurisdic- World War II. tion of the State of New Mexico with respect On February 19, 1942, President Franklin to fish and wildlife management. D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, This proclamation does not reserve water authorizing the Secretary of War and military as a matter of Federal law. Nothing in this commanders to designate military areas from reservation shall be construed as a relin- which ‘‘any or all persons may be excluded’’ quishment or reduction of any water use or and to ‘‘provide for residents of any such area rights reserved or appropriated by the United who are excluded therefrom, such transpor- States on or before the date of this proclama- tation, food, shelter, and other accommoda- tion. The Secretary shall work with appro- tions as may be necessary.’’ priate State authorities to ensure that any Starting in early 1942, military authorities water resources needed for monument pur- began designating military exclusion areas in poses are available. the States of California, Washington, Oregon, Nothing in this proclamation shall be and Arizona, and the territory of Alaska. Fol- deemed to revoke any existing withdrawal, lowing the signing of Executive Order 9066, reservation, or appropriation; however, the American citizens and resident aliens of Japa- national monument shall be the dominant nese ancestry living in the designated exclu- reservation. sion areas were ordered to evacuate their Warning is hereby given to all unauthor- homes and businesses and report to tem- ized persons not to appropriate, injure, de- porary assembly centers located at fair- stroy, or remove any feature of this monu- grounds, horse racetracks, and other make- ment and not to locate or settle upon any shift facilities. of the lands thereof. To provide more permanent accommoda- tions for the evacuees, President Roosevelt In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set established the War Relocation Authority my hand this seventeenth day of January, in (WRA) in March 1942. The WRA oversaw the year of our Lord two thousand one, and the construction of ten relocation centers on of the Independence of the United States of Federally owned lands in remote areas of six America the two hundred and twenty-fifth. western States and Arkansas, including the Minidoka Relocation Center in Idaho. Alas- William J. Clinton kan Native residents of the Aleutian and Pribiloff Islands and members of other eth- [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, nic and religious groups were also relocated 8:45 a.m., January 19, 2001] or interned during the course of the war. Established in August 1942, the Minidoka NOTE: This proclamation was published in the Relocation Center, also known as the Hunt Federal Register on January 22. Site, was located on Federal lands in Jerome 148 Jan. 17 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

County, in south central Idaho. During its entitled ‘‘Minidoka Internment National operation from August 1942 to October Monument’’ attached to and forming a part 1945, the population reached a peak of 9,397 of this proclamation. The Federal lands and Japanese Americans from Washington State, interests in land reserved consist of approxi- Oregon, and Alaska. The Center included mately 72.75 acres, which is the smallest area over 33,000 acres of land with administrative compatible with the proper care and man- and residential facilities located on approxi- agement of the structures and objects to be mately 950 acres. The Center had more than protected. 600 buildings including administrative, reli- All Federal lands and interests in lands gious, residential, educational, mess, med- within the boundaries of this monument are ical, manufacturing, warehouse, security, and hereby appropriated and withdrawn from all other structures. forms of entry, location, selection, sale, or Living conditions at Minidoka and the leasing or other disposition under the public other centers were harsh. Internees were land or other Federal laws, including but not housed in crude barracks and cramped quar- limited to withdrawal from location, entry, ters, and they shared communal facilities. In- and patent under the mining laws, and from ternees engaged in irrigated agriculture, live- disposition under all laws relating to mineral stock production, and light manufacturing to and geothermal leasing. produce food and garments for the camp. The Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to Approximately 1,000 internees from legal authorities, shall manage the monument Minidoka served in the U.S. military. Fifty- and shall transfer administration of the four Japanese American servicemen from monument to the National Park Service to Minidoka were killed in action. implement the purposes of this proclamation. Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 To carry out the purposes of this proclama- Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431), authorizes the tion and to interpret the relocation and in- President, in his discretion, to declare by ternment of Japanese Americans during public proclamation historic landmarks, his- World War II, the Secretary of the Interior, toric and prehistoric structures, and other through the National Park Service, shall pre- objects of historic or scientific interest that pare a management plan for the monument are situated upon lands owned or controlled within 3 years of this date. by the Government of the United States to This proclamation does not reserve water be national monuments, and to reserve as a as a matter of Federal law nor relinquish any part thereof parcels of lands, the limits of water rights held by the Federal Government which in all cases shall be confined to the existing on this date. The Secretary shall smallest area compatible with the proper work with appropriate State authorities to en- care and management of the objects to be sure that any water resources needed for protected. monument purposes are available. Whereas it appears that it would be in The establishment of this monument is the public interest to reserve such lands as subject to valid existing rights, provided that a national monument to be known as the nothing in this proclamation shall interfere Minidoka Internment National Monument: with the operation and maintenance of the Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, Northside Canal to the extent that any such President of the United States of America, activities, that are not valid existing rights, by the authority vested in me by section 2 are consistent with the purposes of the proc- of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225, lamation. U.S.C. 431), do proclaim that there are here- Nothing in this proclamation shall be by set apart and reserved as the Minidoka deemed to enlarge or diminish the rights of Internment National Monument for the pur- any Indian tribe. pose of protecting the historic structures and Nothing in this proclamation shall be objects of historic interest contained therein, deemed to revoke any existing withdrawal, all lands and interests in lands owned or con- reservation, or appropriation; however the trolled by the United States within the national monument shall be the dominant boundaries of the area described on the map reservation. Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 17 149

Warning is hereby given to all unauthor- visit on the outcrop. This simple inscription ized persons not to appropriate, injure, de- is the only remaining physical evidence of stroy, or remove any feature of this monu- Lewis and Clark’s epic journey. In his jour- ment and not to locate or settle upon any nal, Clark named the rock Pompy’s Tower, of the lands thereof. Pompy being Clark’s nickname for In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set Sacagawea’s young son, Jean Baptiste my hand this seventeenth day of January, in Charbonneau, who was born at the expedi- the year of our Lord two thousand one, and tion’s winter camp at Fort Mandan on Feb- of the Independence of the United States of ruary 11, 1805. The name was changed to America the two hundred and twenty-fifth. Pompeys Pillar by author Nicholas Biddle William J. Clinton when his account of the Expedition was pub- lished in 1814. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, Ethnographic and archaeological evidence 8:45 a.m., January 19, 2001] indicates that the Pillar was a place of ritual and religious activity. Hundreds of NOTE: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on January 22. petroglyphs on the face of the rock, noted by Clark in his journal, reflect the importance of the monument to early peoples. The Crow Proclamation 7396—Establishment people, the dominant residents of the region of the Pompeys Pillar National when Clark passed through, call the pillar the Monument ‘‘Mountain Lions Lodge’’ in their language, January 17, 2001 and it figures prominently in Crow oral his- tory. Pompeys Pillar also includes the mark- By the President of the United States ings and signature of a host of characters of America from the pioneer past, including fur trappers, Yellowstone River steamboat men, frontier A Proclamation army troops, railroad workers, missionaries, Pompeys Pillar National Monument is a and early settlers. In 1873, Lieutenant Colo- massive sandstone outcrop that rises from an nel George Armstrong Custer and his men almost two-acre base on the banks of the Yel- camped at its base, where they came under lowstone River 150 feet toward Montana’s attack from Sioux snipers. Big Sky, east of Billings. The monument’s Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 premier location at a natural ford in the Yel- Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431), authorizes the lowstone River, and its geologic distinction President, in his discretion, to declare by as the only major sandstone formation in the public proclamation historic landmarks, his- area, have made Pompeys Pillar a celebrated toric and prehistoric structures, and other landmark and outstanding observation point objects of historic or scientific interest that for more than eleven thousand years of are situated upon the lands owned or con- human occupation. Hundreds of markings, trolled by the Government of the United petroglyphs, and inscriptions left by visitors States to be national monuments, and to re- have transformed this geologic phenomenon serve as a part thereof parcels of land, the into a living journal of the American West. limits of which in all cases shall be confined The monument’s most notable visitor, to the smallest area compatible with the Captain William Clark of the Lewis and proper care and management of the objects Clark Expedition, arrived at Pompeys Pillar to be protected. on July 25, 1806, on his return trip from the Whereas it appears that it would be in Pacific coast. Clark’s journal recorded his the public interest to reserve such lands as stop at this ‘‘remarkable rock’’ with its ‘‘exten- a national monument to be known as the sive view in every direction.’’ He described Pompeys Pillar National Monument: an idyllic landscape of grassy plains, snow- Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, capped mountains, and cliffs abutting the President of the United States of America, wandering river. Clark marked his presence by the authority vested in me by section 2 by engraving his name and the date of his of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225, 16 150 Jan. 17 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

U.S.C. 431), do proclaim that there are here- Nothing in this proclamation shall be by set apart and reserved as the Pompeys deemed to revoke any existing withdrawal, Pillar National Monument, for the purpose reservation, or appropriation; however,the of protecting the objects identified above, all national monument shall be the dominant lands and interests in lands owned or con- reservation. Warning is hereby given to all trolled by the United States within the unauthorized persons not to appropriate, in- boundaries of the area described on the map jure, destroy, or remove any feature of this entitled ’’Pompeys Pillar National Monu- monument and not to locate or settle upon ment’’ attached to and forming a part of this any of the lands thereof. proclamation. The Federal land and interests In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set in land reserved consist of approximately 51 my hand this seventeenth day of January, in acres, which is the smallest area compatible the year of our Lord two thousand one, and with the proper care and management of the of the Independence of the United States of objects to be protected. America the two hundred and twenty-fifth. All Federal lands and interests in lands William J. Clinton within the boundaries of this monument are hereby appropriated and withdrawn from all [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, forms of entry, location, selection, sale, or 8:45 a.m., January 19, 2001] leasing or other disposition under the public NOTE: This proclamation was published in the land laws, including but not limited to with- Federal Register on January 22. drawal from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws, and from disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal Proclamation 7397—Establishment leasing. of the Sonoran Desert National Lands and interests in lands within the Monument proposed monument not owned by the January 17, 2001 United States shall be reserved as a part of the monument upon acquisition of title By the President of the United States thereto by the United States. of America The Secretary of the Interior shall manage A Proclamation the monument through the Bureau of Land The Sonoran Desert National Monument Management, pursuant to applicable legal is a magnificent example of untrammeled authorities, to implement the purposes of this Sonoran desert landscape. The area encom- proclamation. passes a functioning desert ecosystem with The establishment of this monument is an extraordinary array of biological, scientific, subject to any valid existing rights, including and historic resources. The most biologically the mineral estate held by the United States diverse of the North American deserts, the in trust for the Crow Tribe. monument consists of distinct mountain Nothing in this proclamation shall be ranges separated by wide valleys, and in- deemed to enlarge or diminish the jurisdic- cludes large saguaro cactus forest commu- tion of the State of Montana with respect nities that provide excellent habitat for a to fish and wildlife management. wide range of wildlife species. This proclamation does not reserve water The monument’s biological resources in- as a matter of Federal law. Nothing in this clude a spectacular diversity of plant and ani- reservation shall be construed as a relin- mal species. The higher peaks include unique quishment or reduction of any water use or woodland assemblages, while the lower ele- rights reserved or appropriated by the United vation lands offer one of the most structurally States on or before the date of this proclama- complex examples of palo verde/mixed cacti tion. The Secretary shall work with appro- association in the Sonoran Desert. The dense priate State authorities to ensure that any stands of leguminous trees and cacti are water resources needed for monument pur- dominated by saguaros, palo-verde trees, poses are available. ironwood, prickly pear, and cholla. Important Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 17 151 natural water holes, known as tinajas, exist Tank Mountains area. The washes in the area throughout the monument. The endangered support a much denser vegetation commu- acuna pineapple cactus is also found in the nity than the surrounding desert, including monument. mesquite, ironwood, paloverde, desert hon- The most striking aspect of the plant com- eysuckle, chuperosa, and desert willow, as munities within the monument are the abun- well as a variety of herbaceous plants. This dant saguaro cactus forests. The saguaro is vegetation offers the dense cover bird species a signature plant of the Sonoran Desert. Indi- need for successful nesting, foraging, and es- vidual saguaro plants are indeed magnificent, cape, and birds heavily use the washes during but a forest of these plants, together with migration. the wide variety of trees, shrubs, and herba- The diverse plant communities present in ceous plants that make up the forest commu- the monument support a wide variety of nity, is an impressive site to behold. The wildlife, including the endangered Sonoran saguaro cactus forests within the monument pronghorn, a robust population of desert big- are a national treasure, rivaling those within horn sheep, especially in the Maricopa the Saguaro National Park. Mountains area, and other mammalian spe- The rich diversity, density, and distribution cies such as mule deer, javelina, mountain of plants in the Sand Tank Mountains area lion, gray fox, and bobcat. Bat species within of the monument is especially striking and the monument include the endangered lesser can be attributed to the management regime long-nosed bat, the California leaf-nosed bat, in place since the area was withdrawn for and the cave myotis. Over 200 species of military purposes in 1941. In particular, birds are found in the monument, including while some public access to the area is al- 59 species known to nest in the Vekol Valley lowed, no livestock grazing has occurred for area. Numerous species of raptors and owls nearly 50 years. To extend the extraordinary inhabit the monument, including the elf owl diversity and overall ecological health of the and the western screech owl. The monument Sand Tanks Mountains area, land adjacent also supports a diverse array of reptiles and and with biological resources similar to the amphibians, including the Sonoran desert area withdrawn for military purposes should tortoise and the red-backed whiptail. The be subject to a similar management regime Bureau of Land Management has designated to the fullest extent possible. approximately 25,000 acres of land in the The monument contains an abundance of Maricopa Mountains area as critical habitat packrat middens, allowing for scientific anal- for the desert tortoise. The Vekol Valley and ysis of plant species and climates in past eras. Sand Tank Mountain areas contain especially Scientific analysis of the midden shows that diverse and robust populations of amphib- the area received far more precipitation ians. During summer rainfall events, thou- 20,000 years ago, and slowly became more sands of Sonoran green toads in the Vekol arid. Vegetation for the area changed from Valley can be heard moving around and call- juniper-oak-pinion pine woodland to the ing out. vegetation found today in the Sonoran The monument also contains many signifi- Desert, although a few plants from the more cant archaeological and historic sites, includ- mesic period, including the Kofa Mountain ing rock art sites, lithic quarries, and scat- barberry, Arizona rosewood, and junipers, re- tered artifacts. Vekol Wash is believed to main on higher elevations of north-facing have been an important prehistoric travel slopes. and trade corridor between the Hohokam The lower elevations and flatter areas of and tribes located in what is now Mexico. the monument contain the creosote-bursage Signs of large villages and permanent habitat plant community. This plant community sites occur throughout the area, and particu- thrives in the open expanses between the larly along the bajadas of the Table Top mountain ranges, and connects the other Mountains. Occupants of these villages were plant communities together. Rare patches of the ancestors of today’s O’odham, Quechan, desert grassland can also be found through- Cocopah, Maricopa, and other tribes. The out the monument, especially in the Sand monument also contains a much used trail 152 Jan. 17 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 corridor 23 miles long in which are found All Federal lands and interests in lands remnants of several important historic trails, within the boundaries of this monument are including the Juan Bautista de Anza National hereby appropriated and withdrawn from all Historic Trail, the Mormon Battalion Trail, forms of entry, location, selection, sale, or and the Butterfield Overland Stage Route. leasing or other disposition under the public Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 land laws, including but not limited to with- Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431), authorizes the drawal from location, entry, and patent under President, in his discretion, to declare by the mining laws, and from disposition under public proclamation historic landmarks, his- all laws relating to mineral and geothermal toric and prehistoric structures, and other leasing, other than by exchange that furthers objects of historic or scientific interest that the protective purposes of the monument. are situated upon the lands owned or con- Lands and interests in lands within the trolled by the Government of the United monument not owned by the United States States to be national monuments, and to re- shall be reserved as a part of the monument serve as a part thereof parcels of land, the upon acquisition of title thereto by the limits of which in all cases shall be confined United States. to the smallest area compatible with the This proclamation does not reserve water proper care and management of the objects as a matter of Federal law nor relinquish any to be protected. water rights held by the Federal Government Whereas, it appears that it would be in existing on this date. The Federal land man- the public interest to reserve such lands as agement agencies shall work with appro- a national monument to be known as the priate State authorities to ensure that water Sonoran Desert National Monument. resources needed for monument purposes Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, are available. President of the United States of America, The Secretary of the Interior shall manage by the authority vested in me by section 2 the monument through the Bureau of Land of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225, 16 Management, pursuant to applicable legal U.S.C. 431), do proclaim that there are here- authorities, to implement the purposes of this by set apart and reserved as the Sonoran proclamation. That portion identified as Area Desert National Monument, for the purpose A on the map, however, shall be managed of protecting the objects identified above, all under the management arrangement estab- lands and interest in lands owned or con- lished by section 3 of Public Law No. 99– trolled by the United States within the 606, 100 Stat. 3460–61, until November 6, boundaries of the area described on the map 2001, at which time, pursuant to section 5(a) entitled ‘‘Sonoran Desert National Monu- of Public Law No. 99–606, 100 Stat. 3462– ment’’ attached to and forming a part of this 63, the military withdrawal terminates. At proclamation. The Federal land and interests that time, the Secretary of the Interior shall in land reserved consist of approximately assume management responsibility for Area 486,149 acres, which is the smallest area A through the Bureau of Land Management. compatible with the proper care and man- The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare agement of the objects to be protected. a management plan that addresses the ac- For the purpose of protecting the objects tions, including road closures or travel re- identified above, all motorized and mecha- strictions, necessary to protect the objects nized vehicle use off road will be prohibited, identified in this proclamation. except for emergency or authorized adminis- Laws, regulations, and policies followed by trative purposes. the Bureau of Land Management in issuing Nothing in this proclamation shall be and administering grazing permits or leases deemed to enlarge or diminish the jurisdic- on all lands under its jurisdiction shall con- tion of the State of Arizona with respect to tinue to apply with regard to the lands in fish and wildlife management. the monument; provided, however, that graz- The establishment of this monument is ing permits on Federal lands within the subject to valid existing rights. monument south of Interstate Highway 8 Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 17 153 shall not be renewed at the end of their cur- Proclamation 7398—Establishment rent term; and provided further, that grazing of the Upper Missouri River Breaks on Federal lands north of Interstate 8 shall National Monument be allowed to continue only to the extent that January 17, 2001 the Bureau of Land Management determines that grazing is compatible with the para- By the President of the United States mount purpose of protecting the objects of America identified in this proclamation. A Proclamation Nothing in this proclamation shall be deemed to revoke any existing withdrawal, The Upper Missouri River Breaks Na- reservation, or appropriation; however, the tional Monument contains a spectacular national monument shall be the dominant array of biological, geological, and historical objects of interest. From Fort Benton up- reservation. stream into the Charles M. Russell National Nothing in this proclamation shall pre- Wildlife Refuge, the monument spans 149 clude low level overflights of military aircraft, miles of the Upper Missouri River, the adja- the designation of new units of special use cent Breaks country, and portions of Arrow airspace, or the use or establishment of mili- Creek, Antelope Creek, and the Judith River. tary flight training routes over the lands in- The area has remained largely unchanged in cluded in this proclamation. the nearly 200 years since Meriwether Lewis In order to protect the public during oper- and William Clark traveled through it on ations at the adjacent Barry M. Goldwater their epic journey. In 1976, the Congress Range, and to continue management prac- designated the Missouri River segment and tices that have resulted in an exceptionally corridor in this area a National Wild and Sce- well preserved natural resource, the current nic River (Public Law 94–486, 90 Stat. 2327). procedures for public access to the portion The monument also encompasses segments of the monument depicted as Area A on the of the Lewis and Clark National Historic attached map shall remain in full force and Trail, the Nez Perce National Historic Trail, effect, except to the extent that the United and the Cow Creek Island Area of Critical States Air Force agrees to different proce- Environmental Concern. dures which the Bureau of Land Manage- Lewis and Clark first encountered the ment determines are compatible with the Breaks country of the monument on their protection of the objects identified in this westward leg. In his journal, Clark described proclamation. the abundant wildlife of the area, including Warning is hereby given to all unauthor- mule deer, elk, and antelope, and on April ized persons not to appropriate, injure, de- 29, 1805, the Lewis and Clark expedition re- stroy, or remove any feature of this monu- corded the first big horn sheep observation ment and not to locate or settle upon any by non-Indians in North America. Lewis’ de- of the lands thereof. scription of the magnificent White Cliffs area In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set on the western side of the monument is espe- my hand this seventeenth day of January, in cially vivid, and not just for his sometimes the year of our Lord two thousand one, and colorful spellings: of the Independence of the United States of ‘‘The hills and river Clifts which we passed today exhibit a most romantic appear- America the two hundred and twenty-fifth. ance.... The bluffs of the river rise to hight of from 2 to 300 feet and in most places William J. Clinton nearly perpendicular; they are formed of re- markable white sandstone which is suffi- [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, ciently soft to give way readily to the impres- 8:45 a.m., January 19, 2001] sion of water... ‘‘The water in the course of time... has NOTE: This proclamation was published in the trickled down the soft sand clifts and woarn Federal Register on January 22. it into a thousand grotesque figures, which 154 Jan. 17 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 with the help of a little immagination and contains the largest concentration of ante- an oblique view, at a distance are made to lope and mule deer in the monument as well represent eligant ranges of lofty freestone as important spawning habitat for the endan- buildings, having their parapets well stocked gered pallid sturgeon. An undammed tribu- with statuary; collumns of various sculptures tary to the Missouri River, Arrow Creek is both grooved and plain, are also seen sup- a critical seed source for cottonwood trees porting long galleries in front of these build- for the flood plain along the Missouri. ings; in other places on a much nearer ap- The cliff faces in the monument provide proach and with the help of less perching and nesting habitat for many immagination we see the remains or ruins raptors, including the sparrow hawk, ferrugi- of eligant buildings; some collumns standing nous hawk, peregrine falcon, prairie falcon, and almost entire with their pedestals and and golden eagle. Several pairs of bald eagles capitals; others retaining their pedestals but nest along the River in the monument and deprived by time or accident of their capitals, many others visit during the late fall and early some lying prostrate an broken othe[r]s in winter. Shoreline areas provide habitat for the form of vast pyramids of conic structure great blue heron, pelican, and a wide variety bearing a serees of other pyramids on their of waterfowl. The River and its tributaries tops... in the monument host forty-eight fish spe- As we passed on it seemed as if those seens cies, including goldeye, drum, sauger, wall- of visionary inchantment would never have eye, northern pike, channel catfish, and small and [an] end; for here it is too that nature mouth buffalo. The monument has one of presents to the view of the traveler vast the six remaining paddlefish populations in ranges of walls of tolerable workmanship, so the United States. The River also supports perfect indeed are those walls that I should the blue sucker, shovel nose sturgeon, have thought that nature had attempted here sicklefin, sturgeon chub, and the endangered to rival the human art of masonry...’’ pallid sturgeon. The monument is covered with sedi- The Bullwacker area of the monument mentary rocks deposited in shallow seas that contains some of the wildest country on all covered central and eastern Montana during the Great Plains, as well as important wildlife the Cretaceous period. Glaciers, volcanic ac- habitat. During the stress-inducing winter tivity, and erosion have since folded, faulted, months, mule deer and elk move up to the uplifted, and sculpted the landscape to the area from the river, and antelope and sage majestic form it takes today. grouse move down to the area from the The area remains remote and nearly as un- benchlands. The heads of the coulees and developed as it was in 1805. Many of the breaks also contain archeological and histor- biological objects described in Lewis’ and ical sites, from teepee rings and remnants of Clark’s journals continue to make the monu- historic trails to abandoned homesteads and ment their home. The monument boasts the lookout sites used by Meriwether Lewis. most viable elk herd in Montana and one of Long before the time of Lewis and Clark, the premier big horn sheep herds in the con- the area was inhabited by numerous native tinental United States. It contains essential tribes, including the Blackfeet, Assiniboin, winter range for sage grouse as well as habitat Gros Ventre (Atsina), Crow, Plains Cree, and for prairie dogs. Lewis sent Jefferson a prai- Plains Ojibwa. The confluence of the Judith rie dog specimen which was, as Lewis noted and Missouri Rivers was the setting for im- at the time, ‘‘new to science.’’ Abundant portant peace councils in 1846 and 1855. In plant life along the River and across the 1877, the Nez Perce crossed the Missouri Breaks country supports this wildlife. The and entered the Breaks country in their at- lower reach of the Judith River, just above tempt to escape to Canada. The Cow Island its confluence with the Missouri, contains Skirmish occurred in the Breaks and was the one of the few remaining fully functioning last encounter prior to the Nez Perce sur- cottonwood gallery forest ecosystems on the render to the U.S. Army at the Battle of Bear Northern Plains. Arrow Creek, originally Paw just north of the monument. Pioneers called Slaughter River by Lewis and Clark, and the Army followed Lewis and Clark in Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 17 155 the 1830s establishing Fort Piegan, Fort leasing, other than by exchange that furthers McKenzie, and Fort Benton. Remnants of the protective purposes of the monument. this rich history are scattered throughout the The establishment of this monument is sub- monument, and the River corridor retains ject to valid existing rights. The Secretary of many of the same qualities and much of the the Interior shall manage development on ex- same appearance today as it did then. isting oil and gas leases within the monu- Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 ment, subject to valid existing rights, so as Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431), authorizes the not to create any new impacts that would President, in his discretion, to declare by interfere with the proper care and manage- public proclamation historic landmarks, his- ment of the objects protected by this procla- toric and prehistoric structures, and other mation. objects of historic or scientific interest that The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare are situated upon the lands owned or con- a transportation plan that addresses the ac- trolled by the Government of the United tions, including road closures or travel re- States to be national monuments, and to re- strictions, necessary to protect the objects serve as a part thereof parcels of land, the identified in this proclamation. limits of which in all cases shall be confined For the purpose of protecting the objects to the smallest area compatible with the identified above, the Secretary shall prohibit proper care and management of the objects all motorized and mechanized vehicle use off to be protected. road, except for emergency or authorized ad- Whereas it appears that it would be in ministrative purposes. the public interest to reserve such lands as Lands and interests in lands within the a national monument to be known as the proposed monument not owned by the Upper Missouri River Breaks National United States shall be reserved as a part of Monument: the monument upon acquisition of title Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, thereto by the United States. President of the United States of America, The Secretary of the Interior shall manage by the authority vested in me by section 2 the monument through the Bureau of Land of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225, 16 Management, pursuant to applicable legal U.S.C. 431), do proclaim that there are here- authorities, including the National Wild and by set apart and reserved as the Upper Mis- Scenic Rivers Act, to implement the pur- souri River Breaks National Monument, for poses of this proclamation. the purpose of protecting the objects identi- Because waters of the Upper Missouri fied above, all lands and interests in lands River through the monument area have al- owned or controlled by the United States ready been reserved through the Congress’s within the boundaries of the area described designation of the area as a component of on the map entitled ‘‘Upper Missouri River the National Wild and Scenic River System Breaks National Monument’’ attached to and in 1976, this proclamation makes no addi- forming a part of this proclamation. The Fed- tional reservation of water, except in two eral land and interests in land reserved con- small tributaries, the Judith River and Arrow sist of approximately 377,346 acres, which is Creek. These tributaries contain outstanding the smallest area compatible with the proper objects of biological interest that are depend- care and management of the objects to be ent on water, such as a fully functioning cot- protected. tonwood gallery forest ecosystem that is rare All Federal lands and interests in lands in the Northern Plains. Therefore, there is within the boundaries of this monument are hereby reserved, as of the date of this procla- hereby appropriated and withdrawn from all mation and subject to valid existing rights, forms of entry, location, selection, sale, or a quantity of water in the Judith River and leasing or other disposition under the public Arrow Creek sufficient to fulfill the purposes land laws, including but not limited to with- for which this monument is established. drawal from location, entry, and patent under Nothing in this reservation shall be construed the mining laws, and from disposition under as a relinquishment or reduction of any water all laws relating to mineral and geothermal use or rights reserved or appropriated by the 156 Jan. 17 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

United States on or before the date of this jects included in the Virgin Islands National proclamation. Park, created in 1956 and expanded in 1962. Nothing in this proclamation shall be The biological communities of the monu- deemed to enlarge or diminish the jurisdic- ment live in a fragile, interdependent rela- tion of the State of Montana with respect tionship and include habitats essential for to fish and wildlife management. sustaining and enhancing the tropical marine Nothing in this proclamation shall be ecosystem: mangroves, sea grass beds, coral deemed to enlarge or diminish the rights of reefs, octocoral hardbottom, sand commu- any Indian tribe. nities, shallow mud and fine sediment habi- Laws, regulations, and policies followed by tat, and algal plains. The fishery habitats, the Bureau of Land Management in issuing deeper coral reefs, octocoral hardbottom, and administering grazing permits or leases and algal plains of the monument are all ob- on all lands under its jurisdiction shall con- jects of scientific interest and essential to the tinue to apply with regard to the lands in long-term sustenance of the tropical marine the monument. ecosystem. Nothing in this proclamation shall be The monument is within the Virgin Is- deemed to revoke any existing withdrawal, lands, which lie at the heart of the insular reservation, or appropriation; however, the Caribbean biome, and is representative of national monument shall be the dominant the Lesser Antillean biogeographic province. reservation. The island of St. John rises from a platform Warning is hereby given to all unauthor- that extends several miles from shore before ized persons not to appropriate, injure, de- plunging to the abyssal depths of the stroy, or remove any feature of this monu- Anegada trough to the south and the Puerto ment and not to locate or settle upon any Rican trench to the north, the deepest part of the lands thereof. of the Atlantic Ocean. This platform contains In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set a multitude of species that exist in a delicate my hand this seventeenth day of January, in balance, interlinked through complex rela- the year of our Lord two thousand one, and tionships that have developed over tens of of the Independence of the United States of thousands of years. America the two hundred and twenty-fifth. As part of this important ecosystem, the William J. Clinton monument contains biological objects includ- ing several threatened and endangered spe- [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, cies, which forage, breed, nest, rest, or calve 8:45 a.m., January 19, 2001] in the waters. Humpback whales, pilot whales, four species of dolphins, brown peli- NOTE: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on January 22. cans, roseate terns, least terns, and the hawksbill, leatherback, and green sea turtles all use portions of the monument. Countless Proclamation 7399—Establishment species of reef fish, invertebrates, and plants of the Virgin Islands Coral Reef utilize these submerged lands during their National Monument lives, and over 25 species of sea birds feed January 17, 2001 in the waters. Between the nearshore nursery habitats and the shelf edge spawning sites By the President of the United States in the monument are habitats that play essen- of America tial roles during specific developmental stages of reef-associated species, including A Proclamation spawning migrations of many reef fish spe- The Virgin Islands Coral Reef National cies and crustaceans. Monument, in the submerged lands off the The submerged monument lands within island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Hurricane Hole include the most extensive contains all the elements of a Caribbean and well-developed mangrove habitat on St. tropical marine ecosystem. This designation John. The Hurricane Hole area is an impor- furthers the protection of the scientific ob- tant nursery area for reef associated fish and Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 17 157 invertebrates, instrumental in maintaining by set apart and reserved as the Virgin Is- water quality by filtering and trapping sedi- lands Coral Reef National Monument, for ment and debris in fresh water runoff from the purpose of protecting the objects identi- the fast land, and essential to the overall fied above, all lands and interests in lands functioning and productivity of regional fish- owned or controlled by the United States eries. Numerous coral reef-associated spe- within the boundaries of the area described cies, including the spiny lobster, queen on the map entitled ‘‘Virgin Islands Coral conch, and Nassau grouper, transform from Reef National Monument’’ attached to and planktonic larvae to bottom-dwelling juve- forming a part of this proclamation. The Fed- niles in the shallow nearshore habitats of eral land and interests in land reserved con- Hurricane Hole. As they mature, they move sist of approximately 12,708 marine acres, offshore and take up residence in the deeper which is the smallest area compatible with coral patch reefs, octocoral hardbottom, and the proper care and management of the ob- algal plains of the submerged monument jects to be protected. lands to the south and north of St. John. All Federal lands and interests in lands The monument lands south of St. John are within the boundaries of this monument are predominantly deep algal plains with scat- hereby appropriated and withdrawn from all tered areas of raised hard bottom. The algal forms of entry, location, selection, sale, or plains include communities of mostly red and leasing or other disposition under the public calcareous algae with canopies as much as land laws, including but not limited to with- half a meter high. The raised hard bottom drawal from location, entry, and patent under is sparsely colonized with corals, sponges, the mining laws, and from disposition under gorgonians, and other invertebrates, thus all laws relating to mineral and geothermal providing shelter for lobster, groupers, and leasing, other than by exchange that furthers snappers as well as spawning sites for some the protective purposes of the monument. reef fish species. These algal plains and For the purpose of protecting the objects raised hard bottom areas link the shallow identified above, the Secretary shall prohibit water reef, sea grass, and mangrove commu- all boat anchoring, except for emergency or nities with the deep water shelf and shelf authorized administrative purposes. edge communities of fish and invertebrates. For the purposes of protecting the objects Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 identified above, the Secretary shall prohibit Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431), authorizes the all extractive uses, except that the Secretary President, in his discretion, to declare by may issue permits for bait fishing at Hurri- public proclamation historic landmarks, his- cane Hole and for blue runner (hard nose) toric and prehistoric structures, and other line fishing in the area south of St. John, to objects of historic or scientific interest that the extent that such fishing is consistent with are situated upon the lands owned or con- the protection of the objects identified in this trolled by the Government of the United proclamation. States to be national monuments, and to re- Lands and interests in lands within the serve as a part thereof parcels of land, the monument not owned or controlled by the limits of which in all cases shall be confined United States shall be reserved as a part of to the smallest area compatible with the the monument upon acquisition of title or proper care and management of the objects control thereto by the United States. to be protected. The Secretary of the Interior shall manage Whereas it appears that it would be in the monument through the National Park the public interest to reserve such lands as Service, pursuant to applicable legal authori- a national monument to be known as the Vir- ties, to implement the purposes of this proc- gin Islands Coral Reef National Monument: lamation. The National Park Service will Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, manage the monument in a manner con- President of the United States of America, sistent with international law. by the authority vested in me by section 2 The Secretary of the Interior shall prepare of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225, 16 a management plan, including the manage- U.S.C. 431), do proclaim that there are here- ment of vessels in the monument, within 3 158 Jan. 17 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 years, which addresses any further specific where I spent so many happy days. [Ap- actions necessary to protect the objects iden- plause] Thank you. tified in this proclamation. There are a lot of people in this body who The establishment of this monument is got their start in politics, working with me, subject to valid existing rights. a few who got their start in politics working Nothing in this proclamation shall be against me—[laughter]—and some who got deemed to revoke any existing withdrawal, their start doing both—[laughter]—depend- reservation, or appropriation; however, the ing on the issue and the time. national monument shall be the dominant I brought with me a large number of peo- reservation. ple from Arkansas today. And I would like Warning is hereby given to all unauthor- to mention them and a few others because ized persons not to appropriate, injure, de- I would like to begin by telling you that in stroy, or remove any feature of this monu- these last 8 years, over 460 people from our ment and not to locate or settle upon any home State worked in this administration and of the lands thereof. helped to make America a stronger country, In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set and I am very grateful to all of them. my hand this seventeenth day of January, in Mack McLarty, my first Chief of Staff, my the year of our Lord two thousand one, and first Envoy to the Americas, is here today. of the Independence of the United States of When he led the White House, we made four America the two hundred and twenty-fifth. of the most important decisions we made William J. Clinton during the entire 8 years: The historic bal- anced budget agreement where Senator [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, Pryor cast the tie-breaking vote—so did ev- 8:45 a.m., January 19, 2001] erybody else; it passed by one vote in both NOTE: This proclamation was published in the Houses—the NAFTA agreement, which Federal Register on January 22. joined us with Mexico and Canada; the family and medical leave bill, the Brady law, and many others. He did a superb job. Remarks to a Joint Session of the I want to thank the three Arkansans who Arkansas State Legislature in Little have served in my Cabinet: Rodney Slater, Rock, Arkansas who is here today, our Secretary of Transpor- January 17, 2001 tation; Hershel Gober, who is Secretary of Veterans Affairs and started out helping me Thank you very, very much, and good with veterans in Arkansas and in New Hamp- afternoon. This is the first time in over 20 shire and has been absolutely superb; and years I’ve been here when I don’t have to James Lee Witt, who could not be here today get asked for a racing pass. [Laughter] And because disasters don’t only occur in Arkan- I heard somebody utter that hated phrase, sas, there are other places as well, although and I understand that, for a variety of rea- I know you’ve been through a doozy lately. sons, you’ve all gotten rid of that burden. So I want to thank Buddy Young, who worked progress continues. [Laughter] with him as our regional official in Texas, Governor Huckabee, Lieutenant Gov- who is here today. ernor Rockefeller, Senator Beebe, Speaker Two other former legislators, in addition Broadway, General Pryor, Secretary Priest, to Mack, have been part of this administra- Jimmie Lou, Charlie, Gus, my friends. I’m tion: Gloria Cabe, who served with many if delighted to be joined by Senator Pryor, not most of you here; her daughter also works about whom I would like to say more in a in the White House, in the White House moment; Congressman Snyder, Congress- Counsel’s Office, and she’s here today; and man Ross, and a large number of people who Carl Whillock, who, after he was a legislator, came here with me from Washington. became the president of Arkansas State Uni- I want to say that I am honored that the versity, head of the Co-ops. But he’s most last trip of my Presidency is to come home important to me because the first trip I took to Arkansas and home to the legislature out of Fayetteville, in the first race I ever Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 17 159 made in 1974, was across the hills of north my good friend Phil Jamison, who was the Arkansas with Carl Whillock, when only my president of our class in high school, who mother thought I had any business in that retired from the Navy and stayed on to work race. And I thank them for being here. in the Pentagon on nuclear weapons issues I’d also like to just acknowledge a few peo- and did a lot of the pivotal work we have ple. As I said, some of them are here and done with Russia over the last 8 years, which some of them aren’t. Bob Nash, who’s been gave me an enormous amount of pride to with me for 21 years, and his wonderful wife, know that a guy from my home town knew Janis Kearney, my diarist, who’s here. Nancy all about that and made me look like I knew Hernreich, who’s not here, who’s been with what I was talking about from time to time. me since I first ran for attorney general and I remember the first time I spoke here. has worked for me for 15 years, just got mar- It was in 1974, when I was permitted to come ried to the brother of Montine McNulty, in here and ask for House members to help from Pine Bluff, and is about to move with me in my very first race. I lost the election. him to Hong Kong; Stephanie Streett, my If I hadn’t, I probably never would have be- wonderful scheduler, who’s going to be work- come President. Every time I see Congress- ing with me here in Arkansas; Craig Smith, man Hammerschmidt, I thank him for beat- who did a great job in handling appointments ing me. here and was my political director, came I didn’t lose my passion for public service, home to actually work this trip, to go out and it’s been with me ever since. In the last at the grassroots where he began. I want to 25 years I have stood in the well of this cham- thank Mike Gaines, who ran the Parole Com- ber many times. I have lobbied in the halls mission, still is; Ken Smith; Mike Gauldin; and the committee room back there as attor- Jana Prewitt; Jim Bob Baker, who’s done a ney general, when David Pryor was my Gov- great job in the Agriculture Department; ernor. I stood here five times to take the oath Maria Haley; Robyn Dickey; young Debra of office as Governor of my State. Two Wood, who’s been with me the whole 8 years, months out of every 2 years, with the help just working like a beaver in the White of a number of my legislative aides who are House; Mel French, our protocol chief and, here today, Bill Clark and Hal Honeycutt and for many years, her deputy, David Pryor, Jr.; Bill Bowen, who was briefly my chief of staff, and Marsha Scott, who has kept in touch with when even I was intimidated, we would so many of you for me over these last 8 years. argue and argue and work and work until I want to thank Wilbur Peer and Harold we hammered into law our dreams for the Gist. I want to thank Caroll Willis, who’s future of this State. been at the Democratic Committee this I’d like to thank some people who aren’t whole time, who’s been wonderful beyond here, some of whom are no longer living. The my words to say; and Lottie Shackelford, late Judge Frank Holt, who gave me my first thank you. Debbie Willhite and Ada Hol- chance to work in a campaign in 1966. My lingsworth came home, and they helped us great friend Senator Bill Fulbright, who lived in a lot of ways, even though they weren’t long enough to see me become President and strictly on the payroll. to receive the Medal of Freedom, who gave There are also tons of young people who me a job when I was flat broke, just so I have come to Washington and worked, just could finish college, and I’ll never forget it. out of college or just out of law school. And I would like to thank the Members of the I used to see them around and be so grateful congressional delegation, present and past, that they could have an opportunity to have who stood with me in these last 8 years, in this experience, and I thank all of them for the tough times and the good times, espe- their work. cially David Pryor and Dale Bumpers, with- Three of my high school classmates are out whom I can’t imagine how this last 8 here today, who live in the Washington area years would have been possible. I thank you, and flew home with me: Dr. Jim French, who my friends. is a surgeon in Washington; Carolyn Staley, I’d like to thank Hillary. If she hadn’t who runs the Adult Literacy Foundation; and moved to Arkansas and married me, I doubt 160 Jan. 17 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 the rest of this trip would have happened. here. But the problem is, we had a $290 bil- She was a great First Lady for this State. She lion deficit, and then the price of getting rid did an amazing job in Washington and did of the deficit turned out to be losing the Con- things that no one has ever done that will gress for our party. And so then the people benefit this country for decades to come. And that were in control had other ideas about I am so proud of her, I could pop today. where the money ought to go from time to I want you to remember when she does great time, when we finally had a little. things in the United States Senate, she Notwithstanding that, look what happened learned all of her politics wrestling with you. this year. We funded the Delta Regional Au- [Laughter] thority, $20 million the first year. We got I am delighted that my mother-in-law, funds for the Great River Bridge and for the Dorothy Rodham, is here, and my step-fa- Highway 82 Bridge. We had 500—Rodney ther, Dick Kelley. I thank them for being said—Rodney said in this year’s transpor- here. Lynda Dixon, who was my secretary tation budget there’s $592 million for Arkan- as Governor and has run our office here in sas. That’s more than your per capita share. Little Rock, along with Representative Mary We worked very hard, especially with Sen- Anne Salmon. And I am delighted that Chel- ator Lincoln and Congressman Snyder, to sea could come home with me. save the mission of the Little Rock Air Force As it happens, on the way home, on the Base and to get the C-130J there. There is way here from the airport, we passed two $25 million in the budget this year for a simu- of her schools, Mann and Booker Arts Mag- lator and millions more for an operations and net School, where she spent so many happy maintenance center. I think you’re okay. years and learned a great deal about her les- sons and about life. And the friends, the We got $18 million for a quality evaluation schools, the churches, the associations she center at the Pine Bluff arsenal. And as we had here had a lot to do with the person try to reduce the dangers of chemical and she is today, and I’m very grateful for that. biological warfare, I think that arsenal can Finally, I would like to thank the people have a very important mission in America’s of this State who elected me five times, for future. I’ve talked to Representative Ross sending me to Washington to carry the les- about it, and I hope, after I come down here, sons that I learned from you and the progress I can work with you to think about what it that we tried to make here to the rest of the should be doing in the 21st century. country. There were $38 million for seven water Everything that I have been able to do as projects, an expansion of the Forrest City President is, in no small measure, a result prisons, $5 million for research for the Ar- of the life I lived and the jobs I had in Arkan- kansas Children’s Hospital. We funded the sas. My conviction that politics requires a vi- Dale Bumpers Rice Research Center and the sion and a strategy based on sound ideas and Agriculture Research Center. The Little a belief that you can make a difference— Rock VA got some money for a research from education reform to economic policy, annex. I am very happy that we got $21⁄2 mil- to welfare and health care, to building one lion for the Diane Blair Center at the Univer- America, those things were formed here. sity of Arkansas. And we finally got the upper I know that when a person gets ready to payment limit for the medical center okayed, check out of an office, there’s always a lot and that’s worth $35 million, and I think it of retrospectives. And I have followed them saved the medical center. At least that’s what in the local press: Did this administration Dale Bumpers tells me it did. make a difference for Arkansas? Did it make Earlier, of course, there was over $40 mil- a difference for America? So I am going to lion for the airport in northwest Arkansas. do an unconventional thing; I think I will And when my library and center get built start with the facts. here, I expect it will be a project on the order First of all, when I came in, I think a lot of $200 million, something that I believe will of people thought, well, you know, we’d just make a big difference, not only to central move the whole Federal Government down Arkansas but to the whole State. Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 17 161

But what’s really important, it seems to ernor’s mansion, and I went over to the gro- me, is that Arkansas shared in what happened cery store that was flattened—I saw young to the country. So when people ask you if AmeriCorps kids from all over this country, it made a difference, here are a few numbers working here in Arkansas to try to help fix you might want to keep in mind: 35 million things and clean things up, and I am grateful people have taken advantage of the family for that. And I might say, I learned a couple and medical leave law, which I signed after of days ago that those 200,000 people in 6 it was vetoed by people who said that it years are more people than have served in would hurt the economy. If I was trying to the Peace Corps in the entire 40 years of hurt the economy, I did a poor job. its existence. [Applause] Thank you. We have 221⁄2 million new jobs, a 30-year One hundred and twenty-five thousand low in unemployment, a 40-year low in wom- community police officers on the street; en’s unemployment, the lowest Hispanic and crime at a 25-year low; 37,000 teachers hired African-American unemployment ever re- all over America in the early grades, on our corded. Thirteen million more people get way to 100,000 and a class size average of some form of college aid, thanks to the 18 in the first three grades; 90 percent of HOPE scholarship, the lifetime learning tax our kids immunized against serious child- credit, the Pell grant, which will go to $3,750 hood diseases for the first time in the history this year. Seven million people have moved of the country. We had Betty Bumpers and off welfare—a 60-percent drop in the welfare Rosalynn Carter over at the White House the rolls; 3.3 million children now have health other day to celebrate that. The largest in- insurance under the Children’s Health Insur- crease in Head Start in history; the highest ance Program. And Governor, I want to homeownership in history—the first time thank you for your interest, and Mrs. we’ve ever had more than two-thirds of the Huckabee, in getting our kids health insur- American people in their own homes. ance. It’s the first time in a dozen years the We have a $500-a-child tax credit; we have number of people without health insurance 200,000 more people getting child care as- is going down. sistance. The student loan program costs $9 Two million children have moved out of billion less than it did when I started, to peo- poverty; 1.3 million children are in after- ple who are borrowing. The direct loan pro- school programs or summer school programs gram saves the average college student as the result of Federal funds that did not $1,300 on a $10,000 loan. Interest rates, exist on the day I became President. In 4 long-term, are lower today than they were years we’ve gone from an experimental pro- when I took office, even though we’ve had gram at $1 million to one of over $1.5 billion, an 8-year expansion. Average interest rates, serving 1.3 million children. There are 4 mil- because of turning deficits to surplus, saves lion latch-key kids in this country, a lot of people $2,000 a year on $100,000 home them in Arkansas, and I think we ought to mortgage. keep working until every child has a whole- We’ve had over 300 trade agreements in some school to stay in after school rather than the last year alone, agreements with China, going back on the street, something to say with Africa and the Caribbean Basin, with yes to, rather than getting in trouble. Vietnam, and with Jordan. We have the Six hundred and eleven thousand felons, smallest Government in 40 years, since fugitives, and stalkers were unable to buy Dwight Eisenhower was President of the handguns because of the Brady law, and yet, United States, since 1960. Two-thirds of the not a single Arkansas hunter missed an hour regulations under the Elementary and Sec- in the deer woods; no sports shooter missed ondary Education Act have been eliminated. a single contest. Two hundred thousand Hundreds of programs are gone, and I’ll give young Americans have served in anybody $5 that can mention five of them. AmeriCorps, a lot of them right here in Ar- I take it back. I’ll give you $100 if you can kansas. When the tornado hit the capital mention five of them. [Laughter] neighborhoods—and I saw all the trees When we started, the deficit was $290 bil- blown down in the backyard of the Gov- lion. Now we have a $240 billion surplus. In 162 Jan. 17 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 our last three budgets, we will pay down— until 1992, when we ranked second in the pay down—about $600 billion of the Nation’s country in job growth. debt, putting us on track, if we stay there, But I learned a lot as we worked, day in to be out of debt by the end of the decade, and day out, together, across party lines, for the first time since Andrew Jackson was across regional lines, to try to actually do the President, in 1835. people’s business. And I’ve said before and This has allowed us, among other things, I’ll say again, one of the biggest hazards of to pass pension protection legislation that has any national capital is—America is no dif- strengthened the pension protection for 40 ferent from others; I followed this pretty million Americans, to put 25 years on the closely in other countries—is when you set life of Medicare for the first time in 25 years. up a Government so far away from the peo- And if the interest savings from paying down ple, it is easy, when you realize maybe you the debt as a result of Social Security taxes get your 15 seconds on the evening news, are put against Social Security—which is to believe that politics is all about rhetoric something I’ve been trying to do for 2 and positioning. But it’s not. It’s a job. It real- years—if they do that next year, it will extend ly matters what you do, whether your ideas the life of Social Security 54 years, to 2054, work, and whether you have a team of people almost long enough to get us beyond the life- who can translate those ideas into reality. span of all the baby boomers, when the de- I tell everybody who listens to me that it’s mographics of America will begin to right a team sport, that I may be the captain of themselves again. the team, but if you don’t have a team, you’re We have cleaner air, cleaner water, cleaner going to lose every time. And so just once drinking water, safer food, twice as many more, I would like to ask all the people who toxic waste dumps cleaned up as in the pre- came here with me today from Arkansas, who vious 12 years. And today we announced that have been part of this last 8 years, to stand, we were setting aside eight more national because they were a big part of our team. monuments, which means this administration You all stand up. [Applause] has now protected more land than any ad- Now, I’d like to just mention three or four ministration in the history of the country, ex- specific areas where I think your relationship cept that of Theodore Roosevelt. to the National Government is important and Per capita income after inflation is up an where I hope our country will continue to average of $6,300. Median income is over move forward. The strategy we followed in $40,000 for the first time in the history of education, which is still key to everything the country, and wages have gone up 9 per- else, was very, very important, basically, high- cent, as poverty has dropped 20 percent. So er standards, more accountability, greater in- for the first time in decades, this was an eco- vestment, and equal opportunity—a simple nomic recovery that I’m proud to say did strategy, but it’s working. produce more billionaires and millionaires, We provided, for the first time, funds for but also helped people in the lowest 20 per- States to identify failing schools and help cent of the wage earning bracket with the local districts to turn them around or put highest percentage gains in the last 3 years. them under new management or start char- So that’s what happened. And what I want ter schools. There was one in the country to say to you is, one of the things that I tried when we started; there are over 2,000 now. to remember every day was that being Presi- Reading and math scores are up in the coun- dent is a job, like being Governor was a job. try; SAT scores are at a 30-year high, even And it matters how hard you work, but it though more people from more disadvan- also matters whether you’ve got the right taged backgrounds are taking them; a 50-per- ideas. And a lot of the ideas that I had came cent increase in the number of kids in Amer- out of the experiences we shared together ica taking advance placement tests; 300 per- during the 1980’s, when times were tough cent increase in Hispanic students over the in Arkansas. We did not have an unemploy- last 7 years; 500 percent increase in African- ment rate below the national average in the American students. The African-American last 10 years I was Governor a single time, high school graduation rate is virtually equal Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 17 163 to the white high school graduation rate in after World War II. And the student popu- the country, for the first time in the history lation is much more diverse. And after World of America. War II, the National Government did help And more and more people are going on States and school districts to deal with the to college. But we have some significant chal- school facilities problem. lenges out there. We have the largest and So I hope that you will help us with that, most diverse group of students in our schools because I think the unmet need is some- in history. Arkansas is now in the top three where over $100 billion for adequate school States in the percentage growth of its His- facilities for our kids. We also are putting panic population, as all of you doubtless more funds than ever before, with total bi- know better than I. partisan agreement in Congress, into teacher I just hope that you will continue to work training, continuing development, and fund- and to urge the Federal Government to work ing the master teacher program to try to cer- with you in making progress in these areas. tify board-certified master teachers all across We got a billion dollars-plus, a little more the country, until we get up to 100,000 of than a billion dollars this year, for the first them, which will be enough for one in every time, to try to just give funds to States and school in the country. I think that’s very, very school districts to help repair old schools or important. But I would urge you to continue grievously overcrowded schools. And I think to do that. that’s very important. The second thing I’d like to say is, I think There is a limit to how much we can ever that it’s very important that we keep trying expect local property taxpayers to pay, and to refine the partnership between the Na- very often—you have two things going on tional Government and the States in the area now—very often the places where the need of economic development. Except for edu- is the greatest, the property tax base is the cation, I guess I worked harder on just trying smallest, which we know a lot about in Ar- to get and keep jobs when I was here than kansas. And secondly, ironically, even though anything else, and a lot of you worked very we’ve got the biggest school population in closely with me. I’m very grateful for the history, we have a smaller percentage of progress that has been made, and I’m espe- those students—excuse me, a smaller per- cially grateful that we have got a focus now centage of property tax owners with kids in on the people and places that have been left the schools—property taxpayers with kids in behind. Because, in spite of this long recov- the schools. ery, there are still places in mountain coun- So we’ve got to work this out. Now, when ties in Appalachia and in north Arkansas, we started this there were a lot of people there are places in the Mississippi Delta and who had genuine reservations—and this is other rural areas, there are inner-city neigh- not a political deal in the traditional sense borhoods, and worst of all, a lot of our Native in Washington. There were a lot of people American reservations, where you can’t tell who honestly thought that the Federal Gov- there has been an 8-year recovery. I was on ernment should not be giving money to the Pine Ridge Reservation a little over a year States and the local school districts to help ago in South Dakota, which is near Mount with school construction or repair because Rushmore, and one of the most historic it wasn’t something we did. And I agree that places in all American Indian culture. The normally we shouldn’t do that. Normally, we unemployment rate there is 72 percent. And should either give you the money to spend as a result, all the social indicators are ter- as you need it or target it on the poorest rible. There are a lot of problems there. But people or the areas of greatest need, like the intelligence is evenly distributed. I was taken need to hook up all our classrooms to the around there by a young girl who had to Internet. move out of her home, was taken in by But this is an unusual time. This is the friends, living in the back of a trailer where first time—the last 3 years—the first time there were, like, 11 people living. She was that we’ve ever had more school students one of the most intelligent young people I than we had in the baby boom years right met in the whole 8 years I was President. 164 Jan. 17 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

She deserves the same future everybody else I know Arkansas is small enough, you all does. know each other well enough, you’ve had That’s why we passed the empowerment enough experience with this, we went zone program that Vice President Gore ran through all that nightmare of the eighties, for 8 years, and did a brilliant job, I think, that it seems to me that this State is in a where we had these zones. But I thought we position maybe to take more advantage of ought to do something to try to essentially that, and also to identify what still needs to make every area in America that was insuffi- be done, what the National Government can ciently developed eligible for the same in- do, than any place else. vestment incentives that we presently give I should also tell you that we’re now going American investors to invest in poor commu- to have 40 of the empowerment zones that nities in Africa or Latin America or poor we had—not that many, but we had 20 to countries in Asia. 30—and we’re going to have 40 other com- That’s essentially what this new markets munities, enterprise communities, designed legislation is all about. We did it in partner- by the Republican Members of Congress. ship with the Speaker of the House, Dennis We said, ‘‘Look, why don’t we just test this? Hastert, a Republican from Illinois, and I’m You guys design 40 communities that will get very grateful to him for the work we did to- the special tax treatment the way you want gether, and any number of other legislators it. We’ll have 40 that work the way we think who are active in it—J.C. Watts from Okla- would work best. We’ll identify 80 places that homa, a lot of you know; Danny Davis, from will get extra help. And then we’ll just see Illinois, who is from Arkansas, the Congress- what works, and then we’ll do what works. man from Chicago. If your idea works better than ours, we’ll do So I hope that you and, Governor, the eco- yours. If ours works better, we’ll do ours. And nomic development agencies of the State, if some of each works best, we’ll do that.’’ will look for ways to maximize the usage of this new markets legislation, because, essen- So there will be approximately 50 or more tially, we’ve got one more piece that I think new community designations coming out will pass early in this new session of Con- next year, and I would like to see some of gress, but what we’re trying to do is to give those come to Arkansas, as well. And you people the incentives to put money into know, you’ll have to go through the applica- places of high unemployment, where people tion process and all of that. But I really would are willing to work, and to spread the risk. urge you to make sure that Arkansas gets a So essentially, what it does, it sets up the substantial share of those new community system where you can get about a 25 percent opportunities because they get extra help to tax credit for investing in areas with very high get investment there. And I think that will unemployment, which means your risk is work. only 75 percent of what it would otherwise A third thing I would like to say a little be, and if you have to borrow money, that something about is welfare reform. We had up to two-thirds of an investment could be a huge debate, you remember, back in ’96, guaranteed by a Government mechanism, on welfare, but we passed a bipartisan bill which would give you about 2 percent lower that had a majority of both parties in both interest rates, which would further reduce Houses. And you know how it works, and the risk, which is essentially what we do when it has worked very well. Arkansas’s rolls are we try to set up trade and investment agree- down 60 percent, and I applaud you for that. ments all around the world in developing Now, what I would like to suggest is that countries, where we have an interest in build- we won’t know how well this really works ing the trading partners for the future and until the economy slows down, which is helping democracy. I could never understand bound to happen someday, but I don’t think why we wouldn’t do it for people here in it’s imminent. I don’t believe we’ve repealed America. And I believe we have a unique the laws of the business cycle, but the truth opportunity here to bring free enterprise to is, because our markets are open, it’s a great, people who have been left behind. great hedge against inflation. And because Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 17 165 of the technology sector, we continue to in- health care since Medicaid was passed in ’65, crease productivity. And if we keep driving was a part of the Balanced Budget Act in down interest rates by paying the debt down, ’97. Then it took about a year for the States which is the main thing the Government can to get their programs up. So essentially, in do, the aggregate economy will continue, I 2 years, 3.3 million kids have gotten health think, to do very well. insurance. And it’s the first thing that’s been But it seems to me that we need to really done in a dozen years to get the number of kind of—it’s time now. This will be the fifth people without health insurance going down. year since the welfare reform bill was passed. And we all know why it went up. Insurance And we need to look and see where it’s work- rates went up; it was harder and harder for ing and what the problems are. And what small businesses to cover their employees. about people that are hard to place? Are we And when they couldn’t cover their employ- doing enough on job training? Have we done ees, the employees themselves weren’t mak- enough on transportation? Are people so ing enough money to buy insurance. So we’ve concentrated that are still on the rolls or peo- got the numbers going down now. ple that keep dropping out and go back in There is enough money here in the Con- a hurry, that those are the places that need gress—they have enough money in the pro- the new markets designation and help? jected 10-year budget to afford a substantial These are the kinds of things that I think tax cut, to keep paying the debt down, to ought to be done. meet our investment commitments at the na- But one of the great stories of the last 8 tional level, and still expand health care cov- years is that all of us who thought poor peo- erage. I believe the best way to do it is to ple would rather work than draw a Govern- work with the States to add the parents of ment check for not working were right, but the children who have been insured under that people still have to be able, even on the CHIP program. modest wages, to succeed at work and at Now, some of those parents, a few of them, home, which is one of the reasons I am dis- have insurance at work where they can get appointed we didn’t raise the minimum wage insurance, but they can’t insure their kids. again last year. I think it will go up fairly But most of them don’t have anything. And soon in this new session of Congress. if you did that, if you did just that, that would But we’ve got to make sure that people cover over 25 percent of all the people left who are working, particularly if they’re single in America who don’t have health insur- parents, can do a good job with their kids, ance—just that one thing. And the money because raising children is still the most im- is there to do it. portant job of any society. So again, our State The other thing that I’ve been trying to is—ironically, it’s small enough but also di- get the Congress to do that is—really there’s verse enough, that you can really kind of do nothing for you to do, but I think we ought a mid-course check here, see what’s working, to do it—is to give a tax credit to people what’s not, what should the Congress do, who are over 55 and have either dropped what should the new administration do to out or retired early and lost their health in- help you make this work. surance on the job, or who lost their jobs But this is an enormous story, to see these or who work in jobs without health insurance. rolls cut 60 percent, and people, just like we They’re not old enough to get into Medicare. always knew, preferring work to idleness as Without in any way weakening Medicare, if long as they can take care of their kids. we gave them a 25-percent tax credit, we Now, one other thing I’d like to mention, could let them buy into Medicare at cost and I alluded to it earlier. I know you’ve had when they’re over 55. some vigorous debates here in the legislature This is a big deal. And that’s 300,000 or about how best to cover children and what 400,000 people. And that’s another big chunk should be done on health care. But let me of folks. But the thing I would like you to just get to the bottom line. I’ll state it again. focus on—there will be a debate in this com- This Children’s Health Insurance Pro- ing Congress, and I think there will be bipar- gram, which is the biggest expansion of tisan interest now that the CHIP program 166 Jan. 17 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 is working so well, in adding people to the going to do this? If so, how’s the money going ranks of health insurance. And back in ’94, to be spent? What do you have to say about when we had this big fight about it, we had it? How can it help the health of the people a big fight because the economy was bad, of Arkansas, especially the children of Arkan- and there was no way to cover everybody ex- sas, in the most effective way? cept with an employer mandate, which Let me just make one final comment. I couldn’t pass because the economy was bad, think one of the most important contribu- or with more money, which we didn’t have tions that our administration made to life in unless we raised taxes, and we couldn’t do Washington in the last 8 years was arguing it because we just raised taxes to get the def- that we had to find a way to be at peace icit down. with each other and to work together across Now, we are in a position to fund this. all of our differences. If you follow American And it’s very important that it be done in politics as closely as all of you do, you know the right way. And the States, I think, have that a lot of our differences are almost cul- experience about how this might be done. tural: race, religion, the people who live in So I would hope that this is one of the things the West as opposed to people who live in that you would be working very closely with the East, and their attitude about protection your congressional delegation on, because it of public lands. Is it gun control or gun safe- really is the opportunity of a lifetime. I mean, ty? All these things that keep—politicians for 50 years American Presidents and Con- just stay away from a lot of these issues be- gresses and people around the country have cause you’re afraid, no matter which way you been trying to figure out how to get health move and what you say, it will all blow up care coverage to everybody. And Hawaii, on you and you can’t get much done, but Minnesota, and North Dakota are about the you lose votes no matter what you do. only people that have done it—that is, that But the truth is, in a highly diverse society, are substantially over 90 percent. So I hope where we’re growing more and more inter- you will do that. dependent both within our country and Another thing I think that might be very around the world, with the rest of the world, valuable to Arkansas is that in the previous we have no choice but to confront a lot of campaign, President-elect Bush said that he these things. So the work that we’ve done would put more money into public health with this Office of One America, I think, is centers if he were elected. And I guess it’s very, very important, with our race report the same as it was, but when I left office, and all of that. we were, for example, giving—85 percent of On Martin Luther King’s holiday, Monday, all the immunizations in the State of Arkan- I sent a report to Congress on where we are, sas were being given by the county health what progress we’ve made in building one departments. Even upper-income people America in the last 8 years, and what I were taking their kids to county health de- thought the unmet challenges were, from partments because doctors didn’t want to buy dealing with the challenge of racial profiling the liability insurance, and so they’d just go and law enforcement to closing disparities in and do that. health and education, to giving back the right But I think that if there is going to be fund- to vote to ex-offenders once their sentence ing for health units, which I think would be is discharged, something that the Arkansas a very good thing, then the States ought to legislature did without a word of criticism in have some significant input into how it’s 1977–1977. This is a big deal. Six hundred going to be done, so the money will be spent thousand people every year get out of the in a way that the States—and the Southern penitentiary. You all want me to give more States, by the way, in general, have historic— money every year for that prison over in For- for historic reasons, have relied on county rest City. People here in the room have lob- health units, public health units, more than bied for it. Most people who go in, get out. the rest of the country. So that’s something And we have a huge collective interest as a else I think you ought to be looking for in people in seeing that when people get out this coming session of Congress. Are they of prison, they obey the law. Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 17 167

You know, you don’t want to dog people I personally think that the pencil system to the end of their days. If you say, ‘‘Here’s I use on my absentee ballot here from Pulaski your penalty; serve it,’’ they serve it. And County is a lot better, a lot less subject to then they get out and say, ‘‘And now we want messing up, and can also be counted by ma- you to be a good, successful, law-abiding cit- chine, so it can be counted more quickly. But izen, and by the way, here’s a 50-pound this is something that every State needs to weight we want you to wear around your be sure of. neck for the rest of your life. But you’ve got The States in this country have done, I to do as well as we do.’’ I just think it’s a think, a very good job of making it easier mistake. And we have got to find a way to for people to vote. One reason it took so long figure out how, once people pay and they to count these votes in Washington State is— get out—600,000 a year, that’s a lot of peo- it took 2 weeks or 3 weeks to count the votes ple—we can bring them back into America. because over a third of the votes were cast I mean, the whole purpose of defined pun- by paper ballots in advance of election day. ishment is to say when it’s over, ‘‘You did it, but it’s over.’’ By the way, it’s going to change everything And I can tell you, I’m going through this for all the politicians. There is a congressional now—Meredith Cabe is one of my pardon seat in New Mexico that was won twice by attorneys—just dealing with the mechanics the candidate of one party on election day, of this, I just don’t—most people who apply and both times the other candidate was elect- for a Presidential pardon do it because they ed because she got so many votes in the 3 want to vote again. But a lot of people don’t weeks leading up to election. even know how to do it. So it is going to change the nature of poli- I’m not going to be President in 3 days. tics. But the main thing is it’s voter friendly. We’re still getting applications in the mail, So the idea of making it easier for people and it’s crazy. Most of these people should to vote is taking hold in America. But until just be able to vote and be full citizens, be- the recent election, I don’t think any of us— cause they’ve paid. I think it’s an important I know I hadn’t—we hadn’t paid enough at- issue. And as I said, we did it here in 1977, tention to the mechanics of voting. For exam- but I’ll bet you most people in Arkansas don’t ple, the biggest reject State in the country— know that’s the law, because only about 14 that is where people vote, but their votes are States have done it. So people just assume not counted—I think was Idaho last year. But it’s not there. because Idaho is overwhelmingly a Repub- The other thing that I recommended and lican State, the races aren’t close, so if 5 per- I think is very important is not that we re- cent of the votes don’t get counted, it never litigate the last election but that we make makes any difference. So nobody gets upset. sure that in every future election in every They never think about it. State in the country, voting is clear, simple, But now we know that this is not just a unquestionable, and people’s votes get problem in Florida, it’s a problem in other counted. And I asked the incoming adminis- places. And we need to look at everywhere tration to appoint a commission headed probably by President Ford and President the mechanics of voting. Because, you just Carter, but something totally bipartisan, just think about it. In Washington, DC, across to look at this. Because we all know—I know the river, in the Alexandria public school sys- the history of voting, and voting machines tem, there are people from 180 different na- are good in a lot of ways because you can’t tional and ethnic groups in one school sys- vote twice in the same race on a voting ma- tem. Their parents speak over 100 different chine because you can’t pull two levers now. languages as their native language. And as But they’re expensive. They’re hard to main- I said, I know Arkansas is one of the top three tain. When the ones you bought don’t work States in the country in the growth of His- anymore, they’re hard to get parts to repair, panic students. As this country gets more and and so that’s how people got into these punch more diverse and more and more commin- card systems. gled, it will be more and more important for 168 Jan. 17 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 people to believe not only when their can- be able to do better. There will always be didates win but especially when their can- new challenges, that as long as we are on didates lose, that the whole thing was done this Earth and finite human beings, God in the best possible way. meant us to have new problems. But we will So that’s another thing that I would like always be able to form a more perfect Union. to see not only this State and this State legis- I will leave that office at noon on January lature weigh in, but every State in the coun- 20th more idealistic than I was the day I took try. This is something we can do as a people the oath of office 8 years before, largely be- that there ought to be no difference of opin- cause it worked out the way I thought it ion on. Just—we can figure out the most would based on what I learned and how I cost-effective way to get the mechanics right. lived here. But in this case, the whole integrity of our Thank you, and God bless you. democracy, over the long run, depends upon it. Let me just say one other thing. I went NOTE: The President spoke at 2:07 p.m. in the back and read my first inaugural address in House Chamber at the Arkansas State Capitol 1979. I got a little plaque from the Arkansas Building. In his remarks, he referred to Gov. Mike Gazette when I gave it that I put on the wall Huckabee of Arkansas, and his wife, Janet; Lt. in the White House, and I had it up there Gov. Win Rockefeller of Arkansas; State Senator every day I was President. And I had a line Mike Beebe, president pro tempore of the senate; in it that said, ‘‘The people of Arkansas have State Speaker of the House Shane Broadway; two emotions in great abundance, hope and State Representative Mary Anne Salmon; State pride. Without them, there is no such thing Attorney General Mark Pryor; Arkansas Secretary as quality of life. With them, there is nothing of State Sharon Priest; State Treasurer Jimmie we cannot achieve.’’ Lou Fisher; Arkansas Commissioner of State I will leave office at noon on the 20th, Lands Charlie Daniels; State Auditor Gus amazingly grateful that somehow the mystery Wingfield; former Senator David H. Pryor; of this great democracy gave me the chance Raymond Lloyd (Buddy) Young, Region VI Direc- to go from a little boy on South Hervey Street tor, Federal Emergency Management Agency; in Hope, Arkansas, to the White House. I Carl Whillock, Special Assistant to the President, am quite sure there was more than a little Department of Agriculture; Montine McNulty, executive director, Arkansas Hospitality Associa- luck in that and good fortune. I am absolutely tion; Jana Prewitt, Director of External Affairs, positive that I may be the only person ever Department of the Interior; Robyn Dickey, elected President who owes his election former White House Office Deputy Social Sec- purely to his personal friends, without whom retary; Wilbur Peer, Acting Administrator, Rural I would never have won. But I know this. Business-Cooperative Service, Department of Ag- If we have the right vision, if we have good riculture; Harold Gist, Associate Director of Inter- ideas, and if we always believe, if we are governmental Affairs, Department of Transpor- proud of our country and its history and our tation; Caroll Willis, director, and Lottie future is absolutely filled with hope, then the Shackelford, vice chair, Democratic National best days of this country will always be ahead. Committee; Debbie Willhite, co-executive direc- After I became President, I went back and tor, 1997 Presidential Inaugural Committee; Ada read all the founding documents again, to Hollingsworth, owner, A&A Travel Services; make sure that I knew them as nearly by Carolyn Staley, deputy director, National Institute heart as I could. And when the Founders for Literacy; former Representative John Paul Hammerschmidt; former Arkansas State Highway kicked our country off with the Declaration Commissioner L.W. (Bill) Clark; Hal Honeycutt, of Independence, they said they pledged former director, Arkansas State Game and Fish their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor Commission; Bill Bowen, former chief of staff to to the enterprise of forming a more perfect the Governor of Arkansas; former Senator Dale Union—not a perfect Union but a more per- Bumpers, and his wife, Betty; and former First fect Union. And they were smart people. Lady Rosalynn Carter. A portion of these remarks What they said is, if we get this right, then could not be verified because the tape was incom- all the people who come after us will always plete. Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 17 169

Remarks to the Community cause she worked harder, and she learned in Little Rock to do that here. And I was very proud of January 17, 2001 her. I think the day she was sworn into the United States Senate, I honestly believe, was The President. Thank you very much. the happiest day of my life since Chelsea was Thank you. I want to—— born. It was an amazing thing and a real trib- Audience member. We love you! ute to her and to all of you who have helped The President. That’s what I want to say, her along life’s way. too. I want to thank you for coming, and I I was thinking that it was about 8 years want to thank you for waiting. We had a won- ago that I had my farewell rally to Arkansas derful moment in the Arkansas Legislature. when I left to become President in this very I got to speak to the legislature and see a place. And I was looking out across this sea lot of my old friends. And you know, with of faces, thinking how many of you were term limits there’s been a lot of turnover, there then and how many of you were there and about a third of the legislature, as nearly 10 years ago and 20 years ago and, in some as I can tell, got their start working in one cases, 27 years ago, when I first started. of my campaigns. [Laughter] So I had a won- I got tickled when I was walking out of derful time. the legislature tonight. I ran into a guy Thank you, Mayor. I want to thank Rodney named Red Milligan from Marion County, Slater and Hershel Gober for doing a great and in 1974, early ’74, I went up and hunted job in the President’s Cabinet and being part him up because somebody told me he could of this vast array of Arkansans who came get me some votes. And I asked him to be down here with me today. Thank you, Vic for me. And he got a guy named Carnie Snyder, for your friendship and support. Carlton, and he said, ‘‘Well, we’re going to Thank you, Mike Ross, for making the cam- drive you out in the country.’’ He said, ‘‘You paign and going to Congress. We’re proud need to know our county has more dirt roads of you. Thank you, Senator Pryor, for coming than any other county in Arkansas. And we’re home today so we could be together on my going down to Leon Swaford’s store’’—I still last trip to Arkansas. Maybe by the time I remember this, 1974—which is just about at get around to writing a book, I’ll be able to the four corners of Marion and Searcy and do some justice to the absolutely essential Boone and Newton Counties. You can’t get personal and political role David Pryor there from here, even today. [Laughter] played in the success of this administration I got in the truck. We’re driving down the in the last 8 years. And I’m very grateful to road. He drives me about 20 minutes. We him. hadn’t seen another living soul. They stomp I want to thank all the State officials who on the brakes; the cab of the truck fills with came out. Thank you, Sharon Priest. Thank dust. He whips out this bag of Redman— you, Jimmie Lou and Charlie, Gus, Mark [laughter]—it’s a true story—he said, ‘‘Son, Pryor. I want to thank Little Joe and the I don’t know if you can make it or not. You BK’s. It’s just like being home. And I want know, you’re a university teacher and all to thank the Trumpet and Zion Church choir. that.’’ He said, ‘‘I’ll tell you what. If you’ll You know, Jim Dailey said about every- chew this Redman, I’ll be for you.’’ [Laugh- thing I could think of to say. And he gave ter] ‘‘And if you don’t, I’m going to kick you a terrific speech, and I hope somebody for out and see if you can find your way back me still got it on tape. I’m going to play that home.’’ [Laughter] And I looked at him, and some day when I’m feeling down, you know? I said, ‘‘Open the door.’’ [Laughter] True [Laughter] I want to thank him for his friend- story. ship. And he told it again today, and he started Chelsea and I are delighted to be here laughing. He said, ‘‘Well, if that’s the way today. I wish Hillary could be here but, you you feel about it, I guess I’ll be for you, any- know, she’s otherwise occupied. And I could way.’’ [Laughter] It was those kind of en- tell you one thing. She won that thing be- counters that helped me learn a little bit 170 Jan. 17 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 about human nature and public life and poli- tude, happy and pleased that all the options tics, the kind of thing that’s hard to learn are open for the American people; that if you start out in a big place, where you choices still have to be made, but we actually don’t have time to listen to people and see have it within our grasp to make America how they live and go down every little back- debt-free this decade, for the first time since road. I made a lot of backroads with a lot 1835; to give every child in this country a of you in this audience today, and I just want world-class education; to bring free enter- to thank you. prise and opportunity to people and places I also want to say that if anybody had told that have been left behind, something that’s me when I left here 8 years ago that I could very important to us here in Arkansas, be- come home with my country having the long- cause we have people, and we still today have est economic expansion in history and the people who haven’t been part of this pros- largest number of new jobs in this period of perity; to give the working families of this time; where we’d actually be paying down country that don’t have health insurance ac- $600 billion of the national debt in the last cess to health coverage for the first time in three budgets of my administration; that we’d our country’s history; to secure Medicare and have all-time high homeownership, minority Social Security for the baby boomers’ retire- business ownership, college-going rate, wel- ment; and to continue to be a huge force fare rolls cut by 60 percent, the lowest crime for peace and freedom throughout the world. rate in 25 years—I could go on—if anybody I couldn’t have asked for more. told me that all these ideas that I talked so I’d also like to say that I’m well aware that passionately about in the campaign of ’92, I’ve just been the captain of this team, and that I thought would work because they were without a team, you don’t win in public life. beginning to work in Arkansas, I would have It really is a team sport, public service. Jim said, ‘‘I’ll take that right now. For my country Dailey mentioned some of the Arkansans and our future, I’ll take it right now.’’ I never that have served with me, and I mentioned would have dreamed that it would have some more when I was over at the legisla- worked out as well as it has. ture, because a number came down today. And I just want you to know that I know But I want you to know that over 460 of your perfectly well I never would have been Presi- fellow citizens from this State have worked dent if it hadn’t been for the people of Arkan- in our administration in these last 8 years, sas. I told somebody yesterday that I know and America is better because of what they a little bit about American history and a lot did. about how a lot of people got to be President, And finally, let me say I’m looking forward and of all the ones that I know at least, I’m to being here and building my library and the only one that I can honestly say got to center. I believe it will be the most important be President because he had personal friends educational institution as a library, a mu- who stood up, traveled the country, fought, seum, a tourist destination, a learning site, spoke up, and determined to make the cam- of any that have been built, just because I paign go. have the benefit of coming into my own as And because of you, I was able to make a former President and building this library some other friends and see some other peo- when all this wonderful technology is out ple and learn some things about this country there. I hope you like the building design. of ours. It’s quite an interesting place, Amer- I worked hard on it, myself, for a year. It ica, growing more diverse every day; we’re will be like a bridge out into the Arkansas growing more independent every day; we’re River, and I think it will be a real beacon growing more connected to the rest of the for people all around the country, and I ex- world every day. And I did my best to pre- pect people from all around the world to pare this country for this new century and come here. I’ll get it up quick as I can. this whole new way of living and working and We’ll have an educational program and relating to each other. offer a graduate degree in public service, And when I leave office at noon on Satur- which I hope will inspire other young people day, I will leave with a heart filled with grati- to spend at least some of their life in public Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 17 171 service, which has been so good to me and without you. I love you. Thank you, thank which I have found so richly rewarding. So you, thank you. I’ll be around quite a bit. I want to say, too, when I came in from NOTE: The President spoke at 5:28 p.m. in hanger the airport, we passed two of Chelsea’s 1 at Adams Field Airport. In his remarks, he re- ferred to Mayor Jim Dailey of Little Rock; former schools, Mann and the Booker Arts Magnet Senator David H. Pryor; Arkansas Secretary of School. And I’d like to thank, since she came State Sharon Priest; State Treasurer Jimmie Lou home with me, all the people here in Little Fisher; Commissioner of State Lands Charlie Rock and throughout the State who were so Daniels; Auditor of State Gus Wingfield; and State good to her during her growing up, and her Attorney General Mark Pryor. teachers and all the others. It means a lot to me. I’ve got a daughter about to graduate from Statement on Efforts To Ensure college and a wife going into the Senate. It Safe, Clean Drinking Water seems to me that one of the things I’ll have January 17, 2001 to do is go to work—[laughter]—which won’t do me any harm. But between my larger pub- When we turn on our taps, Americans ex- lic service and doing what I can to support pect the water that comes out to be clean my Senator and my daughter, I will be here and safe. Access to clean, safe water is funda- a lot, and we’ll have a chance to do a lot mental to our quality of life. That is why my administration has made providing clean, of things together, to reminisce over old safe tap water to all communities a top pri- times. ority. As a result, since 1993, the number of But the main thing I want to say to all Americans receiving tap water that meets of you is, I want you to be proud that we tough Federal health standards has increased proved that national politics and National by 23 million. Government and the direction of this Nation Today I am pleased that this administra- is not the private province of some elite tion is taking further action to improve the somewhere in some big, distant place; that quality of our drinking water by strength- people with common sense, with basic Amer- ening the drinking water standard for arsenic. ican roots anywhere in the country, who have This new drinking water standard will pro- the right vision and the right ideas and are vide additional public health protections for willing to work in good faith with all different 13 million Americans, including protections kinds of people, can move this country for- from cancer, cardiovascular disease, and ward. other health problems. And I want you to know, too, for all the My administration has worked hard to en- storms and all the sunshine—I said this to sure that Americans enjoy the safest drinking the legislature, and I want to say it again be- water in the world. I proposed and, in 1996, cause it’s absolutely true—there has never signed amendments to significantly strength- been a day—and tonight will be the same en the Safe Drinking Water Act. In imple- way when I get home—that I haven’t landed menting this new law, my administration has on that helicopter on the back of the White already provided added protections for con- House lawn and not felt a thrill, not felt like sumers from dangerous, disease-causing mi- a 17-year-old boy looking at the White House crobes such as Cryptosporidium, preventing for the first time. as many as 460,000 cases of illness a year. And when I walk out of the White House We have ensured that Americans have the for the last time and I sit at the inauguration information they need to make important of my successor and I leave this office, I will public health decisions for themselves and leave more idealistic and more hopeful about their families by requiring that 55,000 water my country than the day I took the oath of systems provide new annual reports to their office 8 years ago. And that’s the way you customers on the quality of their drinking ought to feel. That’s the way you ought to water. And recognizing that good water qual- feel. And none of it would have been possible ity comes at a cost, we have established the 172 Jan. 17 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 first-ever fund for drinking water system im- tive to help low income fathers and families provements, providing States with $3.6 bil- work and support their children, along with lion, to date, in low interest loans for treat- needed reforms to the child support system. ment system construction and upgrades. I urge the next administration and the 107th Together with the new action we are tak- Congress to take action this year to promote ing today, these steps will ensure that our responsible fatherhood and ensure that more families continue to enjoy safe, clean drink- child support goes directly to families. ing water. Proclamation 7400—To Designate Statement on Efforts To Toughen Swaziland as a Beneficiary Sub- Child Support Enforcement Saharan African Country and for January 17, 2001 Other Purposes January 17, 2001 Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released new data By the President of the United States showing that our administration’s tough child Of America support enforcement efforts have been effec- tive and are paying off for our children. Child A Proclamation support collections broke new records in 1. Section 506A(a)(1) of the Trade Act of 2000, collecting $18 billion, an increase of 1974, as amended (the ‘‘1974 Act’’) (19 $10 billion since 1992. The new data today U.S.C. 2466a(a)(1)), as added by section also shows that in 2000 alone, nearly 700,000 111(a) of the African Growth and Oppor- delinquent noncustodial parents were tunity Act (Title I of Public Law 106–200) matched to more than one million financial (AGOA), authorizes the President to des- records and that through withholding tax re- ignate countries listed in section 107 of the funds, a record $1.4 billion in overdue child AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3706) as ‘‘beneficiary sub- support was collected, twice the amount col- Saharan African countries.’’ lected when I took office. 2. Section 112(b)(3)(B) of the AGOA (19 Our administration’s commitment to work U.S.C. 3721(b)(3)(B)) provides special rules with States to efficiently and effectively hold for certain apparel articles imported from noncustodial parents accountable for their ‘‘lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan child support obligations has demonstrated African countries.’’ significant improvement over the last 8 years. 3. Proclamation 7350 of October 2, 2000, Today, parents who owe child support have designated certain countries listed in section their wages garnished, their Federal loans 107 of the AGOA as beneficiary sub-Saharan and passports denied, their bank accounts African countries and identified which des- seized, and their tax refunds withheld. Last ignated beneficiary sub-Saharan African year alone, nearly 3.5 million delinquent non- countries would be considered lesser devel- custodial parents were located through the oped beneficiary sub-Saharan African coun- National Directory of New Hires posting. tries under section 112(b)(3)(B) of the In addition, Welfare to Work grants have AGOA. helped States, tribes, and communities na- 4. Pursuant to section 506A(a)(1) of the tionwide have created programs that help 1974 Act, and having due regard for the eligi- low income, noncustodial fathers get and bility criteria set forth therein, I have deter- keep jobs that will allow them to pay child mined that it is appropriate to designate the support and provide their children emotional Kingdom of Swaziland as a beneficiary sub- support. Congress just enacted my proposal Saharan African country. to extend these grants for an additional 2 5. The Kingdom of Swaziland satisfies the years. criteria for treatment as a lesser developed Despite these tremendous gains, there is beneficiary sub-Saharan African country still more to do. In my FY 2001 budget, I under section 112(b)(3)(B) of the AGOA (19 proposed the fathers work/families win initia- U.S.C. 3721(b)(3)(B)). Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 18 173

6. Annex II to Proclamation 7388 of De- ing the figure ‘‘11.2%’’ from the Rates of cember 18, 2000, listed certain products that Duty 1–Special subcolumn and inserting in are eligible for preferential tariff treatment lieu thereof ‘‘7.5%’’ for such special rate. Ef- under section 213(b)(3)(A) of the Caribbean fective with respect to articles entered, or Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA) (19 withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, U.S.C. 2703(b)(3)(A)), as amended by sec- on or after January 1, 2002, such subheading tion 211(a) of the Caribbean Basin Trade is modified by deleting the figure ‘‘7.5%’’ and Partnership Act (CBTPA) (Title II of Public inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘3.7%’’; for such spe- Law 106–200). Section C of that Annex in- cial rate. correctly stated the staged rate of duty to be (5) General note 1 to the HTS is modified applied to certain imports under subheading by deleting the phrase ‘‘through 14, inclusive, 6402.99.70 of the Harmonized Tariff Sched- and general note 16’’; and by inserting in lieu ule of the United States (HTS). I have deter- thereof ‘‘through 18, inclusive’’. mined that this error should be corrected. (6) Any provisions of previous proclama- 7. Proclamations 7350 and 7351 of Octo- tions and Executive Orders that are incon- ber 2, 2000, added new general notes 16 and sistent with this proclamation are superseded 17 to the HTS and renumbered other general to the extent of such inconsistency. notes. I have determined that general note (7) Except as provided in paragraph (4) 1 to the HTS should be modified to reflect of this proclamation, the modifications to the these changes. HTS made by this proclamation shall be ef- 8. Section 604 of the 1974 Act (19 U.S.C. fective with respect to articles entered, or 2483) authorizes the President to embody in withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, the HTS the substance of the relevant provi- on or after the date of publication of this sions of that Act, and of other acts affecting proclamation in the Federal Register. import treatment, and actions thereunder, In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set including the removal, modification, continu- my hand this seventeenth day of January, in ance, or imposition of any rate of duty or the year of our Lord two thousand one, and other import restriction. of the Independence of the United States of Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, America the two hundred and twenty-fifth. President of the United States of America, William J. Clinton acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, States of America, including sections 506A 8:45 a.m., January 22, 2001] and 604 of the 1974 Act, sections 111 and NOTE: This proclamation was released by the Of- 112 of the AGOA, section 211 of the CBTPA, fice of the Press Secretary on January 18, and it and section 213 of the CBERA, do proclaim will be published in the Federal Register on Janu- that: ary 23. (1) The Kingdom of Swaziland is des- ignated as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country. Proclamation 7401—To Implement (2) In order to reflect this designation in an Accelerated Schedule of Duty the HTS, general note 16(a) to the HTS is Elimination Under the North modified by inserting in alphabetical se- American Free Trade Agreement quence in the list of beneficiary sub-Saharan and for Other Purposes African countries ‘‘Kingdom of Swaziland’’. January 17, 2001 (3) For purposes of section 112(b)(3)(B) of the AGOA, the Kingdom of Swaziland By the President of the United States shall be considered a lesser developed bene- of America ficiary sub-Saharan African country. (4) Effective with respect to articles en- A Proclamation tered, or withdrawn from warehouse for con- 1. On December 17, 1992, the Govern- sumption, on or after January 1, 2001, HTS ments of Canada, Mexico, and the United subheading 6402.99.70 is modified by delet- States of America entered into the North 174 Jan. 18 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). under Annex 302.2 of the NAFTA to an arti- The NAFTA was approved by the Congress cle described in the same 8-digit subheading in section 101(a) of the North American Free of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the Trade Agreement Implementation Act (the United States (HTS) that is a good of Mexico ‘‘NAFTA Implementation Act’’) (19 U.S.C. and is imported into the United States. Such 3311(a)) and was implemented with respect articles are described in sub paragraphs (B) to the United States by Presidential Procla- through (F) of section 213(b)(1) of the mation 6641 of December 15, 1993. CBERA (19 U.S.C. 2703(b)(1)(B)–(F)), as 2. Section 201(b) of the NAFTA Imple- amended by section 211(a) of the CBTPA. mentation Act (19 U.S.C. 3331(b)) authorizes 5. Section 604 of the Trade Act of 1974, the President, subject to the consultation and as amended (the ‘‘1974 Act’’)(19 U.S.C. layover requirements of section 103(a) of the 2483), authorizes the President to embody NAFTA Implementation Act (19 U.S.C. in the HTS the substance of the relevant pro- 3313(a)), to proclaim accelerated schedules visions of Acts affecting import treatment, for duty elimination that the United States and actions thereunder, including the re- may agree to with Mexico or Canada. Con- moval, modification, continuance, or imposi- sistent with Article 302(3) of the NAFTA, I, tion of any rate of duty or other import re- through my duly empowered representative, striction. entered into an agreement with the Govern- Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, ment of Mexico on November 30, 2000, pro- President of the United States of America, viding for an accelerated schedule of duty acting under the authority vested in me by elimination for specific goods of Mexico. The the Constitution and the laws of the United consultation and layover requirements of sec- States, including section 201(b) of the tion 103(a) of the NAFTA Implementation NAFTA Implementation Act, section 211 of Act with respect to such schedule of duty the CBTPA, section 213 of the CBERA, and elimination will be satisfied on December 30, section 604 of the 1974 Act, do proclaim that: 2000. (1) In order to provide for an accelerated 3. Pursuant to section 201(b) of the schedule of duty elimination for specific NAFTA Implementation Act, I have deter- goods of Mexico under the NAFTA and to mined that the modifications hereinafter pro- provide identical tariff treatment for origi- claimed of duties on goods originating in the nating goods of a CBTPA beneficiary country territory of a NAFTA party are necessary or provided for in the same HTS subheading, appropriate (i) to maintain the general level the tariff treatment set forth in the HTS is of reciprocal and mutually advantageous con- modified as provided in section 1 of the cessions with respect to Mexico provided for Annex to this proclamation. by the NAFTA, and (ii) to carry out the (2) In order to provide for an accelerated agreement with Mexico providing an acceler- schedule of duty elimination for specific ated schedule of duty elimination for specific goods of Mexico under the NAFTA, the tariff goods. treatment set forth in the HTS is modified 4. Section 213(b)(3)(A) of the Caribbean as provided in section 2 of the Annex to this Basin Economic Recovery Act (CBERA) (19 proclamation. U.S.C. 2703(b)(3)(A)), as amended by sec- (3) Any provisions of previous proclama- tion 211(a) of the United States-Caribbean tions and Executive orders that are incon- Basin Trade Partnership Act (Title II of Pub- sistent with the actions taken in this procla- lic Law 106–200) (CBTPA), provides that the mation are superseded to the extent of such tariff treatment accorded at any time during inconsistency. the transition period defined in section (4) The amendments made to the HTS by 213(b)(5)(D) of the CBERA (19 U.S.C. the Annex to this proclamation shall be effec- 2703(b)(5)(D)), as amended by section tive with respect to goods entered, or with- 211(a) of the CBTPA, to certain articles that drawn from warehouse for consumption, on are originating goods of designated CBTPA or after January 1, 2001. beneficiary countries shall be identical to the In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set tariff treatment that is accorded at such time my hand this seventeenth day of January, in Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 18 175 the year of our Lord two thousand one, and mittee and the United States Trade Rep- of the Independence of the United States of resentative (USTR) are jointly authorized to America the two hundred and twenty-fifth. exercise the authority vested in the President William J. Clinton under sections 112(b)(5)(B)(ii), (iii), and (v) of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3721(b)(5)(B)(ii), [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, (iii), and (v)) to obtain advice from the appro- 8:45 a.m., January 22, 2001] priate advisory committee, to submit a report to the appropriate Congressional commit- NOTE: This proclamation was released by the Of- fice of the Press Secretary on January 18, and it tees, and to consult with those Congressional will be published in the Federal Register on Janu- committees. The USTR is authorized to exer- ary 23. cise the authority vested in the President under section 112(b)(5)(B)(ii) of the AGOA to obtain advice from the U.S. International Executive Order 13191— Trade Commission (USITC). Implementation of the African Sec. 2. Handloomed, Handmade, and Growth and Opportunity Act and the Folklore Articles. The Committee, after con- United States-Caribbean Basin sultation with the Commissioner, United Trade Partnership Act States Customs Service (Commissioner), is authorized to exercise the authority vested January 17, 2001 in the President under section 112(b)(6) of By the authority vested in me as President the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3721(b)(6)) to consult by the Constitution and the laws of the with beneficiary sub-Saharan African coun- United States of America, including the Afri- tries and to determine which, if any, par- can Growth and Opportunity Act (Title I of ticular textile and apparel goods shall be Public Law 106–200) (AGOA), the United treated as being handloomed, handmade, or States-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership folklore articles. The Commissioner shall Act (Title II of Public Law 106–200) take such actions to carry out any such deter- (CBTPA), the Caribbean Basin Economic mination as directed by the Committee. Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), and Sec. 3. Certain Interlinings. The Com- section 301 of title 3, United States Code, mittee is authorized to exercise the authority and in order to expand international trade vested in the President under section and enhance our economic partnership with 112(d)(1)(B)(iii) of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean Basin, 3721(d)(1)(B)(iii)) to determine whether promote investment and economic develop- U.S. manufacturers are producing inter- ment and reduce poverty in those regions, linings in the United States in commercial and create new economic opportunities for quantities. The Committee shall establish American workers and businesses, it is here- procedures to ensure appropriate public par- by ordered as follows: ticipation in any such determination. The de- termination or determinations of the Com- Part I—Implementation of the AGOA mittee under this section shall be set forth Section 1. Apparel Articles Assembled in a notice or notices that the Committee from Fabrics or Yarn Not Available in Com- shall cause to be published in the Federal mercial Quantities. The Committee for the Register. The Commissioner shall take such Implementation of Textile Agreements (the actions to carry out any such determination ‘‘Committee’’) is authorized to exercise the as directed by the Committee. authority vested in the President under sec- Sec. 4. Penalties for Transshipments. The tion 112(b)(5)(B)(i) of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. Committee, after consultation with the Com- 3721(b)(5)(B)(i)) to determine whether yarns missioner, is authorized to exercise the au- or fabrics cannot be supplied by the domestic thority vested in the President under section industry in commercial quantities in a timely 113(b)(3) of the AGOA (19 U.S.C. manner. The Committee shall establish pro- 3722(b)(3)) to determine, based on sufficient cedures to ensure appropriate public partici- evidence, whether an exporter has engaged pation in any such determination. The Com- in transshipment and to deny for a period 176 Jan. 18 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 of 5 years all benefits under section 112 of 213(b)(2)(A)(v)(II)(bb) of the CBERA to ob- the AGOA (19 U.S.C. 3721) to any such ex- tain advice from the USITC. porter, any successor of such exporter, and Sec. 7. Certain Interlinings. The Com- any other entity owned or operated by the mittee is authorized to exercise the authority principal of such exporter. The determina- vested in the President under section tion or determinations of the Committee 213(b)(2)(A)(vii)(II)(cc) of the CBERA (19 under this section shall be set forth in a no- U.S.C. 2703(b)(2)(A)(vii)(II)(cc)), as added tice or notices that the Committee shall cause by section 211(a) of the CBTPA, to deter- to be published in the Federal Register. The mine whether U.S. manufacturers are pro- Commissioner shall take such actions to carry ducing interlinings in the United States in out any such determination as directed by commercial quantities. The Committee shall the Committee. establish procedures to ensure appropriate Sec. 5. Effective Visa Systems. Pursuant public participation in any such determina- to sections 112(a) and 113(a)(1) of the AGOA tion. The determination or determinations of (19 U.S.C. 3721(a) and 3722(a)(1)), the the Committee under this section shall be set forth in a notice or notices that the Com- USTR is authorized to direct the Commis- mittee shall cause to be published in the Fed- sioner to take such actions as may be nec- eral Register. The Commissioner shall take essary to ensure that textile and apparel arti- such actions to carry out any such determina- cles described in section 112(b) of the AGOA tion as directed by the Committee. (19 U.S.C. 3721(b)) that are entered, or with- Sec. 8. Handloomed, Handmade, and drawn from warehouse, for consumption are Folklore Articles. The Committee, after con- accompanied by an appropriate export visa, sultation with the Commissioner, is author- if the preferential treatment described in sec- ized to exercise the authority vested in the tion 112(a) of the AGOA is claimed with re- President under section 213(b)(2)(C) of the spect to such articles. CBERA (19 U.S.C. 2703(b)(2)(C)), as added Part II—Implementation of the CBTPA by section 211(a) of the CBTPA, to consult with representatives of CBTPA beneficiary Sec. 6. Apparel Articles Assembled from countries for the purpose of identifying par- Fabrics or Yarn Not Available in Commercial ticular textile and apparel goods that are mu- Quantities. The Committee is authorized to tually agreed upon as being handloomed, exercise the authority vested in the President hand made, or folklore goods within the under section 213(b)(2)(A)(v)(II)(aa) of the meaning of that section. The Commissioner CBERA (19 U.S.C. 2703(b)(2)(A)(v)(II)(aa)), shall take such actions to carry out any such as added by section 211(a) of the CBTPA, determination as directed by the Committee. to determine whether yarns or fabrics cannot Sec. 9. Penalties for Transshipments. The be supplied by the domestic industry in com- Committee, after consultation with the Com- mercial quantities in a timely manner. The missioner, is authorized to exercise the au- Committee shall establish procedures to en- thority vested in the President under section sure appropriate public participation in any 213(b)(2)(D) of the CBERA (19 U.S.C. such determination. The Committee and the 2703(b)(2)(D)), as added by section 211(a) USTR are jointly authorized to exercise the of the CBTPA, to determine, based on suffi- authority vested in the President under sec- cient evidence, whether an exporter has en- tions 213(b)(2)(A)(v)(II)(bb), (cc), and (ee) gaged in transshipment and, if transshipment of the CBERA (19 U.S.C. has occurred, to deny all benefits under the 2703(b)(2)(A)(v)(II)(bb), (cc), and (ee)), as CBTPA to any such exporter, and any suc- added by section 211(a) of the CBTPA, to cessor of such exporter, for a period of 2 obtain advice from the appropriate advisory years; to request that any CBTPA beneficiary committee, to submit a report to the appro- country through whose territory trans- priate Congressional committees, and to con- shipment has occurred take all necessary and sult with those Congressional committees. appropriate actions to prevent such trans- The USTR is authorized to exercise the au- shipment; and to impose the penalty pro- thority vested in the President under section vided in section 213(b)(2)(D)(ii) of the Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 18 177

CBERA on a CBTPA beneficiary country if it was published in the Federal Register on Janu- the Committee determines that such country ary 22. is not taking such actions. The determination or determinations of the Committee under this section shall be set forth in a notice or Memorandum on Assistance Funding notices that the Committee shall cause to be for Emergency Refugee and published in the Federal Register. The Com- Migration missioner shall take such actions to carry out January 17, 2001 any such determination as directed by the Committee. Presidential Determination No. 2001–10 Sec. 10. Bilateral Emergency Tariff Ac- Memorandum for the Secretary of State tions. The Committee is authorized to exer- cise the authority vested in the President Subject: Presidential Determination under section 213(b)(2)(E) of the CBERA Pursuant to Section 2(c)(1) of the Migration (19 U.S.C. 2703(b)(2)(E)), as added by sec- and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as tion 211(a) of the CBTPA, to take bilateral Amended emergency tariff actions, if the Committee Pursuant to section 2(c)(1) of the Migra- determines that the conditions provided in tion and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as section 213(b)(2)(E) of the CBERA are satis- amended, 22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(1), I hereby de- fied. The Committee shall establish proce- termine that it is important to the national dures to ensure appropriate public participa- interest to make up to $22 million from the tion in any such determination. The deter- U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration As- mination or determinations of the Com- sistance Fund available to meet unexpected mittee under this section shall be set forth urgent refugee and migration needs, includ- in a notice or notices that the Committee ing those of refugees, displaced persons, con- shall cause to be published in the Federal flict victims, and other persons at risk, due Register. The Commissioner shall take such to crises in the Balkans and Nepal. These actions to carry out any such bilateral emer- funds may be used, as appropriate, to provide gency tariff action as directed by the Com- contributions to international, governmental, mittee. and nongovernmental organizations and, as Part III—General Provisions necessary, for administrative expenses of the Sec. 11. Judicial Review. This order does Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migra- not create any right or benefit, substantive tion. or procedural, enforceable at law or equity You are authorized and directed to inform by a party against the United States, its agen- the appropriate committees of the Congress cies, its officers, or any person. of this determination and the obligation of funds under this authority, and to arrange William J. Clinton for the publication of this memorandum in The White House, the Federal Register. January 17, 2001. William J. Clinton [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., January 19, 2001] NOTE: This memorandum was released by the Of- fice of the Press Secretary on January 18. An origi- NOTE: This Executive order was released by the nal was not available for verification of the content Office of the Press Secretary on January 18, and of this memorandum. 178 Jan. 18 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

Letter to Congressional Leaders Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting a Certification Required Transmitting a Report Required by by the Ratification Resolution of the the Ratification Resolution of the Chemical Weapons Convention Chemical Weapons Convention January 17, 2001 January 17, 2001

Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) In accordance with the resolution of advice Attached is a report to the Congress on and consent to ratification of the Convention cost-sharing arrangements, as required by on the Prohibition of the Development, Pro- Condition 4(A) of the resolution of advice duction, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical and consent to ratification of the Convention Weapons and on Their Destruction, adopted on the Prohibition of the Development, Pro- by the Senate of the United States on April duction, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical 24, 1997, I hereby certify in connection with Weapons and on Their Destruction, adopted Condition (7)(C)(i), ‘‘Effectiveness of Aus- by the Senate of the United States on April tralia Group,’’ that: 24, 1997. Sincerely, Australia Group members continue to maintain an equally effective or more William J. Clinton comprehensive control over the export of toxic chemicals and their precursors; NOTE: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis dual-use processing equipment human, Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, animal, and plant pathogens and toxins and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate. This with potential biological weapons appli- letter was released by the Office of the Press Sec- cations; and dual-use biological equip- retary on January 18. ment, as that afforded by the Australia Group as of April 25, 1997; and Letter to Congressional Leaders The Australia Group remains a viable Transmitting the Estonia-United mechanism for limiting the spread of States Fishery Agreement chemical and biological weapons-related materials and technology, and the effec- January 17, 2001 tiveness of the Australia Group has not been undermined by changes in mem- Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) bership, lack of compliance with com- In accordance with the Magnuson-Stevens mon export controls and nonprolifera- Fishery Conservation and Management Act tion measures, or the weakening of com- (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), I transmit herewith mon controls and nonproliferation an Agreement between the United States of measures, in force as of April 25, 1997. America and the Government of the Repub- lic of Estonia extending the Agreement of Sincerely, June 1, 1992, Concerning Fisheries Off the Coasts of the United States, with annex, as William J. Clinton extended (the 1992 Agreement). The present Agreement, which was effected by an ex- NOTE: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis change of notes at Tallinn on September 7 Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and September 12, 2000, extends the 1992 and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate. This Agreement to June 30, 2003. letter was released by the Office of the Press Sec- In light of the importance of our fisheries retary of January 18. relationship with the Republic of Estonia, I Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 18 179 urge that the Congress give favorable consid- Letter to Congressional Leaders eration to this Agreement at an early date. Transmitting a Report on Haiti Sincerely, January 17, 2001 William J. Clinton Pursuant to section 559(b) of Foreign Op- erations, Export Financing, and Related Pro- NOTE: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis grams Appropriations Act, 2000, I hereby Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, transmit to you a report concerning the status and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate. This of Haiti’s progress. letter was released by the Office of the Press Sec- The report contains eight subsections, retary on January 18. which provide information required by sec- tion 559(b) of the Act, to the extent that such information is available. These subsections Letter to Congressional Leaders address: Transmitting a Report on Cyprus • Governmental Institutions Envisioned in the 1987 Haitian Constitution. January 17, 2001 • Privatization of Haiti’s Major Public En- tities. Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. Chairman:) • Efforts to Re-sign the Lapsed Bilateral In accordance with Public Law 95–384 (22 Repatriation Agreement, and Coopera- U.S.C. 2373(c)), I submit to you this report tion in Halting Illegal Migration. on progress toward a negotiated settlement • Investigations and Prosecution of of the Cyprus question covering the period Extrajudicial and Political Killings, and October 1–November 30, 2000. The previous Cooperation With the United States In submission covered events during August Such Investigation. and September 2000. • Removal and Maintenance of Separa- The United Nations continued its efforts tion of Human Rights Violators from to bring about a comprehensive settlement Haitian Public Security Entities or between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cyp- Units. riots with the fifth session of proximity talks • Ratification of the 1997 Maritime in Geneva from November 1 to 10. Special Counter-Narcotics Agreement. Presidential Emissary Alfred Moses, Special • Development of Haiti’s Domestic Ca- Cyprus Coordinator Thomas Weston, and pacity to Conduct Free, Fair, Demo- U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus Donald Bandler cratic, and Administratively Sound continued to provide diplomatic support to Elections. • the process. The United Nations Secretary Demonstrated Commitment of Haiti’s General invited both parties to continue talks Minister of Justice to the Profes- in Geneva in late January. The United States sionalism of the Judiciary, and Progress remains committed to the United Nations Toward Judicial Branch Independence. process and efforts to bring about a solution Sincerely, based upon a bizonal, bicommunal federa- William J. Clinton tion. Sincerely, NOTE: Letters were sent to Joseph R. Biden, Jr., chairman, and Jesse Helms, ranking member, William J. Clinton Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Robert C. Byrd, chairman, and Ted Stevens, ranking member, Senate Committee on Appropriations; NOTE: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Henry J. Hyde, chairman, and Tom Lantos, rank- Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, ing member, House Committee on International and Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Chairman of the Senate Relations; and C.W. Bill Young, chairman, and Committee on Foreign Relations. This letter was David R. Obey, ranking member, House Com- released by the Office of the Press Secretary on mittee on Appropriations. This letter was released January 18. by the Office of the Press Secretary on January 180 Jan. 18 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

18. An original was not available for verification of normal trade relations for these countries of the content of this letter. and certain other activities without the re- quirement of an annual waiver. Letter to Congressional Leaders Pursuant to section 302(b) of Public Law Transmitting a Report on the 106–200, on June 29, 2000, I determined that title IV of the 1974 Trade Act should no National Emergency With Respect longer apply to Kyrgyzstan. to the Russian Federation As required by law, I am submitting an January 17, 2001 updated report to the Congress concerning the emigration laws and policies of Armenia, Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, the Rus- As required by section 401(c) of the Na- sian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, tional Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. The report indi- and section 204(c) of the International Emer- cates continued compliance of these coun- gency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. tries with international standards concerning 1703(c), I transmit herewith a 6-month peri- freedom of emigration. odic report on the national emergency with Sincerely, respect to the risk of nuclear proliferation created by the accumulation of weapons- usable fissile material in the territory of the William J. Clinton Russian Federation that was declared in Ex- ecutive Order 13159 of June 21, 2000. NOTE: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Sincerely, Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, William J. Clinton and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate. This letter was released by the Office of the Press Sec- retary on January 18. NOTE: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate. This Letter to Congressional Leaders letter was released by the Office of the Press Sec- retary on January 18. Transmitting a Report on Prevention of Nuclear Proliferation Letter to Congressional Leaders January 17, 2001 Transmitting a Report on Emigration Policies of Certain Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Former Eastern Bloc States As required by section 601(a) of the Nu- clear Nonproliferation Act of 1978 (Public January 17, 2001 Law 95–242, 22 U.S.C. 3281(a)), I transmit Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) herewith a report on the activities of the On September 21, 1994, I determined and United States Government departments and reported to the Congress that the Russian agencies relating to the prevention of nuclear Federation was not in violation of paragraph proliferation. The report covers activities be- (1), (2), or (3) of subsection 402(a) of the tween January 1, 1999 and December 31, Trade Act of 1974, or paragraph (1), (2), or 1999. (3) of subsection 409(a) of that Act. On June Sincerely, 3, 1997, I determined and reported to the Congress that Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, William J. Clinton Moldova, and Ukraine were not in violation of the same provisions, and I made an iden- NOTE: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis tical determination on December 5, 1997, Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, with respect to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate. This Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. letter was released by the Office of the Press Sec- These actions allowed for the continuation retary on January 18. Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 18 181

Letter to Congressional Leaders scientists have established that our climate Transmitting a Report on the is changing, that the rate of change is increas- National Emergency With Respect to ing, that human activities are a significant the Taliban factor in climate change, and that climate change is likely to have many negative im- January 17, 2001 pacts on our environment and society. Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) As part of our effort to combat global As required by section 401(c) of the Na- warming, this administration has launched tional Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), more than 50 major initiatives to improve en- and section 204(c) of the International Emer- ergy efficiency and develop clean energy gency Economic Powers Act (‘‘IEEPA’’), 50 sources. Along with the new standards an- U.S.C. 1703(c), I transmit herewith a 6- nounced today, higher energy efficiency month periodic report on the national emer- standards for appliances established by this gency with respect to the Taliban in administration will save consumers more Afghanistan that was declared in Executive than $10 billion and avoid carbon dioxide Order 13129 of July 4, 1999. emissions of more than 225 million metric Sincerely, tons by 2010. We also made the Federal Gov- ernment more efficient—in 1999 alone, we William J. Clinton reduced our annual energy bill by $800 mil- lion. By 2010, these Federal energy savings NOTE: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis will reduce annual emissions by an amount Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate. This equal to taking 1.7 million cars off the road. letter was released by the Office of the Press Sec- I am proud of the progress we have made retary on January 18. and am confident that it will serve as a foun- dation upon which our Nation can continue to meet the profound challenge of climate Statement on New Energy Efficiency change. Standards for Appliances January 18, 2001 Executive Order 13193—Federal I am pleased that the Department of En- Leadership on Global Tobacco ergy is today establishing four new energy Control and Prevention efficiency standards for appliances that will January 18, 2001 save consumers and businesses more than $19 billion over the next 30 years. These By the authority vested in me as President standards once again demonstrate that envi- by the Constitution and the laws of the ronmental protection and economic growth United States of America, it is hereby or- go hand in hand. By reducing electricity use, dered as follows: the standards will not only make our elec- Section 1. Policy. It shall be the policy tricity system more reliable but also will re- of the executive branch to take strong action duce greenhouse gas emissions and other to address the potential global epidemic of harmful air pollutants. I applaud the leader- diseases caused by tobacco use. The execu- ship and hard work of Energy Secretary Bill tive branch shall undertake activities to in- Richardson and his staff for bringing these crease its capacity to address global tobacco consumer savings and environmental bene- prevention and control issues through co- fits to the American public. ordinated domestic action, limited bilateral These new standards for clothes washers, assistance to individual nations, and support water heaters, residential heat pumps and to multilateral organizations. International central air conditioners, and commercial activities shall be directed towards deterring heating and cooling equipment are a critical children from tobacco use, protecting non- part of our broader effort to address the smokers, and providing information about greatest environmental challenge of the 21st the adverse health effects of tobacco use and century: global warming. The world’s leading the health benefits of cessation. 182 Jan. 18 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

Sec. 2. Responsibilities of Federal Depart- (1) initial estimates of the burden of dis- ments and Agencies. (a) Tobacco Trade Pol- ease and other public health con- icy. In the implementation of international sequences of tobacco use; trade policy, executive departments and (2) the status of tobacco control regu- agencies shall not promote the sale or export latory measures in place to curtail to- of tobacco or tobacco products, or seek the bacco consumption and tobacco related reduction or removal of foreign government disease; and restrictions on the marketing and advertising (3) an analysis of the marketing, dis- of such products, provided that such restric- tribution, and manufacturing practices tions are applied equally to all tobacco or to- of tobacco companies in given regions, bacco products of the same type. Depart- and the impact of those practices on ments and agencies are not precluded from smoking rates, particularly among taking necessary actions in accordance with women and children. the requirements and remedies available Such assessment shall be prepared and under applicable United States trade laws provided to interested agencies and other and international agreements to ensure non- parties not later than December 31, 2001, discriminatory treatment of United States and be updated as practicable. products. Nothing in this Executive Order (d) Research and Training in Tobacco shall be construed (1) to modify the annual Control. The HHS will develop a research executive branch guidance to United States and training program linking institutions in diplomatic posts on health, trade, and com- the United States and certain other countries mercial aspects of tobacco, or (2) to affect in the field of tobacco control. Emphasis will any negotiating position of the United States be placed on the collection of standardized on the Framework Convention on Tobacco and comparable surveillance data; networks Control. for communication, information and best (b) The Department of Health and practices; and the development and evalua- Human Services’ (HHS) Role in Tobacco tion of culturally-targeted approaches to pre- Trade Policy Deliberations. The HHS shall venting tobacco use and increasing quit rates, be included in all deliberations of inter- especially among women and children. agency working groups, chaired by the Sec. 3. General. (a) Executive depart- United States Trade Representative (USTR), ments and agencies shall carry out the provi- that address issues relating to trade in to- sions of this order to the extent permitted bacco and tobacco products. Through such by law and consistent with their statutory and participation, HHS shall advise the USTR, regulatory authorities and their enforcement and other interested Federal agencies, of the mechanisms. potential public health impact of any to- (b) This order clarifies and strengthens bacco-related trade action that is under con- Administration policy and does not create sideration. Upon conclusion of a trade agree- any right or benefit, substantive or proce- ment that includes provisions specifically ad- dural, enforceable at law by a party against dressing tobacco or tobacco products, the the United States, its officers or employees, USTR shall produce and make publicly avail- or any other person. able a summary describing those provisions. (c) International Tobacco Control Needs William J. Clinton Assessment. The HHS, with the cooperation of the Departments of State, Commerce, and The White House, Agriculture, and in consultation with the ap- propriate national Ministry of Health, shall January 18, 2001. conduct a pilot assessment of tobacco use in a country other than the United States. Such [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, assessment will be carried out through a 8:45 a.m., January 22, 2001] compilation and review of surveys and other needs assessments already available and in- NOTE: This Executive order will be published in clude: the Federal Register on January 23. Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 18 183

Executive Order 13195—Trails for formation about them in Federal pro- America in the 21st Century motional and outreach programs; January 18, 2001 (g) Fostering volunteer programs and op- portunities to engage volunteers in all aspects By the authority vested in me as President of trail planning, development, maintenance, by the Constitution and the laws of the management, and education as outlined in United States of America, and in furtherance 16 U.S.C. 1250; of purposes of the National Trails System Act (h) Encouraging participation of qualified of 1968, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1241–1251), youth conservation or service corps, as out- the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st lined in 41 U.S.C. 12572 and 42 U.S.C. Century (Public Law 105–178), and other 12656, to perform construction and mainte- pertinent statutes, and to achieve the com- nance of trails and trail-related projects, as mon goal of better establishing and operating encouraged in sections 1108(g) and 1112(e) America’s national system of trails, it is here- of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st by ordered as follows: Century, and also in trail planning protection, Section 1. Federal Agency Duties. Federal operations, and education; agencies will, to the extent permitted by law (i) Promoting trails for safe transportation and where practicable—and in cooperation and recreation within communities; with Tribes, States, local governments, and (j) Providing and promoting a wide variety interested citizen groups—protect, connect, of trail opportunities and experiences for promote, and assist trails of all types through- people of all ages and abilities; out the United States. This will be accom- (k) Providing historical interpretation of plished by: trails and trail sites and enhancing cultural (a) Providing trail opportunities of all and heritage tourism through special events, types, with minimum adverse impacts and artworks, and programs; and maximum benefits for natural, cultural, and (l) Providing training and information serv- community resources; ices to provide high-quality information and (b) Protecting the trail corridors associated training opportunities to Federal employees, with national scenic trails and the high pri- Tribal, State, and local government agencies, ority potential sites and segments of national and the other trail partners. historic trails to the degrees necessary to en- Sec. 2. The Federal Interagency Council sure that the values for which each trail was on Trails. The Federal Interagency Council established remain intact; on Trails (Council), first established by (c) Coordinating maps and data for the agreement between the Secretaries of Agri- components of the national trails system and culture and the Interior in 1969, is hereby Millennium Trails network to ensure that recognized as a long-standing interagency these trails are connected into a national sys- working group. Its core members represent tem and that they benefit from appropriate the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of national programs; Land of Management and National Park (d) Promoting and registering National Service, the Department of Agriculture’s Recreation Trails, as authorized in the Na- Forest Service, and the Department of tional Trails System Act, by incorporating Transportation’s Federal Highway Adminis- where possible the commitments and part- tration. Other Federal agencies, such as ners active with Millennium Trails; those representing cultural and heritage in- (e) Participating in a National Trails Day terests, are welcome to join this council. the first Saturday of June each year, coordi- Leadership of the Council may rotate among nating Federal events with the National its members as decided among themselves Trails Day’s sponsoring organization, the at the start of each fiscal year. The Council’s American Hiking Society; mission is to coordinate information and pro- (f) Familiarizing Federal agencies that are gram decisions, as well as policy rec- active in tourism and travel with the compo- ommendations, among all appropriate Fed- nents of a national system of trails and the eral agencies (in consultation with appro- Millennium Trails network and including in- priate nonprofit organizations) to foster the 184 Jan. 18 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 development of America’s trails through the cies, its officers or employees, or any other following means: person. (a) Enhancing federally designated trails of all types (e.g., scenic, historic, recreation, William J. Clinton and Millennium) and working to integrate The White House, these trails into a fully connected national January 18, 2001. system; (b) Coordinating mapping, signs and mark- [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, ers, historical and cultural interpretations, 8:45 a.m., January 22, 2001] public information, training, and developing plans and recommendations for a national NOTE: This Executive order will be published in trails registry and database; the Federal Register on January 23. (c) Ensuring that trail issues are integrated in Federal agency programs and that tech- Executive Order 13196—Final nology transfer and education programs are Northwestern Hawaiian Islands coordinated at the national level; and Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve (d) Developing a memorandum of under- January 18, 2001 standing among the agencies to encourage long-term interagency coordination and co- By the authority vested in me as President operation to further the spirit and intent of by the Constitution and the laws of the the National Trails System Act and related United States of America, including the Na- programs. tional Marine Sanctuaries Act, (16 U.S.C. Sec. 3. Issue Resolution and Handbook for 1431 et seq.), and the National Marine Sanc- Federal Administrators of the National Trails tuaries Amendments Act of 2000, Public Law System. Federal agencies shall together de- 106–513, and in furtherance of the purposes velop a process for resolving interagency of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conserva- issues concerning trails. In addition, reflect- tion and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 ing the authorities of the National Trails Sys- et seq.), Marine Protection, Research, and tem Act, participating agencies shall coordi- Sanctuaries Act (33 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.), nate preparation of (and updates for) an op- Coastal Zone Management Act (16 U.S.C. erating handbook for Federal administrators 1451 et seq.), Endangered Species Act (16 of the National Trails System and others in- U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), Marine Mammal Pro- volved in creating a national system of trails. tection Act (16 U.S.C. 1362 et seq.), Clean The handbook shall reflect each agencies’ Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.), National governing policies and provide guidance to Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq each agencies’ field staff and partners about .), National Wildlife Refuge System Ad- ministration Act (16 U.S.C. 668dd-e.e.), and the roles and responsibilities needed to make other pertinent statutes, it is ordered as fol- each trail in the national system fully oper- lows: ational. Sec. 1. Preamble. On December 4, 2000, Sec. 4. Observance of Existing Laws. I issued Executive Order 13178 establishing Nothing in this Executive Order shall be con- the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral strued to override existing laws, including Reef Ecosystem Reserve (Reserve) pursuant those that protect the lands, waters, wildlife to my authority under the National Marine habitats, wilderness areas, and cultural values Sanctuaries Act, as amended by the National of this Nation. Marine Sanctuary Amendments Act of 2000 Sec. 5. Judicial Review. This order is in- (Act). In establishing the Reserve, I set forth tended only to improve the internal manage- a number of conservation measures and cre- ment of the executive branch. It does not ated specific Reserve Preservation Areas to create any right or benefit, substantive or protect the coral reef ecosystem and related procedural, enforceable in law or equity by marine resources and species (resources) of any party against the United States, its agen- the Reserve. The Act provides that no closure Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 18 185 areas can become permanent without ade- ‘‘(C) The annual level of aggregate take quate notice and comment. Accordingly, I under all permits of any particular type proposed to make permanent the Reserve of fishing may not exceed the aggregate Preservation Areas and initiated a 30-day level of take under all permits of that comment period on this proposal. I also type of fishing as follows: sought comment on the conservation meas- (1) Bottomfishing—the annual aggre- ures for the Reserve. On my behalf, the Sec- gate level for each permitted retary of Commerce received the public bottomfisher shall be that permittee’s comments and held seven public hear- individual average taken over the 5 years ings,including six throughout Hawaii. After preceding December 4, 2000, as deter- considering the comments expressed at the mined by the Secretary, provided that hearings and received in writing, I have de- the Secretary, in furtherance of the prin- termined to make permanent the Reserve ciples of the reserve, may make a one- Preservation Areas with certain modifications time reasonable increase to the total ag- set forth below. Further, I have modified cer- gregate to allow for the use of two Na- tain conservation measures to address con- tive Hawaiian bottomfishing permits; cerns raised, particularly regarding commer- (2) All other commercial fishing—the cial and recreational fishing within the Re- annual aggregate level shall be the per- serve. With this action, the establishment of mittee’s individual take in the year pre- the Reserve under the Act, including the ceding December 4, 2000, as deter- conservation measures and permanent Re- mined by the Secretary.’’ serve Preservation Areas, is complete. The 3. A new section 7(a)(1)(F) is hereby Secretary of Commerce will manage the Re- added to Executive Order 13178and serve pursuant to Executive Order 13178, as reads as follows: modified by this order, under the Act. The ‘‘(F) Trolling for pelagic species shall be Secretary shall also initiate the process to capped based on reported landings for designate the Reserve as a National Marine the year preceding December 4, 2000.’’ Sanctuary, as required by the Act. 4. Section 7(b)(4) is revised to read as Sec. 2. Purpose. The purpose of this order follows: is to amend Executive Order 13178, and to ‘‘(4) Discharging or depositing any mate- make permanent Reserve Preservation rial or other matter into the Reserve, or dis- Areas, as modified below, to ensure the com- charging or depositing any material or other prehensive, strong, and lasting protection of matter outside the Reserve that subsequently the resources of the Northwestern Hawaiian enters the Reserve and injures any resource Islands. of the Reserve, except: Sec. 3. Amendments to Sections 7 of Exec- (A) fish parts (i.e., chumming materia utive Order 13178. or bait) used in and during fishing oper- 1. Section 7(a)(1) of Executive Order ations authorized under this order; 13178 is hereby amended by revising (B) biodegradable effluent incident to the first sentence to read as follows: vessel use and generated by a marine ‘‘Commercial Fishing. All currently ex- sanitation device in accordance with sec- isting commercial Federal fishing per- tion 312 of the Federal Water Pollution mits and current levels of fishing effort Control Act, as amended; and take, which also includes the non- (C) water generated by routine vessel permitted level of trolling for pelagic operations (e.g., deck wash down and species by currently permitted bottom graywater as defined in section 312 of fishers, as determined by the Secretary the Federal Water Pollution Control and pursuant to regulations in effect on Act), excluding oily wastes from bilge December 4, 2000, shall be capped as pumping; or follows:’’ (D) cooling water from vessels or engine 2. Section 7(a)(1)(C) of Executive Order exhaust; and’’. 13178 is hereby revised to read as fol- Sec. 4. Amendments to Sections 8 of Exec- lows: utive Order 13178. 186 Jan. 18 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

1. Section 8 of Executive Order 13178 bottomfishing and commercial and rec- is modified by substituting ‘‘provided reational trolling for pelagic species that commercial bottomfishing and after the 5-year time period if it is deter- commercial and recreational trolling for mined that continuation of such activi- pelagic species in accordance with the ties will have no adverse impact on the requirements of sections 7(a)(1) and resources of these banks.’’ 7(a)(2) of this order, respectively,’’ for Sec. 5. Reserve Preservation Areas. The ‘‘provided that bottomfishing in accord- Reserve Preservation Areas, as modified in ance with the requirements of section sections 3 and 4 of this order, are hereby 7(a)(1)’’ everywhere the latter phrase made permanent in accordance with the Act. appears in section 8. Sec. 6. Judicial Review. This order does 2. Section 8(a)(1)(A) is modified by sub- not create any right or benefit, substantive stituting ‘‘a mean depth of 25 fm’’ for or procedural, enforceable in law or equity ‘‘a mean depth of 10fm.’’ by a party against the United States, its agen- 3. Section 8(a)(1)(B) is modified by sub- cies, its officers, or any person. stituting ‘‘a mean depth of 25 fm’’ for William J. Clinton ‘‘a mean depth of 20fm.’’ 4. Section 8(a)(1)(D) is modified by sub- The White House, January 18, 2001. stituting ‘‘a mean depth of 25 fm’’ for ‘‘a mean depth of 10fm.’’ [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 5. Section 8(a)(1)(E) is modified by sub- 8:45 a.m., January 22, 2001] stituting ‘‘a mean depth of 25 fm’’ for ‘‘a mean depth of 20fm.’’ NOTE: This Executive order will be published in the Federal Register on January 23. 6. Section 8(a)(1)(G) is modified by sub- stituting ‘‘a mean depth of 25 fm’’ for ‘‘a mean depth of 50fm.’’ Memorandum on the Inter-Agency 7. Section 8(a)(1)(I) is revised to read Task Force for Preparation for the ‘‘Kure Atoll.’’ World Conference Against Racism, 8. Sections 8(a)(2)(D) and (E) are here- Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia by deleted and a new section 8(a)(3) is hereby substituted as follows: and Related Intolerance ‘‘(3) Twelve nautical miles around the January 18, 2001 approximate geographical centers of Memorandum for the Heads of Executive (A) The first bank west of St. Rogation Departments and Agencies Bank, east of Gardner Pinnacles, pro- vided that commercial bottomfishing Subject: Inter-Agency Task Force for and commercial and recreational troll- Preparation for the World Conference ing for pelagic species in accordance Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, with the requirements of sections Xenophobia and Related Intolerance 7(a)(1) and 7(a)(2) of this order, shall The United Nations has held two world be allowed to continue for a period of conferences on racism, one in 1978, and an- 5 years from the date of this order; and other in 1983. These two conferences fo- (B) Raita Bank, provided that commer- cused on the world’s obligation to victims of cial bottomfishing and commercial and racial discrimination and the importance of recreational trolling for pelagic species national legislative, judicial, and administra- in accordance with the requirements of tive action in addressing the problem of rac- sections 7(a)(1) and 7(a)(2) of this order, ism. shall be allowed to continue for a period In recognition of the fact that the objective of 5 years from the date of this order; of eliminating racial discrimination has not and yet been attained, the United Nations in a (C) Provided that both banks described 1997 resolution called for a Third World above in (3)(A) and (3)(B) shall only Conference on Racism, Racial Discrimina- continue to allow commercial tion, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 18 187

(Conference). The Conference will be held Farewell Address to the Nation in South Africa in September 2001. January 18, 2001 This Administration has consistently dem- onstrated a strong commitment to issues of My fellow citizens, tonight is my last op- race and race relations and believes that the portunity to speak to you from the Oval Of- United States will play an important role in fice as your President. I am profoundly grate- this international event. Our effective partici- ful to you for twice giving me the honor to pation in the Conference requires the contin- serve, to work for you and with you to pre- ued involvement and coordination of many pare our Nation for the 21st century. executive departments and agencies, as well And I’m grateful to Vice President Gore, as input from nongovernmental organiza- to my Cabinet Secretaries, and to all those who have served with me for the last 8 years. tions. This Administration is strongly com- This has been a time of dramatic trans- mitted to the success of the Conference and, formation, and you have risen to every new to that end, I direct as follows: challenge. You have made our social fabric (1) There is established an ‘‘Inter-Agency stronger, our families healthier and safer, our Task Force for the United Nations people more prosperous. You, the American World Conference Against Racism, people, have made our passage into the glob- Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia al information age an era of great American and Related Intolerance’’ (Task renewal. Force). In all the work I have done as President— (2) The Task Force shall be comprised every decision I have made, every executive of representatives from the Depart- action I have taken, every bill I have pro- ments of Justice, State, the Interior, posed and signed—I’ve tried to give all the Small Business Administration, Americans the tools and conditions to build and such other agencies as the Chair the future of our dreams in a good society deems appropriate. The Chair of the with a strong economy, a cleaner environ- Task Force shall be the representative ment, and a freer, safer, more prosperous from the Justice Department. The world. Task Force shall report to the Presi- I have steered my course by our enduring dent, through the White House Chief values: opportunity for all, responsibility of Staff. from all, a community of all Americans. I (3) The Task Force shall coordinate all have sought to give America a new kind of planning efforts related to the United Government, smaller, more modern, more States’ participation in the Con- effective, full of ideas and policies appro- ference. This coordination shall in- priate to this new time, always putting people clude such matters as outreach to first, always focusing on the future. nongovernmental organizations, par- Working together, America has done well. ticipation in national and inter- Our economy is breaking records with more national discussions concerning the than 22 million new jobs, the lowest unem- Conference’s agenda, its objectives ployment in 30 years, the highest home- and scope, and government-wide ownership ever, the longest expansion in his- preparations for participation in the tory. Our families and communities are Conference. stronger. Thirty-five million Americans have (4) The Department of State shall pro- used the family leave law; 8 million have vide the funding for the Task Force moved off welfare. Crime is at a 25-year low. and bear all administrative costs. Over 10 million Americans receive more col- lege aid, and more people than ever are going William J. Clinton to college. Our schools are better. Higher standards, greater accountability, and larger NOTE: An original was not available for investments have brought higher test scores verification of the content of this memorandum. and higher graduation rates. More than 3 188 Jan. 18 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 million children have health insurance now, knife’s edge of survival. This global gap re- and more than 7 million Americans have quires more than compassion; it requires ac- been lifted out of poverty. Incomes are rising tion. Global poverty is a powder keg that across the board. Our air and water are clean- could be ignited by our indifference. er. Our food and drinking water are safer. In his first Inaugural Address, Thomas And more of our precious land has been pre- Jefferson warned of entangling alliances. But served in the continental United States than in our times, America cannot and must not at any time in a 100 years. disentangle itself from the world. If we want America has been a force for peace and the world to embody our shared values, then prosperity in every corner of the globe. I’m we must assume a shared responsibility. very grateful to be able to turn over the reins If the wars of the 20th century, especially of leadership to a new President with Amer- the recent ones in Kosovo and Bosnia, have ica in such a strong position to meet the chal- taught us anything, it is that we achieve our lenges of the future. aims by defending our values and leading the Tonight I want to leave you with three forces of freedom and peace. We must em- thoughts about our future. First, America brace boldly and resolutely that duty to must maintain our record of fiscal responsi- lead—to stand with our allies in word and bility. deed and to put a human face on the global Through our last four budgets we’ve economy, so that expanded trade benefits all turned record deficits to record surpluses, peoples in all nations, lifting lives and hopes and we’ve been able to pay down $600 billion all across the world. of our national debt—on track to be debt- Third, we must remember that America free by the end of the decade for the first cannot lead in the world unless here at home time since 1835. Staying on that course will we weave the threads of our coat of many bring lower interest rates, greater prosperity, colors into the fabric of one America. As we and the opportunity to meet our big chal- become ever more diverse, we must work lenges. If we choose wisely, we can pay down harder to unite around our common values the debt, deal with the retirement of the baby and our common humanity. We must work boomers, invest more in our future, and pro- harder to overcome our differences, in our vide tax relief. hearts and in our laws. We must treat all our Second, because the world is more con- people with fairness and dignity, regardless nected every day, in every way, America’s se- of their race, religion, gender, or sexual ori- curity and prosperity require us to continue entation, and regardless of when they arrived to lead in the world. At this remarkable mo- in our country—always moving toward the ment in history, more people live in freedom more perfect Union of our Founders’ than ever before. Our alliances are stronger dreams. than ever. People all around the world look Hillary, Chelsea, and I join all Americans to America to be a force for peace and pros- in wishing our very best to the next Presi- perity, freedom and security. dent, George W. Bush, to his family and his The global economy is giving more of our administration, in meeting these challenges, own people and billions around the world the and in leading freedom’s march in this new chance to work and live and raise their fami- century. lies with dignity. But the forces of integration As for me, I’ll leave the Presidency more that have created these good opportunities idealistic, more full of hope than the day I also make us more subject to global forces arrived, and more confident than ever that of destruction, to terrorism, organized crime America’s best days lie ahead. and narcotrafficking, the spread of deadly My days in this office are nearly through, weapons and disease, the degradation of the but my days of service, I hope, are not. In global environment. the years ahead, I will never hold a position The expansion of trade hasn’t fully closed higher or a covenant more sacred than that the gap between those of us who live on the of President of the United States. But there cutting edge of the global economy and the is no title I will wear more proudly than that billions around the world who live on the of citizens. Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 19 189

Thank you. God bless you, and God bless (S&M), the promulgation of UNSCR 827 America. and subsequent resolutions calling for all states to cooperate fully with the Inter- NOTE: The President spoke at 8 p.m. in the Oval national Criminal Tribunal for the former Office at the White House. Yugoslavia, the illegitimate control over FRY (S&M) political institutions and economic re- sources or enterprises exercised by former Executive Order 13192—Lifting and President Slobodan Milosevic, his close asso- Modifying Measures With Respect to ciates and other persons, and those individ- the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia uals’ capacity to repress democracy or per- (Serbia and Montenegro) petrate or promote further human rights January 17, 2001 abuses, and in order to take steps to counter the continuing threat to regional stability and By the authority vested in me as President implementation of the Dayton peace agree- by the Constitution and the laws of the ment and to address the national emergency United States of America, including the described and declared in Executive Order International Emergency Economic Powers 13088, I hereby order: Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the Section 1. Amendments to Executive National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 Order 13088. (a) Section 1 of Executive et seq.), section 5 of the United Nations Par- Order 13088 of June 9, 1998, as revised by ticipation Act of l945, as amended (22 U.S.C. section 1(a) of Executive Order 13121 of 287c) (UNPA), and section 301 of title 3, April 30, l999, is revised to read as follows: United States Code, and in view of United ‘‘Section 1. (a) Except to the extent pro- Nations Security Council Resolution 827 of vided in section 203(b) of IEEPA (50 May 25, 1993 (UNSCR 827), and subsequent U.5.C. 1702(b)), and in regulations, or- resolutions, ders, directives, or licenses that may I, William J. Clinton, President of the hereafter be issued pursuant to this United States of America, found in Executive order, and notwithstanding any contract Order 13088 of June 9, 1998, that the actions entered into or any license or permit and policies of the Governments of the Fed- granted prior to the effective date, I eral Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Mon- tenegro) (the ‘‘FRY (S&M)’’) and the Repub- hereby order blocked all property and lic of Serbia with respect to Kosovo, by pro- interests in property that are or here- moting ethnic conflict and human suffering, after come within the United States or threatened to destabilize countries of the re- that are or hereafter come within the gion and to disrupt progress in Bosnia and possession or control of United States Herzegovina in implementing the Dayton persons, of: peace agreement, and therefore constituted (i) any person listed in the Annex to this an unusual and extraordinary threat to the order; and national security and foreign policy of the (ii) any person determined by the Sec- United States. I declared a national emer- retary of the Treasury, in consultation gency to deal with that threat and ordered with the Secretary of State: that economic sanctions be imposed with re- (A) to be under open indictment by spect to those governments. I issued Execu- the International Criminal Tribunal for tive Order 13121 of April 30, 1999, in re- the former Yugoslavia, subject to appli- sponse to the continuing human rights and cable laws and procedures; humanitarian crises in Kosovo. That order re- (B) to have sought, or to be seeking, vised and substantially expanded the sanc- through repressive measures or other- tions imposed pursuant to Executive Order wise, to maintain or reestablish illegit- 13088. imate control over the political proc- In view of the peaceful democratic transi- esses or institutions or the economic re- tion begun by President Vojislav Kostunica sources or enterprises of the Federal and other newly elected leaders in the FRY Republic of Yugoslavia, the Republic of 190 Jan. 19 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

Serbia, the Republic of Montenegro, or (a) The term ‘‘person’’ means an indi- the territory of Kosovo; vidual or entity; (C) to have provided material support (b) The term ‘‘entity’’ means a partner- or resources to any person designated ship, association, trust, joint venture, in or pursuant to section 1(a) of this corporation or other organization; and order; or (c) The term ‘‘United States person’’ (D) to be owned or controlled by or means any United States citizen, perma- acting or purporting to act directly or nent resident alien, entity organized indirectly for or on behalf of any person under the laws of the United States or designated in or pursuant to section 1(a) any jurisdiction within the United States of this order. (including foreign branches), or any per- (b) All property and interests in prop- son in the United States.’’ erty blocked pursuant to this order prior (f) Section 6 of Executive Order 13088 is to 12:01 a.m., eastern standard time, on renumbered and revised to read as follows: January 19, 2001, shall remain blocked ‘‘Sec. 5. The Secretary of the Treasury, except as otherwise authorized by the in consultation with the Secretary of Secretary of the Treasury.’’ State, is hereby authorized to take such (b) Section 2 of Executive Order 13088, actions, including the promulgation of as replaced by section 1(b) of Executive rules and regulations, and to employ all Order 13121, is revoked and a new section powers granted to me by IEEPA and 2 is added to read as follows: UNPA, as may be necessary to carry out ‘‘Sec. 2. Further, except to the extent the purposes of this order. The Sec- provided in section 203(b) of IEEPA (50 retary of the Treasury may redelegate U.S.C. 1702(b)), and in regulations, or- any of these functions to other officers ders, directives, or licenses that may and agencies of the United States Gov- hereafter be issued pursuant to this ernment. All agencies of the United order, and notwithstanding any contract States Government are hereby directed entered into or any license or permit to take all appropriate measures within granted prior to the effective date, I their statutory authority to carry out the hereby prohibit any transaction or deal- provisions of this order.’’ ing by a United States person or within (g) A new section 6 is added to Executive the United States in property or inter- Order 13088 to read as follows: ests in property of any person des- ‘‘Sec. 6. The Secretary of the Treasury, ignated in or pursuant to section 1(a) in consultation with the Secretary of of this order.’’ State, is hereby authorized to remove (c) Section 3 of Executive Order 13088 is any person from the Annex to this order revoked. as circumstances warrant.’’ (d) Section 4 of Executive Order 13088, (h) Section 7 of Executive Order 13088, as revised by section 1(c) of Executive Order as revised by section 1(d) of Executive Order 13121, is renumbered and revised to read as 13121, is revoked. follows: Sec. 2. Preservation of Authorities. Noth- ‘‘Sec. 3. Any transaction by a United ing in this order is intended to affect the con- States person that evades or avoids, or tinued effectiveness of any rules, regulations, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, orders, licenses, or other forms of administra- or attempts to violate, any of the prohi- tive action issued, taken, or continued in ef- bitions set forth in this order is prohib- fect heretofore or hereafter under Executive ited. Any conspiracy formed to violate Order 13088, Executive Order 13121, or the the prohibitions of this order is prohib- authority of IEEPA or UNPA, except as ited.’’ hereafter terminated, modified, or sus- (e) Section 5 of Executive Order 13088 is pended by the issuing Federal agency. renumbered and revised to read as follows: Sec. 3. No Rights or Privileges Conferred. ‘‘Sec. 4. For the purposes of this order: This order is not intended to create, nor does Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 19 191 it create, any right, benefit, or privilege, sub- ment of weapons, the RUF’s flagrant viola- stantive or procedural, enforceable at law by tion of the Lome Peace Agreement of July a party against the United States, its agencies, 7, 1999, and its attacks on personnel of the officers, or any other person. United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone are Sec. 4. (a) Effective Date. This order is direct challenges to the United States foreign effective at 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time policy objectives in the region as well as a on January 19, 2001. direct challenge to the rule-based inter- (b) Transmittal; Publication. This order national order which is crucial to the peace shall be transmitted to the Congress and and prosperity of the United States. There- published in the Federal Register. fore, I find these actions constitute an un- William J. Clinton usual and extraordinary threat to the foreign The White House, policy of the United States and hereby de- January 17, 2001. clare a national emergency to deal with that threat. In order to implement United Na- [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, tions Security Council Resolution 1306 and 8:45 a.m., January 22, 2001] to ensure that the direct or indirect importa- NOTE: This Executive order was released by the tion into the United States of rough dia- Office of the Press Secretary on January 19, and monds from Sierra Leone will not contribute it will be published in the Federal Register on financial support to aggressive actions by the January 23. RUF or to the RUF’s procurement of weap- ons, while at the same time seeking to avoid Executive Order 13194—Prohibiting undermining the legitimate diamond trade or the Importation of Rough Diamonds diminishing confidence in the integrity of the From Sierra Leone legitimate diamond industry, I hereby order: January 18, 2001 Section 1. Except to the extent provided in section 2 of this order and to the extent By the authority vested in me as President provided in regulations, orders, directives, or by the Constitution and the laws of the licenses issued pursuant to this order, and United States of America, including the notwithstanding the existence of any rights International Emergency Economic Powers or obligations conferred or imposed by any Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the international agreement or any contract en- National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 tered into or any license or permit granted et seq.), section 5 of the United Nations Par- prior to the effective date of this order, the ticipation Act of 1945, as amended (22 direct or indirect importation into the United U.S.C. 287c) (UNPA), and section 301 of States of all rough diamonds from Sierra title 3, United States Code, and in view of Leone on or after the effective date of this United Nations Security Council Resolution order is prohibited. 1306 of July 5, 2000, Sec. 2. The prohibition in section 1 of this I, William J. Clinton, President of the order shall not apply to the importation of United States of America, take note that the rough diamonds controlled through the Cer- people of Sierra Leone have suffered the rav- tificate of Origin regime of the Government ages of a brutal civil war for nearly 10 years, and that the United Nations Security Council of Sierra Leone. has determined that the situation in Sierra Sec. 3. Any transaction by a United States Leone constitutes a threat to international person or within the United States that peace and security in the region and also has evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evad- expressed concerns regarding the role played ing or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any by the illicit trade in diamonds in fueling the of the prohibitions set forth in this order is conflict in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone’s in- prohibited. surgent Revolutionary United Front’s Sec. 4. For the purposes of this order: (RUF’s) illicit trade in diamonds from Sierra (a) the term ‘‘person’’ means an individual Leone to fund its operations and procure- or entity; 192 Jan. 19 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

(b) the term ‘‘entity’’ means a partnership, NOTE: This Executive order was released by the association, trust, joint venture, corporation, Office of the Press Secretary on January 19, and or other organization; it will be published in the Federal Register on (c) the term ‘‘United States person’’ means January 23. any United States citizen, permanent resi- dent alien, entity organized under the laws Executive Order 13197— of the United States or any jurisdiction within Governmentwide Accountability for the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United Merit System Principles; Workforce States; Information (d) the term ‘‘rough diamond’’ means all January 18, 2001 unworked diamonds classifiable in heading 7102 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of In an era of decentralization of Federal the United States; and human resources management, it is increas- (e) the term ‘‘controlled through the Cer- ingly important to ensure that merit system tificate of Origin regime of the Government principles are applied consistently across the of Sierra Leone’’ means accompanied by a Federal Government and that the Executive Certificate of Origin or other documentation branch has the ability to collect information that demonstrates to the satisfaction of the about its workforce. The President and the United States Customs Service (or analogous public need to be assured that Federal agen- officials of a United States territory or posses- cies are monitoring the exercise of all human sion with its own customs administration) resources management authorities that have that the rough diamonds were legally ex- been delegated to them. ported from Sierra Leone with the approval Therefore, by the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the Government of Sierra Leone. Sec. 5. The Secretary of the Treasury, in of the United States of America, including sections 1104(a)(1), 2301(c), and 3302 of title consultation with the Secretary of State, is 5, United States Code, it is hereby ordered hereby authorized to take such actions, in- as follows: cluding the promulgation of rules and regula- Section 1. Civil Service Rule V (5 CFR tions, and to employ all powers granted to Part 5) is amended in section 5.2 by striking the President by IEEPA and UNPA, as may subsection (d). be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Sec. 2. Civil Service Rule VII (5 CFR Part order. The Secretary of the Treasury may re- 7) is amended— delegate any of these functions to other offi- (a) by striking section 7.2; cers and agencies of the United States Gov- (b) by redesignating sections 7.3 and 7.4 ernment. All agencies of the United States as sections 7.2 and 7.3, respectively; Government are hereby directed to take all and appropriate measures within their authority (c) by amending the table of sections to to carry out the provisions of this order. read as follows: Sec. 6. This order is not intended to cre- ‘‘Sec. ate, nor does it create, any right, benefit, or 7.1 Discretion in filling vacancies. privilege, substantive or procedural, enforce- 7.2 Reemployment rights. able at law by a party against the United 7.3 Citizenship.’’ States, its agencies, officers, or any other per- Sec. 3. Two new Civil Service Rules are son. added at the end of Civil Service Rule VIII Sec. 7. This order is effective at 12:01 a.m. to read as follows: eastern standard time on January 19, 2001. William J. Clinton ‘‘Part 9—Workforce Information (Rule IX) The White House, January 18, 2001. Sec. 9.1 Definition. [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 9.2 Reporting workforce information. 8:45 a.m., January 22, 2001] § 9.1 Definition. Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 19 193

As used in this rule, ‘Executive agency’ tablish and maintain a system of account- means an Executive department, a Govern- ability for merit system principles that (1) ment corporation, and an independent estab- sets standards for applying the merit system lishment, as those terms are defined in chap- principles, (2) measures the agency’s effec- ter 1 of title 5, United States Code, but does tiveness in meeting these standards, and (3) not include the Federal Bureau of Investiga- corrects any deficiencies in meeting these tion, the Central Intelligence Agency, the standards. Defense Intelligence Agency, the National § 10.3. OPM authority to review personnel Imagery and Mapping Agency, the National management programs and practices. Security Agency, and, as determined by the The Office of Personnel Management may President, any Executive agency or unit with- review the human resources management in an Executive agency which has as its prin- programs and practices of any agency and cipal function the conduct of foreign intel- report to the head of the agency and the ligence or counterintelligence activities. President on the effectiveness of these pro- § 9.2 Reporting workforce information. grams and practices, including whether they The Director of the Office of Personnel are consistent with the merit system prin- Management may require all Executive ciples.’’ agencies to report information relating to ci- William J. Clinton vilian employees, including positions and em- ployees in the competitive, excepted, and The White House, Senior Executive services, in a manner and January 18, 2001. at times prescribed by the Director. The Di- rector shall establish standards for workforce [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, information submissions under this section, 8:45 a.m., January 24, 2001] and agencies shall ensure that their submis- NOTE: This Executive order was released by the sions meet these standards consistent with Office of the Press Secretary on January 19, and the Privacy Act. The Director may exempt it will be published in the Federal Register on from this section a specific agency or group January 25. of employees when the Director determines that an exemption is appropriate because of special circumstances. Letter to Congressional Leaders Reporting on Actions Concerning Part 10—Agency Accountability Systems; Digital Computer Exports OPM Authority To Review Personnel Management Programs (Rule X) January 18, 2001 Sec. Dear lllll : 10.1 Definitions. In accordance with the provisions of sec- 10.2 Accountability systems. tion 1211(d) of the National Defense Author- 10.3 OPM authority to review personnel ization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (Public Law management programs and practices. 105–85), I hereby notify you of my decision § 10.1 Definitions. to establish a new level for the notification For purposes of this rule— procedure for digital computers set forth in (a) ‘agency’ means an Executive agency as section 1211(a) of Public Law 105–85. The defined in Rule IX, but does not include a new level will be 85,000 millions of theo- Government corporation or the General Ac- retical operations per second (MTOPS). In counting Office; and accordance with the provisions of section (b) ‘merit system principles’ means the 1211(e), I hereby notify you of my decision principles for Federal personnel manage- to remove Lithuania from the list of countries ment that are set forth in section 2301(b) covered under section 1211(b). The attached of title 5, United States Code. report provides the rationale supporting § 10.2. Accountability systems. these decisions and fulfills the requirements The Director of the Office of Personnel of Public Law 105–85, sections 1211(d) and Management may require an agency to es- (e). 194 Jan. 19 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

I have also directed the Secretary of Com- which I might otherwise become entitled merce to adjust the licensing requirements under the Independent Counsel Act. for Tier 2 and Tier 3 countries. The countries I have had occasion frequently to reflect in Tier 2 will be added to Tier 1, and Tier on the Jones case. In this consent order, I 2 will be abolished. In addition, the new level acknowledge having knowingly violated above which an individual license will be re- Judge Wright’s discovery orders in my depo- quired for exports to Tier 3 countries is sition in that case. I tried to walk a line be- 85,000 MTOPS. The aforementioned licens- tween acting lawfully and testifying falsely, ing adjustments will take place immediately. but I now recognize that I did not fully ac- I have made all of these changes based complish this goal and that certain of my re- on the recommendation of the Departments sponses to questions about Ms. Lewinsky of Defense, Commerce, State, and Energy. were false. Sincerely, I have apologized for my conduct, and I William J. Clinton have done my best to atone for it with my family, my administration, and the American NOTE: Letters were sent to Carl Levin, chairman, people. I have paid a high price for it, which Senate Committee on Armed Services; Paul S. I accept because it caused so much pain to Sarbanes, chairman, Senate Committee on Bank- so many people. I hope my actions today will ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Benjamin A. Gil- help bring closure and finality to these mat- man, chairman, House Committee on Inter- ters. national Relations; and Floyd Spence, chairman, House Committee on Armed Services. This letter was released by the Office of the Press Secretary NOTE: The statement referred to former White on January 19. An original was not available for House intern Monica Lewinsky and U.S. District verification of the content of this letter. Judge Susan Webber Wright.

Statement on Resolution of Legal Statement on Landmines Issues January 19, 2001 January 19, 2001 Every year, landmines still active from Today I signed a consent order in the law- wars past kill or maim thousands of innocent suit brought by the Arkansas Committee on men, women, and children who simply find Professional Conduct, which brings to an end themselves in the wrong place at the wrong that proceeding. I have accepted a 5-year time. That is why, since I called for the suspension of my law license, agreed to pay worldwide elimination of anti-personnel a $25,000 fine to cover counsel fees, and ac- landmines in 1994, the United States has knowledged a violation of one of the Arkan- taken the lead both at home and abroad to sas Model Rules of Professional Conduct be- rid the globe of these hidden killers. cause of testimony in my Paula Jones case Five years ago, I ordered a ban on pro- deposition. The disbarment suit will now be ducing the most dangerous types of anti- dismissed. personnel landmines, those that remain ac- I have taken every step I can to end this tive and dangerous long after conflicts have matter. I have already settled the Paula Jones ended. These are the kind of mines that have case, even after it was dismissed as being taken the lives of innocent children from An- completely without legal and factual merit. gola to Bosnia to Kosovo. The United States I have also paid court and counsel fees in has since destroyed more than 3.3 million of restitution and been held in civil contempt these landmines, most of our stockpile. We for my deposition testimony regarding Ms. have also budgeted $970 million in a vigorous Lewinsky, which Judge Wright agreed had effort to find sensible alternatives. Our goal no bearing on Ms. Jones’ case, even though has been to end the use of all anti-personnel I disagreed with the findings in the judge’s landmines outside of Korea by 2003, and we order. I will not seek any legal fees incurred have aimed to sign the Ottawa Convention as a result of the Lewinsky investigation to by 2006 if suitable options can be found that Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 19 195 will allow us to maintain the warfighting ca- The principal reason that the United pability and safety of our men and women States needs to retain some anti-personnel in uniform. landmines today is to protect our troops and America has also led the world in the effort allies. As the need for anti-personnel land- to remove existing landmines. Since 1993, we mines is reduced, it is my hope that my suc- have devoted more than $500 million to this cessor will lead us closer to the day when cause, working to remove mines from 35 na- we can rid the world of these weapons once tions. Our experts have helped train and and for all. equip more than one-quarter of all the peo- ple who are working to eliminate mines Statement on United States Policy for around the world. We have led the effort to bring higher safety standards to demining the Protection of Sunken Warships techniques and equipment. Through part- January 19, 2001 nerships with everyone from the Govern- ment of Vietnam to DC Comics, we have Thousands of United States Government worked to raise awareness of the dangers of vessels, aircraft, and spacecraft (‘‘State landmines and to share information that craft’’), as well as similar State craft of foreign could lead to the disposal of even more. Our nations, lie within, and in waters beyond, the efforts are saving lives. In Cambodia, for ex- territorial sea and contiguous zone. Because ample, the casualty rate for landmines has of recent advances in science and technology, fallen by 90 percent since 1992. In some Afri- many of these sunken Government vessels, can nations, death from landmines has been aircraft, and spacecraft have become acces- nearly eliminated. I call upon the new admin- sible to salvors, treasure hunters, and others. The unauthorized disturbance or recovery of istration to continue the Demining 2010 ini- these sunken State craft and any remains of tiative. their crews and passengers is a growing con- While I am proud that we have made sub- cern both within the United States and inter- stantial progress toward eliminating the nationally. In addition to deserving treatment threat that landmines pose to innocent civil- as gravesites, these sunken State craft may ians around the world, there is work yet to contain objects of a sensitive national secu- be done. I urge the next administration to rity, archeological, or historical nature. They build on our progress and take the steps nec- often also contain unexploded ordnance that essary to allow the United States to eventu- could pose a danger to human health and ally sign the Ottawa Convention, while still the marine environment if disturbed, or meeting our security needs and protecting other substances, including fuel oil and other our men and women in uniform. The De- hazardous liquids, that likewise pose a serious fense Department has worked aggressively to threat to human health and the marine envi- find alternatives to anti-personnel landmines, ronment if released. and those efforts must continue if we are I believe that United States policy should going to meet the Ottawa goals. As part of be clearly stated to meet this growing con- this effort, two decisions are pending. The cern. first is whether to begin production of the Pursuant to the property clause of Article Remote Area Denial Artillery Munition IV of the Constitution, the United States re- (RADAM). The second is whether to begin tains title indefinitely to its sunken State craft engineering and manufacturing development unless title has been abandoned or trans- of the so-called ‘‘Man-in-the-Loop’’ system. ferred in the manner Congress authorized or Since more work must be done before we directed. The United States recognizes the can reach our overall policy goals, I am defer- rule of international law that title to foreign ring decision on these two programs. We sunken State craft may be transferred or halted the production of anti-personnel land- abandoned only in accordance with the law mines in 1993 because there was no longer of the foreign flag State. a need for additional mines, and I urge the Further, the United States recognizes that new administration to continue this policy. title to a United States or foreign sunken 196 Jan. 19 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

State craft, wherever located, is not extin- private partners—has been the cornerstone guished by passage of time, regardless of of these efforts. when such sunken State craft was lost at sea. Today, this interagency work is bearing International law encourages nations to fruit, not only in the form of the guidance preserve objects of maritime heritage wher- being released today but also through the ever located for the benefit of the public. many innovative projects that are highlighted Those who would engage in unauthorized within the report. For example, the Depart- activities directed at sunken State craft are ments of Education and Health and Human advised that disturbance or recovery of such Services (HHS) worked together on the Fa- craft should not occur without the express thers Matter initiative, producing a CD- permission of the sovereign and should only ROM to help teachers, early childhood edu- be conducted in accordance with profes- cators, and social service and health pro- sional scientific standards and with the ut- viders engage fathers in their children’s most respect for any human remains. learning. The Departments of Labor (DOL) The United States will use its authority to and HHS, with the Departments of Justice protect and preserve sunken State craft of (DOJ), Education, and Housing and Urban Development, have worked together to im- the United States and other nations, whether prove employment and training opportuni- located in the waters of the United States, ties for fathers through the implementation a foreign nation, or in international waters. of the welfare-to-work program, which I fought to fund in 1997 and extended this Statement on Efforts To Promote year. And through the reentry initiative that Responsible Fatherhood I proposed and Congress funded in the fiscal year 2001 budget, DOJ, DOL, and HHS are January 19, 2001 working together to address the needs of ex- offenders, many of whom are fathers, as they Over the past 8 years, Vice President Al rejoin their families and communities. Gore and I have worked hard to promote I want to applaud the leadership of HHS responsible and engaged fatherhood. On Fa- on this project and commend the Depart- ther’s Day 2000, I asked six agencies to joint- ments of Agriculture, Education, Housing ly produce Federal guidance that would help and Urban Development, Justice, and Labor States and communities strengthen the role for their valuable contributions. I encourage of fathers in families. Today, I am pleased States, tribes, communities, and nonprofit or- to announce the release of this guidance, en- ganizations to use this new resource to ex- titled ‘‘Meeting the Challenge: What the plore the exciting possibilities for strength- Federal Government Can Do To Support ening the role of fathers in the lives of their Responsible Fatherhood Efforts,’’ which pro- children. vides valuable information about Federal re- sources and policies. This guidance represents a critical step in Statement on the ‘‘Progress Report the ongoing Federal efforts to promote re- of the American Heritage Rivers sponsible fatherhood. Vice President Gore’s Interagency Committee and Task 1994 Family Reunion conference on the role Force’’ of men in families significantly raised the visi- January 19, 2001 bility of fathers, and in 1995 I issued an Exec- utive memorandum calling on Federal agen- Today my administration transmitted to cies to review every program, policy, and ini- the Congress the ‘‘Progress Report of the tiative to ensure that meaningful efforts were American Heritage Rivers Interagency Com- being made to strengthen fathers’ involve- mittee and Task Force.’’ The successes of the ment with their children. Since then, many American Heritage Rivers initiative, detailed agencies throughout the Federal Govern- in this report, are a tribute to the efforts of ment have developed fatherhood initiatives, thousands of citizens all across America who and collaboration—among agencies and with committed themselves to proving that what Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 19 197 is good for the environment is also good for Statement Announcing the the economy, and to making their commu- Chief of Staff of the Post-Presidency nities better places in which to live, work, Transition Office and do business. January 19, 2001 When I traveled to North Carolina in July 1998 to designate 14 rivers across the country I am pleased to announce that Karen as American Heritage Rivers, I was optimistic Tramontano will be serving as my Chief of about the prospects for restoring these water- Staff in my Post-Presidency Transition ways and reinvigorating the communities Office. Following that, Karen will direct my they help sustain. Since that time, this initia- staff, work with me to develop a foundation, tive has helped steer hundreds of millions and manage my other public service activi- of dollars in Federal assistance to these com- ties. She will also serve an integral role in the development of my Presidential Library. munities to revitalize riverfronts, restore pre- cious habitat, preserve cultural and historic Karen Tramontano has spent the past two resources, save open space, create rec- decades bringing more opportunity to work- reational opportunities, and spur economic ing Americans. From her work at the Service growth. Employees International Union to her days on the U.S. Senate Labor and Human Re- At the same time, this initiative has helped sources Committee, Karen brought issues forge new partnerships between citizens, such as minimum wage, health and child businesses, grassroots organizations, and care, and workers’ and civil rights to the po- local, State, and Federal agencies. And it has litical forefront. She continued that effort at helped demonstrate how the Federal Gov- the White House, first as Counsel to my then ernment can work as a good neighbor in sup- Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles and then as port of local communities, helping them real- Counselor to my Chief of Staff John Podesta. ize their own visions for their rivers and their In that capacity, she also worked tirelessly future. on the census, global trade, and issues impor- tant to the Washington, DC, community. I I want to thank the many Members of know that in this new role she will continue Congress who supported this initiative, in- to fight for these and other important causes. cluding the late Senator John Chafee; his son, Time and again, Karen has demonstrated Senator Lincoln Chafee; Senators Mary keen insight and shrewd political judgment. Landrieu, Carl Levin, and John Kerry; and Her energy is infectious, her skill and leader- Representatives Paul Kanjorski, Sue Kelly, ship unparalleled. I know she will bring that Corrine Brown and William Jefferson. Three same level of commitment and enthusiasm years after I announced it, the American to her work with me in the years ahead. I Heritage Rivers initiative is a strong am grateful that she has agreed to take on community-driven effort with broad and in- one more assignment. creasingly bipartisan support. I urge Congress and the incoming admin- Open Letter to the People of Israel istration to build upon the great strides made January 19, 2001 in just the last few years by acting on several recommendations contained in this report. Open Letter to the People of Israel: Building on this record of progress will en- On Saturday, January 20th, at the stroke able communities across the country to con- of noon, I will step down as President of the tinue their efforts to bring new vitality to riv- United States. This will bring to a close eight ers that are truly the lifeblood of our Nation. eventful years during which I have dealt with 198 Jan. 19 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 problems large and small, domestic and for- For my part, I remain convinced of this eign, full of pain and full of joy. Of all, none simple truth: whenever you and your Arab has meant more to me than the future of neighbors seek to resolve your remaining dif- your region and of your country. ferences—today or several years hence; be- You live in a dangerous world, and every fore or after more heartbreak and blood- day brings reminders of that reality. I have shed—the fundamental issues will be the expanded our special strategic relationship same. You will face the same history, the and helped protect and enhance your secu- same geography, the same demography, the rity. As part of that continuing effort, I am same passions and hatreds and the same dif- recommending that when our most advanced ficult decisions that are required for a com- fighter aircraft, the F–22, becomes available prehensive peace. Compromise is often dif- for sale, Israel, if it so chooses, will be among ficult and always painful. But the people and the first, if not the first, foreign customer. leaders of the region must understand that And we have just concluded a memorandum to seek a peace without compromise is not of understanding regarding bilateral security to seek peace at all. assistance to give practical expression to our Ahead of you are difficult days and heart- long-term commitment to modernize the wrenching nights. I do not envy the difficult IDF. decisions you will be called upon to make I also have done my best to pursue the to reach a lasting peace—and you alone path of peace, for I am convinced there is should make them. All anyone can ask is that no better route to securing Israel’s existence. as you make them with a heavy heart, you For eight years, from Yitzhak Rabin to Ehud do so as well with wide-open eyes that look Barak, I have worked with your leaders as to a better future for your children. they took calculated risks for peace. We have To you who have returned to an ancient journeyed together through times of great homeland after 2,000 years, whose hopes and triumph—like that unforgettable handshake dreams almost vanished in the Holocaust, between Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat on who have hardly had one day of peace and the White House lawn—and times of dark quiet since the state of Israel was created, tragedy—like the assassination of Yitzhak allow me this parting thought: You are closer Rabin, the untimely death of King Hussein, today than ever before to ending your 100 and today’s violence. Together, we experi- year long struggle for peace and normalcy. enced moments of doubt, as terror and vio- Don’t give up on the pursuit of peace. Not lence stalked us every step of the way. But now when it is almost within reach. For that we also achieved historic successes—agree- day will surely come, and when it does, ments with the Palestinians in which both though I no longer will be President, I will sides took steps toward mutual recognition, be standing with you as strong and faithful a peace treaty with Jordan, and, last summer, a friend as I am today. And it will be Israel’s your withdrawal from Lebanon in fulfillment finest hour yet. of United Nations Security Council 425. Shalom al Yisrael. I know that the violence of the past three William J. Clinton months has brought you great pain, that it has shattered your confidence in the peace NOTE: An original was not available for process and raised questions about whether verification of the content of this letter. you and the Palestinians ever could coexist peacefully side-by-side. But do not draw the wrong lessons from this tragic chapter. The Open Letter to the Palestinian violence does not demonstrate that the quest People for peace has gone too far—but that it has January 19, 2001 not gone far enough. And it points not to the failure of negotiations—but to the futility Open Letter to the Palestinian People: of violence and force. The alternative to a On Saturday, January 20th at the stroke peaceful settlement never has been clearer; of noon, I will step down as President of the it is being played out before our very eyes. United States. As I look back upon my eight Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 19 199 years in office, the experiences I have had and to pass on even brighter possibilities to and the lessons I have learned, one will stand your children. out: my visit to Gaza, the first ever by a U.S. For my part, I remain convinced that de- President. I will never forget what it taught spite these difficult and often tragic days, me about your suffering, your history of dis- both you and your Israeli partners will find possession and dispersal, but also about your a way to move from the logic of war and resilience and courage. I said at the time that confrontation to the logic of peace and co- the Palestinian people should be able to de- operation. And that, together, you will bring termine their own future on their own land peace to this Holy land, sacred to Moslems, and I believe that as strongly now as I did Jews, and Christians alike. then. These past eight years have not been easy William J. Clinton ones for you. You face daily humiliations; you must struggle simply to find a job; worst of NOTE: An original was not available for all, you continue to see too many children verification of the content of this letter. grow up in poverty. Peace, it is true, has not yet born its fruits. And so I understand the disillusionment, the frustration, even the Notice—Continuation of Emergency anger. Regarding Terrorists Who Threaten But do not lose sight of what you have To Disrupt the Middle East Peace achieved: The ability to govern yourselves, Process to elect your leaders, to build your institu- January 19, 2001 tions. As one who has seen you and Chairman Arafat work so hard to achieve your goals, On January 23, 1995, by Executive Order allow me to say this: now is not the time to 12947, I declared a national emergency to heed the voices of revenge and desperation, deal with the unusual and extraordinary for they produce only bloodshed and death. threat to the national security, foreign policy, Nothing you have accomplished has been ac- and economy of the United States con- complished through violence and nothing stituted by grave acts of violence committed will be. It will only be accomplished through by foreign terrorists that disrupt the Middle peace and negotiations. Now, more than East peace process. The order, issued pursu- ever, is the time for courageous leadership. ant to the International Emergency Eco- For courage is not only, or even mainly, nomic Powers Act, among other authorities, measured in struggle. It is measured in the blocks the assets in the United States, or in ability to seize historic opportunities. Today, the control of United States persons, of for- it is that other form of courage that is being eign terrorists who threaten to disrupt the tested. Never have you been as close to Middle East peace process. I also prohibited achieving your goals—regaining your land, transactions or dealings by United States per- establishing a state, building a prosperous fu- sons in such property. On August 20, 1998, ture for your children. There will always be by Executive Order 13099, I identified four those sitting comfortably on the outside urg- additional persons, including Usama bin ing you to hold out for the impossible more. Ladin, who threaten to disrupt the Middle But they are not the ones whose refugees East peace process. I have annually trans- will continue to languish in crowded camps. mitted notices of the continuation of this na- You are. They are not the ones whose chil- tional emergency to the Congress and the dren will grow up in poverty. You are. They Federal Register. Last year’s notice of con- are not the ones who will pay the price of tinuation was published in the Federal Reg- missing a historic opportunity. You are. At ister on January 21, 2000. Because terrorist Oslo, your leaders—and principally Chair- activities continue to threaten the Middle man Arafat—demonstrated the courage East peace process and vital interests of the needed to take the first historic step toward United States in the Middle East, the na- peace. By taking the final one, you will be tional emergency declared on January 23, able to fully realize your God-given potential 1995, and the measures made effective on 200 Jan. 19 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

January 24, 1995, to deal with that emer- Letter to Congressional Leaders on gency must continue in effect beyond Janu- Continuation of the National ary 23, 2001. Therefore, in accordance with Emergency With Respect to section 202(d)2 of the National Emergencies Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d) of the National the Middle East Peace Process Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)), I am January 19, 2001 continuing the national emergency with re- spect to foreign terrorists who threaten to Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) disrupt the Middle East peace process. Section 202(d) of the National Emer- This notice shall be published in the Fed- gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for eral Register and transmitted to the Con- the automatic termination of a national emer- gress. gency unless, prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the President publishes in William J. Clinton the Federal Register and transmits to the Congress a notice stating that the emergency The White House, is to continue in effect beyond the anniver- January 19, 2001. sary date. In accordance with this provision, I have sent the enclosed notice, stating that the emergency declared with respect to grave [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, acts of violence committed by foreign terror- 3:33 p.m., January 19, 2001] ists that disrupt the Middle East peace proc- ess is to continue in effect beyond January NOTE: This notice was published in the Federal 23, 2001, to the Federal Register for publica- Register on January 22. tion. The most recent notice continuing this emergency was published in the Federal Reg- ister on January 21, 2000. Letter to Congressional Leaders The crisis with respect to grave acts of vio- Transmitting a Report on the lence committed by foreign terrorists that National Emergency With Respect to threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt process that led to the declaration on January the Middle East Peace Process 23, 1995, of a national emergency has not January 19, 2001 been resolved. Terrorist groups continue to engage in activities that have the purpose or effect of threatening the Middle East peace Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) process, and that are hostile to United States As required by section 401(c) of the Na- interests in the region. Such actions threaten tional Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), vital interests of the national security, foreign and section 204(c) of the International Emer- policy, and economy of the United States. gency Economic Powers Act (‘‘IEEPA’’), 50 On August 20, 1998, I identified four addi- U.S.C. 1703(c), I transmit herewith a 6- tional persons, including Usama bin Ladin, month periodic report on the national emer- who threaten to disrupt the Middle East gency with respect to terrorists who threaten peace process. For these reasons, I have de- to disrupt the Middle East peace process that termined that it is necessary to maintain in was declared in Executive Order 12947 of force the broad authorities necessary to deny January 23, 1995. any financial support from the United States Sincerely, for foreign terrorists who threaten to disrupt the Middle East peace process. William J. Clinton Sincerely, William J. Clinton NOTE: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, NOTE: Identical letters were sent to J. Dennis and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate. Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Albert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate. Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 19 201

Letter to Congressional Leaders on suant to the order and with respect to whose Lifting and Modifying Measures property interests certain transactions or With Respect to the Federal dealings by U.S. persons will be prohibited. Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and The Secretary of the Treasury, again in con- Montenegro) sultation with the Secretary of State, is also authorized to remove any person from the January 19, 2001 annex to the order. In order to ensure the Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) fullest implementation of the Executive Pursuant to section 204(b) of the Inter- Order, the Secretary of State will take steps national Emergency Economic Powers Act, to identify for appropriate consideration by 50 U.S.C. 1703(b) (IEEPA) and section 301 the Secretary of the Treasury persons poten- of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. tially covered by the criteria set forth in the 1631, I hereby report that I have exercised order, which includes individuals who may my statutory authority to take additional ac- have sought or may be seeking, through re- tions with respect to the national emergency pressive measures or otherwise, to exercise described and declared in Executive Order illegitimate control over FRY (S&M) political 13088 of June 9, 1998, and related to the institutions or economic resources. actions and policies of the Governments of I am enclosing a copy of the Executive the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia Order I have issued. The order was effective and Montenegro) (the ‘‘FRY (S&M)’’) and at 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on Janu- the Republic of Serbia with respect to ary 19, 2001. Kosovo. I have issued a new Executive Order I have authorized these measures in re- to lift, with respect to future transactions, the sponse to the recent positive developments economic sanctions imposed pursuant to Ex- in the FRY (S&M) and, notwithstanding ecutive Order 13088 and expanded by Exec- those developments, the unusual and extraor- utive Order 13121 of April 30, 1999, except dinary threat that remains to the national se- for those sanctions targeted against members curity and foreign policy of the United States. and supporters of the former Milosevic re- I found in Executive Order 13088 that the gime. These actions are also taken in further- actions and policies of the Governments of ance of United Nations Security Council the FRY (S&M) and the Republic of Serbia Resolution 827 of May 25, 1993, and subse- with respect to Kosovo, by promoting ethnic quent resolutions. conflict and human suffering, threatened to The Secretary of the Treasury, in consulta- destabilize the countries of the region and tion with the Secretary of State, is authorized to disrupt progress in the Republic of Bosnia to issue regulations in exercise of my authori- and Herzegovina in implementing the Day- ties under IEEPA and the United Nations ton peace agreement, and therefore con- Participation Act, 22 U.S.C. 287c, to imple- stituted an unusual and extraordinary threat ment measures lifting and modifying the eco- to the national security and foreign policy of nomic sanctions imposed pursuant to Execu- the United States. I declared a national tive Order 13088. Property blocked pursuant emergency to deal with that threat and or- to Executive Order 13088 before the effec- dered that economic sanctions be imposed tive date of the new Executive Order will with respect to those governments. I issued continue to be blocked pending the resolu- Executive Order 13121 in response to the tion of successor state and other issues. All continuing human rights and humanitarian Federal agencies are also directed to take ac- crises in Kosovo. That order revised and sub- tions within their statutory authority to carry stantially expanded the sanctions imposed out the provisions of the new Executive pursuant to Executive Order 13088. Order. In addition to the persons I have iden- On September 24, 2000, the people of the tified in the annex to the new Executive FRY (S&M) displayed extraordinary courage Order, the Secretary of the Treasury, in con- and principle when they elected Vojislav sultation with the Secretary of State, is to Kostunica to be their president. The peaceful identify certain other persons whose property democratic transition begun by President and interests in property will be blocked pur- Kostunica and the people of the FRY (S&M) 202 Jan. 19 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 opens the prospect of the FRY (S&M)’s re- to threaten the stability of the Balkan region joining fully the international community and and the full implementation of the Dayton merits lifting, with respect to future trans- peace agreement and, therefore, still con- actions, the economic sanctions imposed pur- stitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat suant to Executive Orders 13088 and 13121. to the national security and foreign policy of Notwithstanding these positive develop- the United States. The actions we are taking ments, steps must still be taken to support will assist the FRY (S&M) in ending its isola- the ongoing efforts of the International tion and returning fully to the international Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia community. They also express our con- (ICTY) and to continue to counter the threat demnation of the violence and atrocities that that remains with respect to stability in the have plagued the Balkan region for the past Balkan region and the full implementation decade and will help prevent human rights of the Dayton peace agreement. abuses in the future. In resolution 827 and subsequent resolu- Sincerely, tions, the United Nations Security Council William J. Clinton has called upon all states to cooperate fully with the ICTY. In this connection, the ICTY NOTE: Letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, has issued an order that states determine Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Al- whether Slobodan Milosevic and four other bert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate. An original indicted persons have assets located in their was not available for verification of the content of this letter. territories and, if any such assets are found, adopt provisional measures to freeze those assets. Letter to Congressional Leaders on Additionally, Slobodan Milosevic and the Prohibition of Importation of other persons currently or subsequently Rough Diamonds From Sierra Leone under open indictment by the ICTY must be held fully accountable for the violence and January 19, 2001 atrocities they unleashed in the Balkans over Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) the past decade, and they must be denied Pursuant to section 204(b) of the Inter- access to the economic and other means that national Emergency Economic Powers Act, would support their further repressing de- 50 U.S.C. 1703(b) (IEEPA), and section 301 mocracy or promoting or perpetrating fur- of the National Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. ther human rights abuses. The same holds 1631, I hereby report that I have exercised true for those persons assisting the indictees my statutory authority to declare a national and other blocked persons in their illicit ac- emergency in response to the unusual and tivities and those persons who, through re- extraordinary threat posed to the foreign pol- pressive measures or otherwise, illegitimately icy of the United States by Sierra Leone’s exercise control over FRY (S&M) political in- insurgent Revolutionary United Front’s stitutions and economic resources and enter- (RUF’s) illicit trade in diamonds from Sierra prises under the sponsorship of Slobodan Leone to fund its operations and procure- Milosevic and his close associates. ment of weapons and by the RUF’s flagrant We heartily applaud the peaceful demo- violation of the Lome Peace Agreement of cratic transition that is underway in the FRY July 7, 1999, between the Government of Si- (S&M) and we pledge to support President erra Leone and the RUF. I also have exer- Kostunica and other newly elected leaders cised my statutory authority to issue an Exec- as they work to build a truly democratic soci- utive Order that prohibits the importation ety. Unfortunately, however, we must recog- into the United States of all rough diamonds nize the past and present capacity of from Sierra Leone except for those importa- Slobodan Milosevic and other indicted war tions of rough diamonds that are accom- criminals and their close associates or other panied by a Certificate of Origin or other persons to foment ethnic conflict, repress de- satisfactory documentation demonstrating mocracy, and promote or perpetrate further that the rough diamonds were legally ex- human rights abuses. This capacity continues ported from Sierra Leone with the approval Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 19 203 of the Government of Sierra Leone. These erra Leone through a Certificate of Origin actions are mandated in part by United Na- regime shall be exempt from the trade em- tions Security Council Resolution 1306 of bargo. July 5, 2000. Military forces of the Government of Si- The Secretary of the Treasury, in consulta- erra Leone and Military Observer Group tion with the Secretary of State, is authorized forces provided by the Economic Commu- to issue regulations in exercise of my authori- nity of West African States were engaged in ties under IEEPA and the United Nations military operations’ in Sierra Leone against Participation Act, 22 U.S.C. 287c, to imple- the RUF until mid-1999. At that time, the ment this prohibition. All Federal agencies Government of Sierra Leone and the RUF are also directed to take actions within their signed the Lome Peace Agreement, which authority to carry out the provisions of the provides for an end to hostilities and the dis- Executive Order. armament, demobilization, and reintegration I am enclosing a copy of the Executive of the insurgent RUF forces. The United Na- order I have issued. The order was effective tions Security Council in U.N. Security at 12:01 a.m. eastern standard time on Janu- Council Resolutions 1270 and 1289 estab- ary 19, 2001. lished the United Nations Mission in Sierra I have authorized these measures in re- Leone (UNAMSIL) to facilitate implementa- sponse to the RUF’s illicit trade in diamonds tion of the Lome Peace Agreement and to from Sierra Leone to fund its operations and provide security at key locations and govern- procurement of weapons and in response to ment buildings and at all sites of the disar- the actions and policies of the RUF in failing mament, demobilization, and reintegration to fully abide by the terms of the Lome Peace programs, among other tasks. The Lome Agreement of July 7, 1999. The people of Peace Agreement brought an end, sadly only Sierra Leone have suffered the ravages of a temporarily, to the killings and the atrocities brutal civil war for nearly a decade. The perpetrated by the RUF. world’s conscience has been shocked by the horrific actions of the RUF in Sierra Leone RUF forces have repeatedly violated the during this conflict. The widespread crimes terms of the Lome Peace Agreement against humanity perpetrated by RUF forces throughout this spring, when they engaged include mass amputations, rape, summary in deliberate and unprovoked armed attacks execution, and forced labor. on U.N. peacekeepers and committed seri- In late May 2000, United Nations Sec- ous abuses against civilians and international retary General Annan encouraged the U.N. and national aid workers. In May 2000, as Security Council to consider taking measures UNAMSIL expanded its efforts to establish to prevent the RUF from reaping the bene- monitoring and disarmament sites in or near fits of its illicit trade in diamonds that had RUF-controlled territory, RUF forces initi- been plundered from Sierra Leone. On July ated military activity in those areas, killing 5, 2000, the U.N. Security Council adopted U.N. peacekeepers and capturing or isolating Resolution 1306. The resolution determines hundreds of UNAMSIL personnel. These ac- that the situation in Sierra Leone continues tions brought the disarmament, demobiliza- to constitute a threat to international peace tion, and reintegration processes agreed to and security in the region, expresses concern in the Lome Peace Agreement to a virtual at the role played by the illicit trade in dia- standstill and represent a direct hostile chal- monds in fueling the conflict in Sierra Leone, lenge to U.S. foreign policy objectives in the and decides that all states shall take the nec- region, which include restoration of peace in essary measures to prohibit the direct or indi- Sierra Leone and promotion of democracy rect importation of all rough diamonds from and the rule of law throughout the region. Sierra Leone to their territory. The resolu- Failure to respond to this challenge would tion, in recognition of the economic impor- encourage other potential rogue organiza- tance of the legitimate diamond trade to Si- tions to transgress the rule-based inter- erra Leone, further decides that rough dia- national order, which is crucial to the peace monds controlled by the Government of Si- and prosperity of the United States. 204 Jan. 19 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

For the reasons discussed above, the in uniform. Thank you for the honor of work- RUF’s illicit trade in diamonds from Sierra ing with you to build our bridge to the 21st Leone and its flagrant violation of the Lome century. Peace Agreement constitute an unusual and Thank you for the prayers, love, and sup- extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of port you’ve extended to Hillary, Chelsea, and the United States. The measures we are tak- me every single day. I also want to thank all ing will serve to bring an end to the illicit the men and women at the White House who arms-for-diamonds trade through which the have worked so hard to help me do my job, RUF perpetuates the tragic conflict in Sierra from the Secret Service to the Residence Leone. They also reflect our outrage at the staff, to those who keep the people’s house RUF’s repeated, widespread, and serious vio- open for all to enjoy. And I am forever grate- lations of the Lome Peace Agreement and ful to Vice President Gore for his extraor- the RUF’s continuing hostilities against the dinary leadership and service, to my Cabinet, people of Sierra Leone and UNAMSIL per- and to all others who have served with me. sonnel. For 8 years, we’ve done everything in our Sincerely, power to reach beyond party and beyond William J. Clinton Washington to put the American people first, overcoming obstacles, seizing opportunities. NOTE: Letters were sent to J. Dennis Hastert, That’s what these radio addresses have been Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Al- all about. bert Gore, Jr., President of the Senate. An original These Saturday talks have often marked was not available for verification of the content action taken to make our schools stronger, of this letter. our environment cleaner, our food safer, our health care more secure. Some have been The President’s Radio Address big steps and some smaller. But every step January 20, 2001 has moved us forward, and taken all together, they have made an enormous difference in Good morning. Every Saturday for the the lives of our people. And we’re not done past 8 years, I’ve had the privilege of speak- yet. ing with you by way of this radio address. I pledged that I would work until the last Most often, I’ve talked about meeting our hour of the last day. Well, here we are. So, common challenges with commonsense solu- this morning, we’re building on our commit- tions, practical, progressive steps to build an ment to make our streets safer by awarding America with opportunity for every respon- more than $100 million to fund 1,400 more sible citizen, a community of all Americans, police officers in communities throughout and a more peaceful, prosperous world. our land. We’ve had more than 400 of these Satur- Back in 1992 I promised that we would day conversations now, so it’s fitting that this fund 100,000 police officers across America. last one comes on my final day in office. This With this announcement, we will have fund- is, of course, Inaugural Day, an extraordinary ed 110,000. That’s 110 percent of our goal. day for freedom when the magic, the mys- And I thank our police officers for giving 110 tery, the miracle of American democracy is percent to the job. That’s a big reason crime on full display. is down to a 25-year low. The peaceful transfer of power from one Now, my job as your President draws to administration to the next, from one party a close, and the work of our new President to another, may confound others around the begins. I want to wish President-elect Bush, globe. But it reflects the underlying strength Vice President-elect Cheney, their families, of our Constitution and rule of law. and entire administration the very best. I As my time in office comes to an end, the know you do, too. Thanks to your work, he most important thing I can say is a simple, takes the reins of a nation renewed, ready heartfelt thank you. Thank you for the oppor- to move into a new century and a whole new tunity to serve as your President and as Com- era in human affairs. I join every American mander in Chief to our fine men and women in wishing him Godspeed. Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001 / Jan. 20 205

In my first radio address, almost exactly My administration has worked hard to im- 8 years ago now, I spoke about the challenges prove the condition of the black farmer and we faced at that time but also about my abid- to mend the relationship between black ing faith in the American people. Back then farmers and the USDA, and Secretary Dan I said, ‘‘We’re going up or down together, Glickman and his staff have demonstrated and I’m convinced we’re going up.’’ The unprecedented leadership in accomplishing progress of the last 8 years, the strong values, that goal. After a group of African-American can-do spirit, and basic goodness of the farmers brought suit in 1997 to seek recovery American people, leave me more convinced for years of discrimination, we worked with than ever we’re still going up. the African-American farming community to If we keep working together to widen the pass legislation allowing farmers to pursue circle of opportunity, deepen the reach of those claims, and then entered into a historic freedom, strengthen the bonds of commu- settlement. With the agreement nearing full nity, America will always be going up. implementation, almost $500 million in indi- Thank you for listening each and every vidual payments have been awarded to nearly week. Thank you again for the honor of serv- 12,000 African-American farmers. In the ing as your President these past 8 years. process, we revitalized USDA’s Office of God bless you, and God bless America. Civil Rights, which was effectively disman- tled in the early 1980’s. We have also in- NOTE: The address was recorded at 5:50 p.m. on creased farm loans to minorities and January 19 in the Oval Office at the White House women—a 50 percent increase between for broadcast at 10:06 a.m. on January 20. The 1997 and 1999 alone. transcript was made available by the Office of the The agreement between the black farmers Press Secretary on January 20 but was embargoed for release until the broadcast. and the USDA also calls for technical assist- ance and outreach. I am proud of the USDA and the Village Foundation for working in Statement on Efforts To Redress partnership to create the African-American Wrongs Against African-American Family Farm Preservation Fund, which will Farmers provide grants, loans, and training to African- American farm families to maintain their January 20, 2001 farms, establish a market system using prod- For too many decades, African-American ucts produced by African-American farms, farmers have labored in America’s fields and keep the public informed on issues re- without a true share of this Nation’s agricul- lated to African-American family farmers. In tural prosperity. And for too long, govern- addition, USDA has cooperated with the Na- mental neglect has contributed to the impov- tional Black Farmers Association and its erished condition of the African-American president, John Boyd, to increase outreach farmer. activities to limited-resource farmers. To- But the Government can right an old gether, these endeavors will ensure that a wrong. In December of 1997 Vice President new generation of African-American farmers Gore and I met with a number of people can pursue their livelihood without discrimi- and organizations concerned with the plight nation and with equal access to the assistance of the black farmer in this country, including they deserve. the National Black Farmers Association, the Redressing the wrongs against African- Southern Cooperative, and the Congres- American farmers has been key to my efforts sional Black Caucus. The Vice President and to building one America. I hope the next ad- I learned at that meeting that since the early ministration will continue in this path so that 1980’s, thousands of black farmers had filed African-American farmers can fully partici- complaints of discrimination against the pate in today’s dynamic global economy. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), but their complaints were ignored. 206 Jan. 20 / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2001

Proclamation 7402—Establishment toric and prehistoric structures, and other of the Governors Island National objects of historic or scientific interest that Monument are situated upon the lands owned or con- January 20, 2001 trolled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments, and to re- By the President of the United States serve as a part thereof parcels of land, the of America limits of which in all cases shall be confined to the smallest area compatible with the A Proclamation proper care and management of the objects On the north tip of Governors Island, be- to be protected. tween the confluence of the Hudson and Whereas it appears that it would be in Eastern Rivers, Governors Island National the public interest to reserve such lands as Monument served as an outpost to protect the Governors Island National Monument: New York City from sea attack. The monu- Now, Therefore, I, William J. Clinton, ment, part of a larger 1985 National Historic President of the United States of America, Landmark District designation, contains two by the authority vested in me by section 2 important historical objects, Castle William of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 Stat. 225, 16 and Fort Jay. Between 1806 and 1811, these U.S.C. 431), do proclaim that there are here- fortifications were constructed as part of the by set apart and reserved as the Governors First and Second American Systems of Island National Monument for the purpose Coastal Fortification. Castle William and of protecting the objects identified above, all Fort Jay represent two of the finest types of lands and interests in lands owned or con- defensive structures in use from the Renais- trolled by the United States within the sance to the American Civil War. The monu- boundaries of the area described on the map ment also played important roles in the War entitled ‘‘Governors Islands National Monu- of 1812, the American Civil War, and World ment’’ attached to and forming a part of this Wars I and II. proclamation. The Federal land and interests The fortifications in the monument were in land reserved consist of approximately 20 built on the most strategic defensive posi- acres, which is the smallest area compatible tions on the island. Fort Jay, constructed be- with the proper care and management of the tween 1806 and 1809, is on the highest point objects to be protected. of the island from which its glacis originally Subject to existing law, including Public sloped down to the waterfront on all sides. Law No. 105–33, Title IX, section 9101(a), Castle William, constructed between 1807 111 Stat. 670 (Aug. 5, 1997), all Federal lands and 1811, occupies a rocky promontory as and interests in lands within the boundaries close as possible to the harbor channels and of this monument are hereby appropriated served as the most important strategic defen- and withdrawn from all forms of entry, loca- sive point in the entrance to the New York tion, selection, sale, or leasing or other dis- Harbor. The monument also includes a num- position under the public land laws, including ber of associated historical buildings con- but not limited to withdrawal from location, structed as part of the garrison post in the entry, and patent under the mining laws, and early part of the 19th century. from disposition under all laws relating to Governors Island has been managed by mineral and geothermal leasing. the U.S. Army and the U.S. Coast Guard over The Secretary of the Interior (‘‘Sec- the past 200 years. With the site no longer retary’’), acting through the National Park required for military or Coast Guard pur- Service, shall manage the monument in con- poses, it provides an excellent opportunity for sultation with the Administrator of General the public to observe and understand the Services, consistent with the purposes and harbor history, its defense, and its ecology. provisions of this proclamation. Section 2 of the Act of June 8, 1906 (34 For the purpose of preserving, restoring, Stat. 225, 16 U.S.C. 431), authorizes the and enhancing the public visitation and ap- President, in his discretion, to declare by preciation of the monument, the Secretary, public proclamation historic landmarks, his- acting through the National Park Service, 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 Washington, 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 White House 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 Hillary Clinton 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 Jack Lew 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.