Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Monday, October 6, 2003 Volume 39—Number 40 Pages 1273–1323 VerDate jul 14 2003 09:10 Oct 07, 2003 Jkt 203250 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 E:\PRESDOCS\P40OCF4.003 P40OCF4 Contents Addresses and Remarks Bill Signings—Continued See also Bill Signings; Meetings With Foreign Legislation to ratify the authority of the Leaders Federal Trade Commission to establish a Former New York City Police Commissioner Do-Not-Call Registry, remarks—1280 Bernard Kerik, remarks following meeting—1304 Communications to Congress Hispanic Heritage Month, reception—1300 Department of Homeland Security’s Illinois Counterterrorism Fund, letter on providing Bush-Cheney luncheon in Chicago—1282 funds—1288 Business leaders, remarks following meeting Emergency Response Fund, letter on in Chicago—1286 reallocation of funds previously Radio address—1273 transferred—1288 Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils— Memorandum of Understanding Between the 1279 Secretaries of State and Homeland Security Wisconsin Concerning Implementation of Section 428 Bush-Cheney reception in Milwaukee— of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 1314 message transmitting—1282 Midwest Airlines Center in Milwaukee— Communications to Federal Agencies 1306 Transfer of Funds from International Bill Signings Organizations and Programs Funds to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, Child Survival and Health Programs Fund, 2004, statement—1289 memorandum—1288 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2004 Interviews With the News Media Remarks—1290 Exchanges with reporters Statement—1292 Chicago, IL—1286 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004, South Lawn—1304 statement—1287 Interview with African journalists—1293 (Continued on the inside of the back cover.) 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VerDate jul 14 2003 11:18 Oct 07, 2003 Jkt 203250 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 E:\PRESDOCS\P40OCF4.003 P40OCF4 Contents—Continued Interviews With the News Media—Continued Proclamations News conference with President Putin of Minority Enterprise Development Week— Russia at Camp David, MD, September 1273 27—1274 Joint Statements Statements by the President United States of America and the Russian See also Bill Signings Federation—1279 Death of Althea Gibson—1281 House of Representatives passage of Meetings With Foreign Leaders legislation banning partial-birth abortion— Pakistan, Prime Minister Jamali—1290 1304 Russia, President Putin—1274, 1279 Notices Supplementary Materials Report to the Congress on the Memorandum Acts approved by the President—1323 of Understanding Between the Secretaries Checklist of White House press releases— of State and Homeland Security 1322 Concerning Implementation of Section 428 Digest of other White House of the Homeland Security Act of 2002— announcements—1319 1281 Nominations submitted to the Senate—1320 VerDate jul 14 2003 10:40 Oct 07, 2003 Jkt 203250 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 E:\PRESDOCS\P40OCF4.003 P40OCF4 VerDate jul 14 2003 09:10 Oct 07, 2003 Jkt 203250 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 1249 Sfmt 1249 E:\PRESDOCS\P40OCF4.003 P40OCF4 VerDate jul 14 2003 09:10 Oct 07, 2003 Jkt 203250 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 7969 Sfmt 7969 E:\PRESDOCS\P40OCF4.003 P40OCF4 newmail.eps Week Ending Friday, October 3, 2003 Proclamation 7710—Minority I encourage all Americans to recognize the Enterprise Development Week, 2003 strength and importance of our country’s mi- nority entrepreneurs and their employees. September 26, 2003 The talents, skills, and dedication of these citizens enrich our communities, and we By the President of the United States honor their contributions to our Nation. of America Now, Therefore, I, George W. Bush, President of the United States of America, A Proclamation by virtue of the authority vested in me by America’s more than 3 million minority- the Constitution and laws of the United owned businesses represent one of the fast- States, do hereby proclaim September 28 est-growing segments of our Nation’s econ- through October 4, 2003, as Minority Enter- omy. Through skill, hard work, and deter- prise Development Week. I encourage all mination, these businesses are strengthening Americans to celebrate this week with appro- our Nation and our economy. During Minor- priate programs, ceremonies, and activities ity Enterprise Development Week, we rec- to recognize the many contributions of our ognize these businesses, their owners, and Nation’s minority enterprises. their employees for their commitment to free In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set enterprise and equal opportunity. my hand this twenty-six day of September, Most businesses in America—including in the year of our Lord two thousand three, those that are minority-owned—are small and of the Independence of the United businesses. Small businesses are a path to the States of America the two hundred and twen- American Dream and must be accessible to ty-eighth. all of our citizens. Through the Department George W. Bush of Commerce’s Minority Business Develop- ment Agency and the Small Business Admin- [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, istration, we are promoting both the growth 8:45 a.m., September 30, 2003] of minority-owned businesses and equal ac- cess to Federal contracts, capital, and man- NOTE: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on October 1. This item was not agement and technical assistance. received in time for publication in the appropriate Small businesses also create most of the issue. new jobs in our economy, and my Adminis- tration is acting to create an environment where small businesses grow and thrive. On The President’s Radio Address May 28, I signed the Jobs and Growth Tax September 27, 2003 Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, allowing entrepreneurs to keep more of their hard- Good morning. Earlier this week, I spoke earned money. My Administration is also to the United Nations, which has become, pursuing an ambitious trade agenda. This like our country, a target of terrorism. In the year, I signed legislation implementing Free past month, terrorists have made two bomb- Trade Agreements with Chile and Singapore. ing attacks on the U.N. headquarters in These new Free Trade Agreements, and oth- Baghdad, killing Iraqi citizens, U.N. officials, ers that my Administration is seeking, not and international aid workers. On Tuesday, only will provide cheaper goods for con- I conveyed the sympathy of our country for sumers, but also will create new high-wage the losses of the U.N. and the gratitude of jobs for American workers. our country for the relief efforts of the U.N. 1273 VerDate jul 14 2003 02:36 Oct 07, 2003 Jkt 203250 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 1244 Sfmt 1244 E:\PRESDOCS\P40OCT4.003 P40OCT4 1274 Sept. 27 / Administration of George W. Bush, 2003 in Iraq. I also expressed America’s deter- I called on the United Nations to take up mination to fight and win the war on terror vital responsibilities in this effort. America for the safety of our own people and for the is now working with friends and allies on a benefit of all mankind. new Security Council resolution which will The world is safer today because, in Af- expand the U.N.’s role in Iraq. As in the ghanistan, our broad coalition destroyed the aftermath of other conflicts, the United Na- training camps of terrorists and removed the tions should assist in developing a constitu- brutal regime that sponsored terror. The tion, training civil servants, and conducting world is safer today because we continue to free and fair elections. Many U.N. members, hunt down Al Qaida and its terrorist allies from the Philippines to Poland and now Ger- and have captured or killed nearly two-thirds many, have expressed their commitment to of Al Qaida’s known leaders and key helping build a democratic and stable Iraq. facilitators. The stakes in Iraq are high, for the Middle The world is safer today because, in Iraq, East and beyond. If freedom and progress our coalition ended a regime that cultivated falter in the Middle East, that region will ties to terror while it built weapons of mass continue to export violence that takes lives destruction. And for the safety of the people in America and around the world. If democ- of Iraq and of all free nations, our forces are racy and tolerance and peace advance in that now conducting a systematic campaign to de- region, it will undermine the bitterness and feat holdouts of the old regime and other resentment that feed terrorism. The terror- terrorists who have joined them.