National Defense Transportation Day and National Transportation Week, 2013, 28707-28710 [2013-11754]

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 94 (Wednesday, May 15, 2013)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 28707-28710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11754]



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Vol. 78

Wednesday,

No. 94

May 15, 2013

Part II





The President





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Proclamation 8977--National Defense Transportation Day and National 
Transportation Week, 2013



Proclamation 8978--National Women's Health Week, 2013



Proclamation 8979--Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week, 2013



Proclamation 8980--Mother's Day, 2013



Memorandum of May 10, 2013--Advancing Pay Equality in the Federal 
Government and Learning From Successful Practices


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 78 , No. 94 / Wednesday, May 15, 2013 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 8977 of May 10, 2013

                
National Defense Transportation Day and National 
                Transportation Week, 2013

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                As a Nation, we have no task more urgent than creating 
                good jobs, strengthening our economy, and reigniting 
                the thriving middle class that has always been the true 
                engine of America's growth. To meet these goals, we 
                need to rebuild the infrastructure that powers our 
                industries. We need to make our cities more connected 
                and more resilient to the challenges we face. We need 
                to restore our roads, bridges, and ports--
                transportation networks that are essential to making 
                the United States the best place in the world to do 
                business.

                In the past 4 years, we have taken important steps down 
                that path. But even now, too many of our rail lines are 
                slow and backed up. Too many of our bridges remain 
                unsafe. We know our country can do better--which is why 
                I proposed a ``Fix-It-First'' program earlier this year 
                to put people to work on our most pressing 
                transportation projects. Alongside it, I also proposed 
                a Partnership to Rebuild America, which would attract 
                private capital to upgrade the infrastructure our 
                businesses need most. These initiatives would help 
                modernize communities, expand small businesses, and get 
                more construction workers back on the job.

                We also recognize that repairing our transportation 
                networks is about more than economic growth--it is 
                about security. At a time when our cities face 
                unprecedented threats and hazards, we must do more to 
                ensure our first responders and our service members can 
                respond effectively during crisis. That means 
                protecting our critical infrastructure and repairing 
                roads and bridges that put our people at risk.

                Together, we can make meaningful progress toward those 
                goals. Let us recommit this week to revitalizing 
                transportation, pioneering new solutions to tough 
                challenges, and making lasting investments in America's 
                infrastructure.

                In recognition of the importance of our Nation's 
                transportation infrastructure, and of the men and women 
                who build, maintain, and utilize it, the Congress has 
                requested, by joint resolution approved May 16, 1957, 
                as amended (36 U.S.C. 120), that the President 
                designate the third Friday in May of each year as 
                ``National Defense Transportation Day,'' and, by joint 
                resolution approved May 14, 1962, as amended (36 U.S.C. 
                133), that the week during which that Friday falls be 
                designated as ``National Transportation Week.''

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the 
                United States of America, do hereby proclaim Friday, 
                May 17, 2013, as National Defense Transportation Day 
                and May 12 through May 18, 2013, as National 
                Transportation Week. I call upon all Americans to 
                recognize the importance of our Nation's transportation 
                infrastructure and to acknowledge the contributions of 
                those who build, operate, and maintain it.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                tenth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand 
                thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States 
                of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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