National Defense Transportation Day and National Transportation Week, 2014, 27717-27720 [2014-11303]

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 93 (Wednesday, May 14, 2014)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 27717-27720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11303]



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Vol. 79

Wednesday,

No. 93

May 14, 2014

Part III





The President





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Proclamation 9120--National Defense Transportation Day and National 
Transportation Week, 2014



Proclamation 9121--National Small Business Week, 2014



Proclamation 9122--National Women's Health Week, 2014



Proclamation 9123--Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week, 2014



Proclamation 9124--Mother's Day, 2014


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 93 / Wednesday, May 14, 2014 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 9120 of May 9, 2014

                
National Defense Transportation Day and National 
                Transportation Week, 2014

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                In today's global economy, first-class jobs gravitate 
                to first-class infrastructure. A sound transportation 
                system allows businesses to safely move their goods to 
                market, and maintaining that system creates jobs 
                upgrading ports, unclogging commutes, and repairing 
                roads and rails. During National Defense Transportation 
                Day and National Transportation Week, we underscore the 
                importance of infrastructure to our economy, security, 
                and way of life.

                This summer, the Congress will need to protect more 
                than three million jobs by finishing transportation and 
                waterways bills that provide at least 4 years of 
                funding for extensive infrastructure repairs and 
                investments. Because accessible roads, safe bridges, 
                and good jobs should transcend politics, I am hopeful 
                our representatives will do right by the American 
                people. In the meantime, I am taking executive action 
                to slash bureaucracy and streamline the permitting 
                process for key projects. Earlier this year, I launched 
                a competition for 600 million dollars in transportation 
                grants. Cities and States can win this funding by 
                creating plans that both modernize transportation 
                infrastructure and stimulate the economy.

                Infrastructure also plays a vital role in America's 
                security. Fluid, dependable, and efficient 
                transportation systems allow first responders and 
                service members to swiftly arrive on the scene of an 
                emergency. When natural disasters strike, we rely on 
                these systems to bring food and first aid to victims. 
                In order to safeguard our Nation, we must ensure our 
                infrastructure is resilient enough to withstand 
                disaster and keep supply lines open.

                Today, America has ports that are not prepared for the 
                next generation of supertankers. We have more than 
                100,000 bridges that are old enough to qualify for 
                Medicare. And we have a world-class labor force ready 
                to tackle this challenge. Let's put them to work.

                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 16, 2014, as National Defense Transportation Day 
                and May 11 through May 17, 2014, 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 
                ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand 
                fourteen, and of the Independence of the United States 
                of America the two hundred and thirty-eighth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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