National Disability Employment Awareness Month, 2017, 46353-46354 [2017-21549]

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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 4, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 46353-46354]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-21549]



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Vol. 82

Wednesday,

No. 191

October 4, 2017

Part II





The President





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Proclamation 9646--National Disability Employment Awareness Month, 2017



Proclamation 9647--National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, 2017



Proclamation 9648--National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, 2017



Proclamation 9649--National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, 2017



Proclamation 9650--Child Health Day, 2017



Executive Order 13811--Continuance of Certain Federal Advisory 
Committees



Executive Order 13812--Revocation of Executive Order Creating Labor-
Management Forums


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 82 , No. 191 / Wednesday, October 4, 2017 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 9646 of September 28, 2017

                
National Disability Employment Awareness Month, 
                2017

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During National Disability Employment Awareness Month, 
                we celebrate the many contributions of American workers 
                with disabilities and reaffirm our admiration of the 
                skills and talents they bring to today's workplace.

                Every American who is willing and able to work should 
                have the opportunity to provide for themselves and 
                their families. This includes the 30 million American 
                adults with disabilities. Many Americans with 
                disabilities struggle to find employment opportunities, 
                despite the wealth of skills they have to offer. In 
                2016, only 27.7 percent of working-age Americans with 
                disabilities were employed. More employers should 
                recognize the fresh perspectives and skills these men 
                and women can add to an innovation-focused workforce. 
                They are an incredible asset to our economy. Our goal 
                is to help ensure that they experience the 
                independence, economic self-sufficiency, pride, and 
                community that come with a job.

                Creating and maintaining a strong and robust American 
                workforce is one of my Administration's top priorities. 
                We will ensure that people who want to work have the 
                support they need to remain on the job. Employees, 
                along with their employers, their families, and the 
                economy all suffer when they are forced to leave the 
                labor force due to illness or accident. We must be able 
                to act quickly to support these workers in their time 
                of need. I, therefore, have directed the Department of 
                Labor, the Social Security Administration, and other 
                Federal agencies to identify effective strategies to 
                help people stay at work or return to work, focusing on 
                early intervention with Americans recently rendered 
                disabled due to injury or a health condition.

                We are committed to giving all Americans opportunities 
                to gain the skills they need to fill the jobs of the 
                21st century. We know that includes Americans with 
                disabilities, who want to work, provide for themselves 
                and their families, contribute to their communities, 
                and build up our Nation. We will stand alongside them 
                to help turn their American Dreams into reality.

                The Congress, by Joint Resolution approved August 11, 
                1945, as amended (36 U.S.C. 121), has designated 
                October of each year as ``National Disability 
                Employment Awareness Month.''

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, do hereby proclaim October 
                2017 as National Disability Employment Awareness Month. 
                I call upon government and labor leaders, employers, 
                and the great people of the United States to recognize 
                the month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and 
                activities across our land.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand seventeen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                second.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

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