82 FR 22733 - National Defense Transportation Day and National Transportation Week, 2017

Executive Office of the President

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 94 (May 17, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 94 (Wednesday, May 17, 2017)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 22733-22734]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10175]




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Federal Register / Vol. 82 , No. 94 / Wednesday, May 17, 2017 / 
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                Proclamation 9610 of May 12, 2017

                
National Defense Transportation Day and National 
                Transportation Week, 2017

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During National Defense Transportation Day and National 
                Transportation Week, we celebrate our Nation's land, 
                air, and sea infrastructure systems. These critical 
                systems connect Americans to one another, provide vital 
                national security capabilities, and serve as a 
                cornerstone of our economy. We also recognize the 
                transportation professionals who are dedicated to 
                keeping our Nation's transportation networks secure, 
                efficient, and reliable.

                Quality infrastructure provides Americans with the 
                freedom they need and deserve to move themselves and 
                their families, and the vast array of products they 
                want to buy and sell. But in too many cases, our roads, 
                waterways, bridges, airports, and mass transit systems 
                have fallen into disrepair. That is why my 
                Administration is committed to rebuilding a world-class 
                transportation infrastructure that works for all 
                Americans.

                Revitalizing our infrastructure is all the more 
                important because American transportation enhancements 
                have played and will continue to play a critical role 
                in our national defense. During World War II, our 
                ability to refuel ships at sea was, in the words of 
                Admiral Chester Nimitz, the ``Navy's secret weapon.'' 
                Today, our military logistics system is essential to 
                the defense of our homeland and our ability to project 
                power around the world.

                To remain effective, the transportation industry must 
                constantly innovate. That is why, in addition to 
                rebuilding our current infrastructure, my 
                Administration is removing regulatory hurdles that 
                have, for too long, impeded necessary infrastructure 
                improvements. This will allow creative companies to 
                transform how we use our roads, waterways, rails, and 
                the skies, making them both safer for travelers and 
                more effective for our national security.

                To recognize the men and women who work in the 
                transportation industry and who contribute to our 
                Nation's well-being and defense, the Congress, by joint 
                resolution approved May 16, 1957, as amended (36 U.S.C. 
                120), has designated 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), has declared that the week during 
                which that Friday falls be designated as ``National 
                Transportation Week.''

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, do hereby proclaim Friday, 
                May 19, 2017, as National Defense Transportation Day 
                and May 14 through May 20, 2017, as National 
                Transportation Week. I encourage all Americans to 
                celebrate these observances with appropriate ceremonies 
                and activities to learn more about how our 
                transportation system contributes to the security of 
                our citizens and the prosperity of our Nation.

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

[FR Doc. 2017-10175
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