MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUBJECT: Fiscal Year 2013 Refugee Admissions Numbers and Authorizations of In-Country Refugee Status Pursuant to Sections 207 and 101(a)(42), Respectively, of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and Determination Pursuant to Section 2(b)(2) of the…
Category: Presidential Actions
GOLD STAR MOTHER’S AND FAMILY’S DAY, 2012 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION From the revolution that gave life to our Republic to the trials of our times,…
NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS DAY, 2012 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION When Thomas Jefferson described the view from Monticello in 1786, he wrote, “How sublime to look down…
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION SUBJECT: Provision of Aviation Insurance Coverage for Commercial Air Carrier Service in Domestic and International Operations By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States,…
EXECUTIVE ORDER – – – – – – – STRENGTHENING PROTECTIONS AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN FEDERAL CONTRACTS By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the…
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHIMNEY ROCK NATIONAL MONUMENT BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The Chimney Rock site in southwestern Colorado incorporates spiritual, historic, and scientific resources of great value and significance. A thousand years ago,…
NATIONAL HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WEEK, 2012 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The founders of our Nation’s first colleges and universities for African Americans shared a fundamental belief that, with the right education,…
NATIONAL HUNTING AND FISHING DAY, 2012 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION From our highest peaks and most historic parks to the quiet woods and streams where generations of families have connected with the land…
NATIONAL POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY, 2012 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION For more than two centuries, Americans have bravely served our Nation as members of our Armed Forces. Many have made profound sacrifices to uphold…
NATIONAL EMPLOYER SUPPORT OF THE GUARD AND RESERVE WEEK, 2012 – – – – – – – BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION During the 236 years since our fundamental rights to life, liberty, and…
