America in a State of Emergency
Several times a month, and sometimes every week, the President issues proclamations that can be viewed on the White House website. Tucked in between proclamations for Child Health Day, Minority Enterprise Development Week, Captive Nations Week, and the Imports of Lamb Meat Proclamation is one more that blends in with all the others.
Declaration of National Emergency
by Reason of Certain Terrorist Acts.
Here is the proclamation in its entirety.
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 14, 2001
Declaration of National Emergency by Reason of Certain Terrorist Acts.
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
A national emergency exists by reason of the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, New York, New York, and the Pentagon, and the continuing and immediate threat of further attacks on the United States.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, I hereby declare that the national emergency has existed since September 11, 2001, and, pursuant to the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), I intend to utilize the following statutes: sections 123, 123a, 527, 2201(c), 12006, and 12302 of title 10, United States Code, and sections 331, 359, and 367 of title 14, United States Code.
This proclamation immediately shall be published in the Federal Register or disseminated through the Emergency Federal Register, and transmitted to the Congress.
This proclamation is not intended to create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law by a party against the United States, its agencies, its officers, or any person.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-sixth.
George W. Bush
