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THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary
                      (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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For Immediate Release                                   December 2, 1999

EXECUTIVE ORDER 13143


              AMENDING EXECUTIVE ORDER 10173, AS AMENDED,
                PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE
              SAFEGUARDING OF VESSELS, HARBORS, PORTS, AND
               WATERFRONT FACILITIES OF THE UNITED STATES

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including 50 U.S.C. 191, I hereby prescribe the following amendment to the regulations prescribed by Executive Order 10173 of October 18, 1950, as amended, which regulations constitute Part 6, Subchapter A, Chapter I, Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

Section 6.01-4 is amended to read as follows:

Section 6.01-4 Waterfront facility. "Waterfront facility," as used in this part, means all piers, wharves, docks, or similar structures to which vessels may be secured and naval yards, stations, and installations, including ranges; areas of land, water, or land and water under and in immediate proximity to them; buildings on them or contiguous to them and equipment and materials on or in them.

                            WILLIAM J. CLINTON
                            THE WHITE HOUSE,
                            December 1, 1999.

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