For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
November 3, 2005
A Proclamation by the President: Revoking Proclamation 7924
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
WHEREAS, the provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40,
United States Code, 40 U.S.C. 3141-3148, and the provisions of all other
acts, Executive Orders, proclamations, rules, regulations, or other
directives providing for the payment of wages, which provisions are
dependent upon determinations by the Secretary of Labor under section
3142 of title 40, United States Code, were suspended by Proclamation
7924 of September 8, 2005, within specified geographic areas affected by
Hurricane Katrina until otherwise provided;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of
America, acting under the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
the laws of the United States, including section 202 of the National
Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1622, do by this Proclamation revoke,
effective November 8, 2005, Proclamation 7924 as to all contracts for
which bids are opened or negotiations concluded on or after November 8,
2005.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this third day of
November, in the year of our Lord two thousand five, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
thirtieth.
GEORGE W. BUSH
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