[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 29, 2018)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 44169-44170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18928]



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Vol. 83

Wednesday,

No. 168

August 29, 2018

Part III





The President





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Proclamation 9774--Women's Equality Day, 2018


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Federal Register / Vol. 83 , No. 168 / Wednesday, August 29, 2018 / 
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The President

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                Proclamation 9774 of August 24, 2018

                
Women's Equality Day, 2018

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On Women's Equality Day, we commemorate the 
                ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, 
                which secured for women the right to vote. The 
                anniversary of this milestone is an appropriate time to 
                reflect on the remarkable accomplishments of women in 
                every facet of American life. It is also an opportunity 
                to honor women for their leadership in service to their 
                families, their communities, and the Nation.

                In the same spirit of the 19th Amendment, we must 
                continue to seek an environment of opportunity for all 
                women. My Administration, therefore, continues to 
                support the advancement of women throughout our 
                country. The economy is growing and increasing 
                opportunities to work and thrive as a result of our 
                economic policies, including the enactment of the Tax 
                Cuts and Jobs Act and the elimination of unnecessary 
                and burdensome regulations. The unemployment rate for 
                women has recently reached a 65-year low. We also 
                fought for working parents by securing a doubling of 
                the child tax credit, the creation of the dependent 
                care credit, and the largest ever expansion of the 
                child and dependent care credit. These family-friendly 
                reforms will give much-needed financial relief to 
                hardworking parents. Additionally, my Administration 
                recognizes the challenges faced by mothers in the 
                workplace due to lack of paid leave and affordable, 
                high-quality childcare. That is why my budget this 
                year, as it did last year, includes a national paid 
                parental leave program. We continue to call on the 
                Congress to enact such a program into law to help women 
                thrive in the labor force and provide for their 
                families. Further, we are working to enhance access to 
                education and training in science, technology, 
                engineering, and mathematics for the next generation of 
                women pursuing careers in these fields.

                Today, we celebrate the passion and unwavering 
                dedication of the women who struggled and persevered in 
                the fight for suffrage, and we recognize the countless 
                ways that women strengthen the fabric of the Nation. We 
                all benefit from the leadership and ingenuity of women 
                in education, medicine, government, law, business, 
                military service, and every other field contributing to 
                the greatness of this Nation.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim August 26, 2018, as 
                Women's Equality Day. I call upon the people of the 
                United States to celebrate the achievements of women 
                and observe this day with appropriate programs and 
                activities.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                twenty-fourth day of August, in the year of our Lord 
                two thousand eighteen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                third.
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